[Remote] Technology Program Manager III
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aflac is a Fortune 500 company and an industry leader in voluntary insurance products. They are seeking a Technology Program Manager III to define program scopes, manage stakeholder communication, and ensure alignment with organizational goals while tracking program performance and mitigating risks.
Responsibilities
- Defining the scope, objectives, and deliverables for each program, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
- Establishing effective communication with stakeholders on program status, managing expectations, and resolving issues
- Identifying and allocating resources to maximize efficiency and effectiveness
- Identifying potential risks and developing strategies to mitigate those and continuous monitoring and adjustment of plans as needed
- Implementing performance metrics and KPIs to track program progress and reporting on these metrics to stakeholders and adjusting strategies as needed to ensure program success
- Ensuring that all projects within the program meet the required policies and standards to maintain high quality and performance
- Managing the impact of changes on the program and ensuring that changes are implemented smoothly and effectively
- Performs other duties as required
Skills
- Strong knowledge and excellent proficiency in methodologies such as Agile, Scrum
- Experience in a Salesforce delivery environment
- Strong Jira experience
- Ability to effectively manage a backlog of priorities from a diverse stakeholder group
- Ability to lead and facilitate client discussions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills across stakeholders, including customers, account management, senior leadership, and operational leadership
- Ability to converse fluently with technical teams and make informed decisions about technology
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey ideas, updates, and feedback to various stakeholders
- Excellent analytical skills to interpret data, track program performance, and make data-driven decisions
- Ability to think critically and solve problems creatively
- Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and pivot strategies as needed
- Extensive experience in program management and a deep understanding of technology landscapes
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field
- 8+ years of project management, program management, Operations/IT Management, or work-related experience
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Prescription drug coverage
- Health care flexible spending
- Dependent care flexible spending
- Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee)
- 401(k) plans
- Annual bonuses
- An opportunity to purchase company stock
- 11 paid holidays
- Up to 20 days PTO to be used for any reason
- If eligible, state-mandated sick leave (Washington employees accrue 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked)
- Other leaves of absence, if eligible, when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being
- Aflac complies with all applicable leave laws, including, but not limited to, sick and safe leave, and adoption and parental leave, in all states and localities
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