Director, IT Program Management

Job Family

Program and Project management

About Us 

 

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential unleashed by leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.  

 

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there. 

    

Transamerica is a part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group. The Aegon companies employ over 21,500 people and have approximately 31.7 million customers.* For more information,  visit www.transamerica.com. 

 

Who We Are 

  

Transamerica has been making financial services available to the many, not just the few, for more than 100 years. We’re a leading provider of life insurance, retirement, and investment solutions, serving millions of customers throughout the United States. Transamerica’s dedicated professionals focus on helping people live their best lives through saving, investing, and protecting their loved ones. Transamerica is dedicated to building America’s leading middle market life insurance and retirement company, providing a broad range of quality individual life insurance policies, workplace supplemental insurance benefits, workplace retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, and investment products, including mutual funds, annuities, stable value solutions, as well as investment management services. 

 

What We Do 

 

Transamerica is organized by lines of business (Life Insurance, Annuities, Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, and Employee Benefits), which are supported by Transamerica Corporate (Corporate Development; Finance; Internal Audit; Legislative, Regulatory & Policy; Office of the CEO; People and Places; Brand; Corporate Affairs; Risk; and Technology). 

Job Description Summary

As a leader in Delivery Management, drive strategically important and global programs and projects across business units. Provide project and program management, delivery assurance and consulting, project health checks, and guidance for key programs and projects. Devise strategies to implement key initiatives and programs supporting stakeholder goals, financial management initiatives and superior services.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Spearhead complex programs through cross functional teams.
• Provide direction and coaching in setting goals and performance of programs including project planning, execution, functionality, quality, cost, staffing, and resource allocation.
• Manage and develop team members to meet department goals, resolve issues, and execute major program initiatives.
• Drive all aspects of program and project management for strategically important initiatives.
• Provide input and recommendations on PMO governance items, including reporting, threshold assessments, and assessing and monitoring health of key projects.
• Develop the strategic plans for programs that align with business goals and objectives.
• Partner with strategic support vendors to drive cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with all levels of Technology and stakeholder organizations on project direction, and actively communicate goals/initiatives, strategic roadmaps, and presentations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or IT related field
• Ten years of technology and related management experience including IT program/project management
• Experience with Agile and Scaled Agile (SAFe) processes and tools
• Strong organizational skills (planning, prioritizing) and communication skills (written, verbal, listening) to successfully adapt to diverse people and situations, manage conflict, and proactively resolve issues
• Leadership skills including relationship building, negotiation and influence, and facilitation techniques such as program increment (PI)
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement skills to interact with business partners, staff, and management at all levels, including C-level executives

Preferred Qualifications

• Program leadership experience in the insurance/financial services industry
• Expert knowledge of agile and scaled agile frameworks and tools
• PMP/PMI certifications

Working Environment:

Employees will be assigned to one of the following work location designations:

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