Provides overall business and strategic guidance in alignment with company-wide objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Champion organizational change and promote a culture of accountability, collaboration and customer service excellence.
  • Coordinate strategic business initiatives across functional groups and teams.
  • Facilitate the project portfolio management process in partnership with the PMO and IT teams, including project prioritization, business case development, resource planning and benefits realization analysis.
  • Manage interdependencies and common critical path milestones across initiatives, facilitating risk management, issue escalation/resolution, scope change and implementation planning.
  • Manage dashboard of strategic initiatives and process improvements.
  • Continually seek program process improvements.
  • Define and direct formal communication methods and establish open and consistent communication with all levels within the organization. Provide portfolio reporting and facilitate inter-program communication.
  • Provide direction and define, catalog and implement program management methodologies, tools and governance.
  • Direct and oversee activities of process improvement initiatives within the program; hold teams accountable for meeting goals and objectives.
  • Direct problem resolution, decision making, communications and other associated activities during all phases of large and complex projects using a pro-active and constructive approach.
  • Drive and manage project intake, prioritization, discovery, demand capacity modeling, budget and benefits realization


Qualifications

  • ​Bachelor’s degree in a business related field or equivalent experience.

  • Ten years of strategic planning experience, including five years managing complex multisystem and/or multiple department projects.

  • Experience utilizing interviewing/negotiation skills; coordinating and facilitating small and large group meetings; utilizing planning/organization skills and techniques; managing multiple priorities and project staff; and utilizing analysis and problem solving skills.

  • Ability to communicate with all levels of the organization to guide in strategic planning fundamentals and plan execution.

  • Proficiency using MS Office and project development/management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Expert level skills relating to project management theory, tools and practice.
  • Change management experience.


Working Conditions

  • Hybrid office environment (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Locations: Denver, Cedar Rapids, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • Travel to attend strategic planning sessions.
  • 10% Travel

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $130,000.00 - 145,000.00 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.

Applicants must possess legal authorization to work for our company in the U.S. without the need for immigration, sponsorship or otherwise serving as an employer of record for immigration employment purposes. At this time, this role is not eligible for immigration-related employment authorization sponsorship.


This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.