Senior Project Manager - New Product Introduction

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POSITION TITLE

PMO Senior Project Manager, New Product Introduction

POSITION LOCATION

Richmond, VA (hybrid)
Lynchburg, VA (hybrid)

YOUR ROLE

As a member of the Project Management Office, you’ll play a crucial role in managing New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives that support our ability to deliver world class products and service capabilities to our policyholders—now and in the future. You will play a key part in the development and execution of robust program plans as Genworth introduces new products into the marketplace. The projects supported by this role will span across multiple business functions and technology platforms calling on breadth of technical and project management skillsets.

What you will be doing

• Lead complex, strategic, high-impact NPI initiatives that are in many cases, multi-year, multi-million dollar programs composed of multiple projects with significant IT builds and process reengineering
• Assist various cross-functional areas (such as Product Management, Operations, Regulatory, Legal/Compliance, Actuarial, Finance, Sales/Distribution/Marketing & Reinsurance, and Risk) with prioritizing initiatives aligned to NPI strategy and manage tactical coordination of these areas to deliver integrated execution. Participate in functional meetings or lead functional specific prioritization meetings to facilitate this objective.
• Assist specific functional areas, as needed, with building project business cases and funding requests. This includes validating cost and benefit assumptions with stakeholders, resource managers, and process owners.
• Assist with supplier engagement, as needed, to refine business cases, execution of Request for Proposals (RFPs), and enablement of implementation.
• High level of interface with executive leadership to keep them informed and often influencing the executives and their leadership teams to common alignment with program goals and output.
• Manage and coach a small team of Project Managers supporting a given functional area.
• Manage projects using widely accepted project methodologies; consistently apply project management tools and methods to manage project scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, communication, resources, and suppliers.
• Develop and integrate plans for large cross-functional programs requiring multiple work-streams and sub-plans; assist in developing appropriate program structures for applicable projects.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 7 years project management experience
• Demonstrated success managing large, cross functional projects (>$250K, > 6 months) that have significant IT build components and process re-engineering
• Highly proficient and scoping and structuring ambiguous work, effectively mitigating major risks and moving challenging projects forward by finding the team clarity
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategic relationships and lead customer focused projects across organizational boundaries
• Demonstrated thought leadership in support of the development of program strategies and execution roadmaps
• Demonstrated ability to coach less experienced project managers in project management
• Excellent planning, organizational and execution skills
• Strong communication -- ora