You desire impactful work.
You’re RGA ready
RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.
Leads and manages multiple, large, cross functional, and more highly complex projects and/or technical initiatives. Assemble project teams, manages project, delegate responsibilities, provide training, and develop project schedules. Determine and acquire resources needed. Participate in the development of policies, procedures, standards and controls. Responsible for project scoping and budgets. Support business planning requirements including, but not limited to budgeting, scheduling and workload planning. Drives out cross-functional decisions through project steering facilitation. Provides leadership and direction on firm-priority programs and projects.
Principle Duties:
Leads projects beginning-to-end.
Leads multiple, cross-functional business and IT projects and technology initiatives and applies innovative solutions to systems, hardware, software, networking, programming, and/or applications problems.
Mentor associates on the project teams including, but not limited to hiring, training, evaluating, and coaching.
Maintain and foster internal client relationships. Take ownership of the relationship and ensure that clients’ objectives are met and gain understanding when the objectives are not feasible.
Analyze customer requirements, evaluate new or existing technology, present recommendations, and determine test and implementation schedules for introduction of new or enhanced systems, networks, hardware, software, or applications.
Plan and manage resources ensuring all projects meet obligations and budget expectations.
Provide technical guidance to ensure effective systems’ utilization and integration.
Maintain current knowledge of industry practices, trends and applications. May perform an advisory role to senior management on potential new business developments and programs.
Ensure that projects adhere to the project approval process as dictated by the Portfolio/Project Management Office (PPMO), track time and provide quarterly reports to the PPMO
Establish and maintain best practices and consistent project management policies and guidelines in line with IT project management methodologies.
Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience. Required
Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) and/or LOMA certification Preferred
Work Experience:
10+ Years experience in project management, resource management, programming, or systems analysis. Required
Skills & Abilities:
Highly advanced project management skills. Demonstrates ability to evaluate project objectives and scope feasibility, gain understanding, schedule resources, and manage budget to plan. Required
Ability to lead, facilitate and drive to decisions with Executive Management. Required
Previous experience managing large international/global projects. Effectively managed projects leading Virtual teams. Required
Proficient in software development methodologies Required
Highly advanced level of people management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead, mentor, and develop associates; including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility Required
Highly advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received Required
Highly advanced level of investigative, analytical and problem solving skills Required
Expert ability to balance detail with departmental goals/objectives Required
Advanced skills in customer relationship management and change management Required
Highly advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions Required
Highly advanced ability to manage multiple projects and/or teams simultaneously Required
Project Web Access Required
Application Development for Finance functional area or Finance background Preferred
What you can expect from RGA:
Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.
We’re excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.