Project Management Consultant - Transformation & Innovation

Role Description

We currently have an opportunity for a Project Management Consultant to join our Transformation & Innovation team located remotely nationwide. This role is responsible for the overall planning, coordination, and execution of multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously. This will require the engagement of resources (often senior representatives) from multiple functional areas. Project Management Consultant will ensure that team members and stakeholders have a clear understanding of project objectives and will assist in the identification of tasks, manage progress to plan, escalate issues as necessary and communicate on a regular basis to stakeholders and senior level management. This will include management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.

• Manage all aspects of multiple projects to ensure overall program is aligned to and directly supports achievement of strategic objectives.
• Collaborates effectively with others in a variety of work settings.
• Works to ensure an atmosphere of teamwork, collaboration and empowerment is created for each project.
• Involves extensive interaction with customers, which may cross numerous business departments, as well as vendors and contractors.
• Implements project management practices for assigned areas and projects.
• Ensures projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Adheres to high quality standards and meets customer requirements and expectations.
• Assembles project plans, team assignments, directs and monitors work efforts, identifies resource needs and escalates functional budgeting, quality and timeline issues.
• Provide leadership for project team by assisting and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Formulates alternatives and involves taking appropriate actions in accomplishing a variety of project related activities.
• Outlines the specifications for the deliverables/tasks in some cases and validates to ensure quality deliverable.
• Tracks key project milestones and adjusts project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of the customers.
• Keeps stakeholders apprised of project status.
• Reports on project success criteria results, project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for assigned projects.
• Program modeling, reporting and overall administration for some projects, including analysis and report generation as needed.
• Consults and provides direction and insight to the business units as to how to address/proceed with a new opportunity, complicated merger and acquisition or method of reporting on a new program, system or product.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent work experience required.
• At least 10 years of IT, Insurance and/or project management experience.
• Project Management professional certification desirable, but not required.
• Prior management, supervisory or team leader experience helpful.

Requirements

• The typical base salary range for this position is: $108,000 - $143,000, based on the factors aforementioned.
• For candidates located in San Francisco, CA; Washington DC; our Massachusetts based offices and the New York City metro area, the base salary range is $125,000 - $147,000.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance with no waiting period.
• Competitive paid time off programs.
• 401(k) savings and annual contributions of up to 12% of annual salary.
• Mental health support programs, life and disability insurance, paid parental leave and a variety of additional voluntary benefits.