Senior Project Manager

We are Athene. At Athene, we are driven to do more. We are a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. We see every day as a new opportunity to measure ourselves against the best - and then we don't stop until we've set the bar even higher. We're ready to help you achieve more.

Purpose:
The Senior Project Manager will manage multiple complex projects for Operations and including leading FI Onboarding initiatives for the Operations area.

Accountabilities:

• Facilitates the advancement of multiple parallel work streams while delivering Operations projects requiring cross functional IT/business resources.
• Leads multiple large, complex projects with accelerated timelines within IT using Agile/Iterative methodologies.
• Manages deliverables to achieve measurable outcomes.
• Manages project resource demand and allocations in accordance to defined EPMO metrics.
• Manages the planning and delivery of projects through a gated process, from initiation through delivery and project close, meeting scope, costs and schedules as approved per project plan.
• Participates in the PM community of practice and ensures process changes are communicated and followed throughout the PM team.
• Reviews and assists in Portfolio Approval Committee (PAC) preparation and overall PM governance; assists in delivering on the Agile roadmap.
• Stage gate planning and material prep, estimating and forecasting, building out epics and milestones for delivery with an overall view of cross functional priorities and portfolio objectives for the team.
• Assists with Project Steering Group preparation and prioritization across the vertical; serves as coach for other PMs in the team and assists with scoping initiatives.
• Develops and maintains the roadmap of initiatives in the vertical/horizontal as well as cross-functional interdependencies with other areas/projects; works with the PMO to provide consistent delivery across the IT organization.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional/technical experience required.
• 6+ years of progressive responsibility & success within Project Management.
• 2+ years Project Management experience in a cross functional Agile environment required.
• Experience with large system implementations and or system upgrades preferred.
• Previous insurance or financial services experience preferred.
• Skilled with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, etc.).
• Demonstrated strong understanding of Project Management and SDLC processes.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira application preferred.

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