Job Description

This is a crucial role to our technology teams. You will drive and deliver technology-project portfolio direction and prioritization for strategic initiatives and highly complex, cross functional, and high-risk programs throughout the company. Develop a portfolio management standard and fosters the discipline through utilization of a standard methodology, tools, processes, roles, and responsibilities. Identify corporate needs to achieve focus, utilize funds, and understand people resource impacts. Identifies, mitigates, and manages risk to ensure the company is successful in overall portfolio delivery. Establish and maintains strong relationships across the organization and directly with leaders to champion and drive the successful enterprise portfolio initiatives.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or direct and applicable work experience
• 7+ years of proven experience managing complex resources and large budgets as a part of a enterprise portfolio and/or project management experience.
• Ability to think strategically and influence business decisions while translating corporate strategy into an executable roadmap and delivery plan.
• Strong knowledge of the health insurance industry.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to lead and facilitate conversations at all levels of the organization (to include VP and SVP level stakeholders)
• Demonstrated ability to engage with staff at all levels of the organization, build strong, consultative relationships to facilitate issues or conflict resolution and break down barriers and foster collaboration.
• Demonstrated informal leadership experience in guiding and mentoring teams.
• Ability to prioritize work and redeploy staff in order to achieve strategic objectives and accomplish results, while at the same time effectively helping others manage change.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills with the ability to break problems apart systematically to understand the root cause
• Strong technical acumen, with the ability to engage with technical teams to deliver solutions that meet user needs
• Knowledge of Information Technology solutions, processes, and methodologies and a strong understanding of the resource staffing dynamics of technology initiatives

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• Experience in the health insurance industry.
• Experience in portfolio metrics/KPIs.
• Experience managing large portfolio investments/budgets.
• Applicable professional certifications a plus.