Sr. Director, Project & Supplier Management Office

At Genworth, we empower families to navigate the aging journey with confidence. We are compassionate, experienced allies for those navigating care with guidance, products, and services that meet families where they are. Further, we are the spouses, children, siblings, friends, and neighbors of those that need care—and we bring those experiences with us to work in serving our millions of policyholders each day. 

We apply that same compassion and empathy as we work with each other and our local communities. Genworth values all perspectives, characteristics, and experiences so that employees can bring their full, authentic selves to work to help each other and our company succeed. We celebrate our diversity and understand that being intentional about inclusion is the only way to create a sense of belonging for all associates. We also invest in the vitality of our local communities through grants from the Genworth Foundation, event sponsorships, and employee volunteerism.

Our four values guide our strategy, our decisions, and our interactions:

• Make it human. We care about the people that make up our customers, colleagues, and communities.
• Make it about others. We do what's best for our customers and collaborate to drive progress. 
• Make it happen. We work with intention toward a common purpose and forge ways forward together. 
• Make it better. We create fulfilling purpose-driven careers by learning from the world and each other.

POSITION TITLE

Senior Director, Project & Supplier Management Office

POSITION LOCATION

Richmond, VA (Hybrid Schedule) (strong preference)

Remote US (Eastern & Central Time Zones) (~20% travel, mostly to Richmond, VA)

YOUR ROLE

Genworth is seeking a results-oriented, execution driven individual to lead the Project and Supplier Management Office for our US Life Insurance business.  You will be responsible for the oversight and management of a portfolio of strategic initiatives and contracts, as well as the associated investment funding, which combined enable our enterprise and business strategies.  You will play a leadership role in establishing enterprise prioritization, building robust delivery practices and governance models, and creating an environment in which the team develops and thrives at delivering results for the enterprise.  In addition, you will have the opportunity to shape the strategic direction of how Genworth manages both projects and suppliers as we look to the future business needs.

What you will be doing

• Establish the strategic direction for the Project & Supplier Management Office, while helping to develop an enterprise-wide culture that enables and embraces collaboration, change, and innovation in project delivery
• Lead an organization of Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, Process Excellence, and Sourcing Leaders who support the delivery and execution of projects and contracts; invest in emerging skills development for the organization
• Manage the execution of the portfolio of strategic initiatives for US Life to include prioritization of work, allocation of funding, assignment of resources, and communication of progress and impediments
• Track, manage, and drive benefit realization on strategic investments; partner with Finance on the connections to the multi-year planning, value-based budgeting process, and cost allocation strategy
• Establish enterprise-wide standards for project management and sourcing leveraging widely accepted methodologies; consistently apply project management tools and methods to manage project scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, communication, resources, and suppliers; enable flexibility in delivery approach based on business needs
• Interface with executives and their leadership teams on high-impact programs, often influencing them to common alignment with program goals and outputs; build and review project business cases and funding requests, as needed
• Apply expert judgement and tenured experience to successfully oversee projects, programs, and portfolios
• Seek out synergies across the enterprise businesses and establish shared practices, approaches, and deliverables to enhance business outcomes
• Establish program governance structures, processes, and reporting mechanisms to provide visibility into program progress, risks, and issues
• Ensure that resources are appropriately allocated to meet portfolio objectives and adjust as needed to address changing priorities; identify resource gaps and work with stakeholders to address them effectively
• Leverage technology and automation to enable more effective ways of