Corporate project manager job description

Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, execution, control, reporting, and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company and department strategy, commitments, and goals. Work collaboratively with upper management, department heads, and project team members to make sure that the scope and the direction of each assigned initiative is on schedule and meets expected deliverables and budget. Administer Church Mutual's project management methodology, processes, tools, and artefacts to support successful project completion.
Responsibilities
I. Provide direction and support to project team. Build effective project teams by facilitating and participating in meetings with involved departments and resources to establish and direct project progression and evaluation.
II. Facilitate initial and ongoing communication between department heads, project team members, and stakeholders that will promote successful goal accomplishment and the identification of issues or risks that may become barriers to success. Assist project team members in resolving issues and perform risk management activities to identify project opportunities and hurdles.
III. Assist in defining and refining project requirements and to outline project development and implementation approaches.
IV. Work closely with project stakeholders and resources to develop multifunctional project management plans leading Church Mutual's efforts to develop project scope, tasks, deliverables, resources, timelines, budgets, and evaluation metrics.
V. Act as a liaison between project sponsor and stakeholders, assisting them to manage the financial, human, and technical resources required to successfully achieve the project's goals and objectives.
VI. Manage project resource allocations, schedule, and budget. Identify resources needed to meet project goals, work with department heads to procure resources, assign resource responsibilities, and ensure proper utilization of assigned resources.
VII. Utilize project management software to provide meaningful status reporting, resource utilization, task completion, and budget information to corporate and department management.
VIII. Manage, monitor, and report on projects by tracking progress against agreed scope, milestones, and deadlines.
IX. Adhere to change control procedures and record required justification and resulting decisions.
X. Work with stakeholders and IT project team members to ensure technical solutions are sound and meet operational requirements.
XI. Champion project management skills and processes by utilizing approved project management methodology, standards, procedures, and project management techniques and train project team members in their value and use.
Qualifications
1. Prior Experience:
• Three to five years' experience in project management or four to six years of related experience as a project team member of which at least two years have been in a leadership position.
• Experience with project management software desired.
• Experience with the system development life cycle is desired.
• Management of multi-department level projects a plus.
• Additional experience in one or more of the following areas preferred:
o Project development and project implementation (especially in insurance industry) knowledge and experience.
o Professional IT project management experience.
o Work in business process improvement and related change management and staff development.
2. Education:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. Major in organization development, business, IT, project, and/or production management preferred.
• Project management certificate or designation is preferred.
3. Necessary Knowledge and Abilities:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to properly communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Ability to learn the property and casualty insurance industry and its products, services, and operation models.
• Demonstrated experience in project management methodology, best practices, and tools.
• Demonstrated and refined interpersonal skills.
• Organized, analytical, and self-motivated.
• Average-to-advanced computer skills.
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Sound judgment, dependable, reliable.
• Customer-focused.
• Strong negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills.
• Ability to positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization.
• Ability to manage people without direct authority in an effect to complete project initiatives.
• Ability to provide coaching and mentoring to others in the importance of project management.
• Maintain confidentiality of project information.
Church Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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Your New Role:
Lead the client and gain their confidence Lead user group meetings, contract negotiations, and facilitate the design process from programming and planning through CA Work with the project designer to satisfy client's requirements and goals Manage team complexity - plans, organizes and supervises the work of a design staff of 3 to 10 individuals Responsible for accuracy and applicability of documents for entire project(s) Build and maintain day-to-day working relationships with client(s) and consultants Lead the decision making process with fiscal accountability and responsibility Develop and execute a management workplan for the overall project(s) Assist with proposal preparation and participates in client presentations/interviews Responsible for all correspondence, reports, documentation and general administration for the overall project(s) Responsible for execution of project within the boundaries of the design intent Apply sound and diversified knowledge of architectural principals for all aspects of the project(s) Make independent decisions on architectural problems and methods Solve problems creatively with consultants Negotiate and draft/write contracts Assist with business development and collaborate with other studios, as needed
What you will need to Succeed:
Minimum 15 years of experience in interiors or architectural field with the last five years focused on large and complex workplace interiors Bachelor's or master's degree Licensure a plus; LEED accredited a plus Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite and Office Suite Ability to work within a highly collaborative team environment Excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail Ability to work with integrity, trust and commitment; setting an example for others Ability to travel if the project(s) requires
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• Own the Outcome
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• Grow our Legacy
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Who We Are
Point32Health is a leading health and wellbeing organization, delivering an ever-better personalized health care experience to everyone in our communities. At Point32Health, we are building on the quality, nonprofit heritage of our founding organizations, Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, where we leverage our experience and expertise to help people find their version of healthier living through a broad range of health plans and tools that make navigating health and wellbeing easier.

We enjoy the important work we do every day in service to our members, partners, colleagues and communities.

Job Summary
The lead corporate project manager is responsible, on behalf of the Executive Sponsor or Business Sponsor, for the successful delivery of new capabilities via the successful management and delivery of cross functional, large scale, and complex projects intended to either reduce organizational risk or maximize strategic opportunities. This position works under the direction of the Director, Corporate Program Management Office (CPMO).

The lead corporate project manager supports and advocates project management principles and methodologies within the organization, both on individual projects and through direct and indirect support for the project portfolio through effective planning, coordinating, tracking, and delivery of projects related to the organization's strategic goals. Working with different constituents and stakeholders across business and technology to ensure the overall integrity, coherence and ultimate success of the project, the lead corporate project manager must build and maintain strong partnerships across many areas within the organization.

Key Responsibilities/Duties - what you will be doing
Project Management:
Manages all phases of the project management lifecycle for the most complex, high-risk projects that may run 6-18 months in duration, bring about major change to the organization and often include external vendors. Responsible for implementing the tools and methodologies our delivery teams use to manage programs and projects including scope, schedules, risks, issues, and resource tracking for both Agile and waterfall projects.Evaluate the cost and feasibility of multiple options/alternatives to resolve project issues and make recommendations on those issues that best meet both project and corporate objectives. Project budgeting and financial management required to deliver within allocated funding.
Team and Stakeholder Management:
Organize teams across business and technology; develop relationships and communicate with all levels from individual contributors to executive leadership, facilitate and mediate between people and teams .Navigate political issues using advanced organizational knowledge. Able to coach/mentor less experienced project managers and effectively lead in a matrixed environment. Able to influence project owner, sponsor, steering committee, and other appropriate senior management.Able to effectively manage difficult group dynamics to effectively reach a positive outcome, often by leveraging highly developed verbal and written skills, ability to facilitate planning and review sessions with senior management, highest level presentation skills.

Strategic Analysis/Risk Mitigation:
Incorporating the corporate strategic direction, able to define impact of tasks/events on not only business and IT, but the organization as a whole. This may be demonstrated by proactively identifying conflict/integration issues, and leading team members to parse/synthesize issues of the highest complexity; able to identify risk out of the larger picture and plan accordingly; able to identify and make decisions that serve the best interests of the organization. Remove obstacles by anticipating the challenges ahead and prepare to take them on, set a course and overcome them.

Qualifications - what you need to perform the job
EDUCATION: (Minimum education & certifications required)
Bachelor degree or relevant experience required; Advanced degree preferred in business or related to industry. PMP and Agile certifications strongly preferred

EXPERIENCE: (Years of experience)
10-15 years in project management including leading Corporate Agenda-level projects Minimum 2 years' experience in process management Minimum 2 years' experience in health insurance operations if PMP certified or 4 years if not

SKILL REQUIREMENTS: (Include interpersonal skills)
Process management certification a plus but experience with CQI, TQM, PDCA, PMBOK or other formal improvement techniques required Proven track record of meeting project deadlines/deliverables with successful outcomes. Must have the ability to manage multiple projects effectively in a fast-paced business environment Ability to thrive in a matrix-management, hands-on environment that demands a consultative approach and solutions that span multiple environments in a business area.Significant initiative and autonomy, balanced with an ability to integrate information for informed action and against an understanding of proper timing and paths for escalating support requests of leadership Outstanding communication and relationship management skills required, including the ability to effectively manage difficult group dynamics to effectively reach a positive outcome; very strong situation leadership skills. Highly developed oral and written communication skills, ability to communicate with and influence internal and external constituents at all levels with confidence. Highest level presentation skills including ability to interface and communicated changes to a broad range of internal and external contacts, as necessary. Ability to interact with confidence with external and Point32Health senior management.Strong negotiating, influencing, and advocacy skills, ability to lead others both internally and externally to ensure the success of the program.Ability to navigate political issues using advanced organizational knowledge.Must be flexible and a proponent/champion of change, able to conceptualize and envision the impact of change, and propose new ways to do business.Must be an accomplished multi-disciplinary team-leader and team-builder with hands-on style. Ability to lead teams whose members have diverse professional and educational backgrounds, and to effectively manage difficult group dynamics to effectively reach a positive outcome. Ability to present technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding. Requires the ability to maintain effective and productive peer relationships. Must have the ability to motivate fellow employees by fostering team spirit, an attitude of cooperation, and a commitment to the organization. Requires well-developed interpersonal skills to act in the capacity of liaison to the user community.Possess strong influencing and situational leadership skills with the ability to manage and motivate both direct and non-direct reports. Must have a demonstrated ability to obtain the confidence and trust of non-reports, resulting in high commitment and cooperation.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (include special requirements, e.g., lifting, travel):
Must be able to work under normal office conditions and work from home as required.Work may require simultaneous use of a telephone/headset and PC/keyboard and sitting for extended durations. May be required to work additional hours beyond standard work schedule.
DISCLAIMERThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Management retains the discretion to add to or change the duties of the position at any time.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Point32Health is committed to making diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything we do-from product design to the workforce driving that innovation. Our DEI strategy is deeply connected to our core values and will evolve as the changing nature of work shifts. Programming, events, and an inclusion infrastructure play a role in how we spread cultural awareness, train people leaders on engaging with their teams and provide parameters on how to recruit and retain talented and dynamic talent. We welcome all applicants and qualified individuals, who will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

COVID Policy
Please note: As of January 18, 2022, all employees - including remote employees - must be fully vaccinated. This position will require the successful candidate to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19. Point32Health is an equal opportunity employer, and will consider reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.