Sr Project Manager - Asset Protection Division (Birmingham)

The work we do has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be a part of it.We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company, you’ll be helping provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most.
The Senior Project Manager is a high-profile position involved in coordinating project work across the enterprise and tackling the company’s larger strategic initiatives. Emphasis will be on leading, and execution of initiatives designed to deploy the people, processes, and technology supporting APD’s business strategy.
Candidates must be capable of adding significant value to the company through exercising strong and effective leadership, driving the delivery of benefits within a business case-focused environment. The Project Manager will optimize delivery by effectively defining, communicating, and managing project objectives and success factors and ensuring all project activities remain aligned with the business case.

More specifically, the duties of the position are to:

• Candidate must have experience in partnering with business owners, the IT organization and third parties to effectively plan and execute strategically imperative initiatives including experience in contract negotiations and management of third parties as well as creating and managing CBA documents
• Candidate needs to have a proven track record of managing multiple large and complex cross functional projects within an organization
• Candidate must be able to communicate effectively as well as create and present information at all levels within the organization, including Executive Management
• Candidates need to show unwavering commitment to the delivery of quality work products, as specified, on time, within budget and ultimately to the quantifiable realization of promised project benefits. This will include a disciplined application of standardized project management processes and procedures.
• Highly-valued behavioral skills include thinking strategically, leading creatively and managing change effectively.
• Must be able to collaborate with business owners to ensure prioritization of technical deliverables required to meet business objectives
• Candidate will role model techniques and behaviors to create high-performing teams
• Candidate must be able to travel in support of acquisition activities
• The ideal candidate will have proven ability to help guide the organization towards continuous improvement using Agile & Scrum concepts, principles, and techniques

Qualifications:

• 5+ years proven experience as a Project Manager or Product Owner in an Agile environment
• Strong people and presentation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to make and carry out decisions
• Proficiency in leading cross-functional teams without positional authority
• Bachelor degree (highly preferred)
• Able to travel at least once a quarter

Employee Benefits:  We aim to protect our employees' wellbeing through a broad benefits offering. For example, we protect physical wellbeing through health, dental and vision insurance. We protect mental wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance program. We protect time away from work with a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g., paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day). We protect financial wellbeing through contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.    Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans.
Diversity and Inclusion: At Protective, we are committed to providing an inclusive culture where all employees are able to fully contribute and thrive. Our goal is to grow and develop our people, attract diverse talent and support strong, diverse communities.
We support diversity, equity, and inclusion by working to develop a culture of inclusion and belonging led by leaders who develop potential and embrace unique skills and abilities. Our aim is to create an equitable and accountable environment for all leaders and employees that will drive performance and impact business strategy. In this way, we can increase overall diversity for leadership roles and pipelines of talent by maturing our hiring practices, robust development opportunities and focus on retention of key talent.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting, retaining, and growing the talents of a diverse and inclusive workforce.