Sr Consultant – Executive Development
| Company | Nationwide |
|---|---|
| Location | Columbus, OH, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, MBA |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree required with studies in business, insurance or related field preferred
- MBA or other graduate level education equivalent is desired
- Project Management Certification is strongly preferred
- Industry designations such as CPCU, CLU and/or ChFC are highly desired
- Ten or more years of related project/program management experience
- Proven knowledge of project management tools, concepts, and methodologies
- Effective interpersonal skills for interaction with project managers, senior leadership and program steering committees
- Ability to manage large, sophisticated programs/projects
- Ability to maintain focus on the holistic focus of a program and integrate the separate projects together
- Ability to influence change
Responsibilities
- Directs the evaluation of proposed business development efforts, including the coordination of initial program/project proposals and charters
- Consults with leadership and assigned project team to identify scope/specifications and business needs, writes proposals, prepares risk assessments and establishes budgets and timeframes for major programs and team based activities
- Determines the allocation and funding for programs/projects and their initiatives
- Directs the development of business perspective work plans to identify needed resources to deliver program/project charters, requirements, user acceptance testing strategies, training and system implementation
- Monitors and assesses all projects and pivotal initiatives and communicates status to senior leadership
- Ensures and leads the communication to and incorporation of feedback from customers on proposed, developing and completed projects and initiatives
- Identifies technology and human resource commitments across the organization
- Identifies gaps, overlaps, conflicts and timelines, as well as budgetary and resource barriers, which affect programs and projects individually and as a whole
- Develops, implements and maintains consistent program/project management methodologies and standards for use in the assigned business unit leadership and associated business units
- Consults and coaches leaders and team members throughout business units on new trends, practices and procedures and tools
- Acts as a liaison to program management staff in other areas of Nationwide and integrates the workflow in these areas in support of company and business unit strategy
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience developing and administering effective executive development programs
- Hogan Certification
- 360 feedback experience