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Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action. We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.
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Profile Summary:
This position will have primary responsible as an individual contributor for the management of a strategic initiative who has primary accountability to business partners and other parties for project planning, day-to-day execution, management, implementation, readiness, and reporting of several large and significant project or medium to large programs (typically up to $25M) where scope is subject to change, contains significant complexity, and significant risk, substantial number of resources, and complex organizational change issues that support complex enterprise or strategic corporate goals. May partner with the business to develop road maps, in every case, project/program objectives address complex business goals or accountable for the proper prioritization, funding and sequencing of projects/programs. The projects/programs will span multiple IT and/or business areas and will likely require the integral involvement of a solutions provider. Accountable to manage and monitor project tasks and controls during portfolio planning, project planning, and delivery activities to ensure on-time and quality outcomes are met within scope and budget. Work with a high degree of autonomy and apply expert/leading project and program management knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project deliverables, processes, communications, presentations to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations.
Profile Description:
Responsible for shaping, leading, developing and maintaining program/project strategies to support business objectives and drive growth, ensuring alignment of initiatives to strategic goals and objectives
Drive execution and achievement of milestones in highly matrixed organization without direct control of resource management responsibilities
Address business challenges by bridging the gap between strategy and execution and identifying scalable solutions designed to reduce the complexities.
Act with strong personal and situational awareness; understands what motivates stakeholders; learns their concerns, takes them seriously and addresses them.
Partners with Finance to support and provide insight to leadership on portfolio and/or program financials and forecast; understands what is driving the costs and what is needed to achieve desired outcomes.
Responsible for financial management of respective programs/projects. Accountable for understanding financial trends, insights and recommendations.
Responsible for effective vendor management including being able to manage effectively the sourcing process within context of the role, managing vendor deliverables, understanding dependencies both for individual vendors and between multiple vendors, managing risk mitigation and understanding where the vendor supports a critical path item
Act as a trusted advisor / leader with team, customers, and stakeholders at all levels of the organization (up to and including SLT/EC); solid executive presence.
Industry leading and expert knowledge and understanding of project management best practices, principles, project lifecycles, and various delivery methodologies.
Apply industry leading project and program management knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project deliverables, processes, communications, and presentations.
Develop and deliver compelling fact-based stories and recommendations in written and presentation form while teaching and coaching others.
Hands-on and results driven leader with a proven ability to work collaboratively and effectively across organizations and cross functional teams
Drive complex situations to develop strategic, concise plans of action that help business areas achieve defined goals.
Foster an environment and culture that appropriately balances the “art” and “science” of project delivery across various methodologies while building deep bench strength and growth opportunities.
Effectively understand, interpret and communicate insights related to budgets, cost benefit analysis and trends in actuals for respective programs/projects.
Proactively coach and mentor members of the PM community across the enterprise
Knowledge & Experience:
Innovative strategic thought leader with the ability to question status quo, influence change and provide forward thinking
Sought out as a proven project management professional.
Demonstrated ability to apply judgement in all scenarios.
Strong ability to communicate the need for change, its purpose, and it’s expected impact to stakeholders at all levels of the organization to ensure understanding and buy-in
Expert understanding of project management or portfolio management principles
Expert knowledge of a project lifecycle and methodologies
Experience interacting with and influencing senior members of management.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills required.
Strong knowledge and experience with vendor management
Highly results oriented; ability to effect change in a matrix managed geographically dispersed environment.
Expert Project/Program/Portfolio Management Financial Acumen ability
Strong competency in customer service
Continuous learner; quickly adapt to changing environment and personalities.
Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree, or related field or equivalent work experience required.
Possesses project financials acumen programs/projects of significant investment size.
Experienced leading significant change management and transformation efforts across business and technology partners
Effectively, clearly and concisely communicate in all methods (verbal, written, presentation) to all levels of the organization
Compensation Pay Disclosure:
Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.
The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.
Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
$136,560 - $170,700 USD
Be Well. Stay Well.
Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.
What We Offer
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
- 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
- Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
- Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year
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Critical Skills
At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:
- Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
- Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
- Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
- Business Acumen:Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
- Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.
Reasonable Accommodations
Voya is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Voya will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please reference resources for applicants with disabilities.
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