Sr. Project Manager

F&G is a leading life insurance company that offers annuity and life insurance products. The Sr. Project Manager will guide teams through a transition to a Product Delivery model, ensuring successful delivery of various product initiatives while partnering with stakeholders to adapt to new methodologies.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end project and product delivery, ensuring objectives are achieved across all delivery phases
• Establish scope, objectives, resource needs, budgets, timelines, and milestones, while managing changes through appropriate continuous planning and governance techniques
• Develop, maintain, and report on project plans, progress, and key metrics using both waterfall and agile frameworks
• Partner with stakeholders to define product roadmaps, requirements, build status reports and communication plans, and facilitate effective team and client meetings
• Lead risk identification and mitigation planning, track project dependencies and constraints, and escalate issues or concerns to Retail leadership as needed
• Run PI planning and execution cycles and program-level ceremonies, and coach teams and leaders on scaled agile principles
• Track and communicate program-level metrics while managing risks and impediments across the value stream
• Build and sustain relationships with third-party vendors and external partners and create/maintain comprehensive project documentation meeting Retail Implementation standards

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Project Management, Operations Management or related field
• 7+ years of relevant experience in Project Manager or Agile Leader in Life Insurance and/or Annuity industry
• Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects involving cross functional project teams within budgetary and schedule constraints
• Strong Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of project, product, and business management principles, waterfall and value steam delivery methods and techniques and identifying critical paths
• Strong interpersonal skills including Teamwork, Responsibility, Dependability, Flexibility, Leadership, and Motivation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including facilitation and presentation tailored to the specific audience
• Ability to interact successfully with personnel at all levels of the organization in both technical and business areas with minimal guidance
• Ability to perform at a high level in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects and responsibilities
• Effectively coach delivery teams, Value Stream Leaders, and Product Owners on Agile mindsets, mechanics, and backlog/discovery practices
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Team player with demonstrated ability to proactively identify issues and to influence key project and program decisions to achieve desired outcomes with minimal guidance
• Self-starter who demonstrates strong initiative and is able to operate efficiently in unpredictable and challenging project environments with minimal guidance
• Proficient in Agile Tooling (JIRA) and Microsoft Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Must be able to work independently and be able to operate efficiently in unpredictable and challenging project environments
• Experience with Waterfall, Agile and Iterative methodologies—certifications preferred
• Experience with JIRA, and/or other project management software preferred
• Program Management experience preferred
• PMP, Scrum, or Scaled Agile Framework Certification preferred