Senior Project Manager

Hybrid

WI Madison

Full time

R39331

You will provide high-level planning, project and portfolio leadership within a division or from a corporate oversight perspective. Controls project scope, resources (people and budget) and schedule. In some divisions provides leadership and facilitation for divisional planning or profit and growth planning processes. You will report to the Senior Manager of IT Delivery

Position Compensation Range:

$88,000.00 - $145,000.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• Assist business division and department leaders in identifying and gathering appropriate internal data to support the planning process including investment planning, prioritization, and forecasting.

• Facilitates portfolio sync meetings, and provide oversight for tracking, monitoring and reporting of progress towards strategic goals by agreement and reporting.

• Implements light-weight controls that ensure teams are developing goals and indicators. • Responsible for reporting metrics related to progress on strategic project portfolio and operationalizing the tracking and reporting of health and performance metrics of value.

• Maintain internal and external compliance and audit readiness.

• Maintains link to continuous improvement opportunities, and partners with Ignite for coaching and implementation

• Develops standardized business planning tools and methodology to support the planning process, and move us toward continuous improvement and best practice compliance.

• Define guardrails for event best practices.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-oriented solutions or support.

• Demonstrated experience communicating with all levels of company management.

• Demonstrated experience executing large corporate programs involving multiple operational and technical areas across the organization.

• Solid knowledge of Agile portfolio management tools, methods and practices.

• Present information at all levels of the company, including executive leadership.

Travel Requirements • Up to 10%.

You will work 10 days per month from the office in this hybrid role. You should reside within approximately 35-50 miles of Madison, WI 53783

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Additional Information

• To ensure a strong start, all employees participate in our New Employee Orientation during their first week.  This experience is held in person at our Madison, WI Headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations to help you connect with our mission, meet key team members and build relationships that support your growth.  At times, sessions may be delivered virtually based on scheduling and availability. 

• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks

• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions

• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email View email address on click.appcast.io to request a reasonable accommodation.

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American Family Insurance, based in Madison, Wis., has been serving customers since 1927. We inspire, protect and restore dreams through our insurance products, exceptional service from our agency owners and employees, community investments and creative partnerships. American Family Insurance is the nation’s 12th-largest property/casualty insurance company, ranking No. 202 on the Fortune 500 list. American Family has a current ‘a+’ credit rating through AM Best, and has distinction as a “Standing the Test of Time” company, which is represented by having an AM Best financial strength rating of ‘A’ or better for at least 75 years. The company offers American Family-brand products through a network of exclusive agency owners as well as nationwide through key strategic partnerships. American Family Insurance also includes Homesite and Main Street America Insurance. The company has approximately 10,500 employees nationwide.

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