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Lead Program and Portfolio Manager (Hybrid)

American Family Insurance

4.6

(10)

Madison, WI

Why you should apply for a job to American Family Insurance:

  • 4.6/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.9/5 in supportive management
  • 80% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 90% would recommend this company to other women
  • 80% say the CEO supports gender diversity
    • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Matching employee donations up to $3,000 each year to qualifying nonprofit organizations.
  • Paid leave program offers two weeks of paid time off each year to parents to care for a child, spouse, domestic partner or parent.
  • Children of employees can apply for an annual scholarship of $2,500 for up to four years ($10,000).

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    Position summary

    ovides management reporting using appropriate metrics.
    • Ensures effective communication with project sponsors, project managers, functional and resource managers, and other stakeholders.
    • Engages key stakeholders to evaluate proposed and ongoing projects based on value, risk, effort, cost and strategic alignment.
    • Provides formal training and support for project and portfolio management.
    • Develops and maintains governance tools, templates, guidelines, procedures and processes
    • Leads with influence and expertise.
    • Actively contributes to division or department leadership team.
    • Communicates and supports organization mission, vision, values, policies, and practices.

    Specialized Knowledge and Skills Requirements
    • Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
    • Extensive experience with project/program and portfolio management tools, methods and practices (like Apptio Targetprocess, JIRA and SAFe lean portfolio management)

    • Demonstrated experience driving continuous improvement of portfolio practices at scale.
    • Demonstrated experience effectively communicating with and influencing senior leaders.

    • Demonstrated experience consulting on simplification, modernization or optimization of enterprise portfolio planning processes.
    • Demonstrated experience with budget, metrics and other operational analyses.
    • Solid knowledge and understanding of operational and strategic planning.

    Travel Requirements
    • Up to 10%.

    Physical Requirements
    • Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

    Additional Information

    • Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks

    • Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions

    • Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

    In this hybrid role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month out of our Madison, WI office.

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    We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above. Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

    We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

    We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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    Why you should apply for a job to American Family Insurance:

  • 4.6/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.9/5 in supportive management
  • 80% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 90% would recommend this company to other women
  • 80% say the CEO supports gender diversity
    • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Matching employee donations up to $3,000 each year to qualifying nonprofit organizations.
  • Paid leave program offers two weeks of paid time off each year to parents to care for a child, spouse, domestic partner or parent.
  • Children of employees can apply for an annual scholarship of $2,500 for up to four years ($10,000).