Job Description

You Will

Work independently and collaboratively across the organization, to drive strategic decisions for the business inclusive of detailed analysis work required to understand, inform, and recommend solutions.
Be comfortable with change; priorities will change as current uncertainties become new standards and shape the market.  There must be constant balance between proactive and reactive strategy and execution.
Build and maintain strong partnerships across the Group Benefits organization.  Work with your manager and partners to create well-developed, rational business cases, complete with supporting information, impact analysis, and success metrics.  A key challenge and opportunity will be your ability to influence and manage people over whom there is no direct authority.

Reporting Relationships

You will report to the Second Vice President, Transformation Planning Leader for the Guardian Group Benefits Transformation Team.

 Qualifications
 

You Have

Broad, enterprise-wide view of the business and varying degrees of appreciation for strategy, process, and capabilities, enabling technologies, and program and project management governance.
Expert ability to communicate and be an influencer that builds consensus in a highly matrixed enterprise operating model.
Good knowledge of Group Benefits Value Streams and the systems that support them.
A proven track record of driving transformational strategy and initiatives.
Experience managing or supporting complex and/or multi-year transformative programs across Business and IT.
Experience working in a SAFe agile software development framework.
Deep understanding of technical capabilities with the ability to translate business needs into epic/feature capabilities focused on customer experience, agile product development, and requirement analysis
Experience with Agile toolset (JIRA, JIRA-ALIGN, Confluence).
Creative thinker with ability to think outside the box and translate strategies into actions.
Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to juggle multiple priorities.
Team player with proven ability to foster and manage working relationships within a matrixed environment with a positive attitude.
Strong influencing and communication skills with ability to socialize the strategy and roadmap at various levels of the organization, ability to “tell the story”.
Good process and product management skills.