Project Management Director jobs in Des Moines, IA

F&G is looking to hire a Director, Retail Project Management

The Director, Retail Project Management position will be responsible for promoting project management best practices and ensuring projects remain within scope, budget, and business requirements while working in a matrixed environment at F&G. The ideal candidate is a strong and influential hands-on leader that has experience leading enterprise business programs. The position will work directly with leaders throughout F&G to successfully implement projects in accordance with business plan guidelines.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and coach team members, providing guidance on priorities, work pipeline management, and structure.
• Develop professional growth plans with the team, removing barriers, and advocating for growth and development opportunities.
• Enable and foster company project management processes, practices and disciplines and oversee adherence.
• Provide leadership in the project initiation and approval phase to help structure and staff projects for success.
• Identify project interdependencies, risks and barriers while ensuring appropriate mitigation processes.
• Coordinate training and development for employees to effectively use project management methodology and tools.
• Measure and report on project outcomes to ensure desired results.
• Drive cross-functional alignment by developing cross-functional relationships.
• Identify strategic and process misalignments and resolve or escalate out-of-scope alignment issues.
• Develop and implement strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps including recruiting, selecting and developing talent, supporting mentorship, workforce development, succession planning and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent.
• Expert in business process definition and best practices in project management.
• Experienced in organizational change management and acts as an effective change agent.
• Perform project audit/health checks and course correct any deficiencies.

Experience and Education Requirements

• Minimum 8 years' experience, inclusive of strong insurance experience with at least 3-5 years' experience managing a project management office and/or management of a project management team.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Demonstrated experience working in Agile and/or waterfall methodologies.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
• Effective champion for process improvement
• Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking and leadership, with strong abilities in relationship management.
• Working knowledge of project management software packages, i.e., WorkOtter, Clarity, Planview, Microsoft Project, Jira, etc.
• Clear and concise oral and written communication skills and ability to author messages for different audiences
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively, utilize excellent active listening skills and collaborate across business units, functions, cultures and levels internally and externally.
• Superior organizational skills. Must be able to oversee multiple project portfolios with high priority.
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills
• Expert in business process definition, IT Governance, and best practices in the project management specifically related to software development lifecycles.
• Experienced in organizational change management and acts as an effective change agent.
• Excellent communicator and has strong interpersonal skills. And effective champion for process improvement\

Other Requirements

• Perform other functions, duties and projects as assigned
• Regular and punctual attendance
• Occasional travel may be required (less than 10%)
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced team environment and handle multiple projects and assignments under tight deadlines.
• Must demonstrate willingness to work flexible hours as needed to accommodate business needs and deliverables.
• Typical professional office environment with periods of extended sitting required.

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