Program/Project Management Senior-HOH Military Fellowship

Company: USAA
Location: Sun City Center
Posted on: March 8, 2023

Job Description:

Why USAA?We are currently seeking a dedicated Program/Project Management Senior-HOH Military Fellowship to participate in Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) Fellowship Cohort 23-2 with USAA. The HOH Fellowship Program builds an extraordinary experience for transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses that increase competitiveness and improve opportunities to find meaningful employment by providing development, skills, and exposure to corporate working environment and private sector business operations. HOH Fellowship Programs are best-in-class workforce development programs that range from six to eleven weeks.

This position is a hybrid work type and can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX; Plano, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Charlotte, NC; Colorado Springs, CO or Tampa, FL. Hybrid roles help employees gain the best of both worlds - collaborating in-person in the office and working from home when needed to achieve focused results.

Facilitates and drives the planning, execution, and delivery of moderately complex non-IT work efforts intended to accomplish business goals and objectives within prescribed timeframes and budgets. Demonstrates an advanced understanding of how activities contribute to the achievement of strategic business goals and operational objectives. Collaborates with key partners, vendors and project/program teams to identify mutually beneficial outcomes for competing priorities and negotiate timelines to ensure objectives are met.The OpportunityWhat you'll do:

• Identifies and manages existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job role.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled.
• Follows written risk and compliance policies, standards, and procedures for business activities.
• Drives implementation of low to moderately complex work efforts, working closely with cross-functional teams and resources to achieve multiple program and project achievements within established timeframes.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities for moderately complex work efforts through the development work efforts plans intended to accomplish goals and objectives within prescribed timeframes, scope and budgets.
• Ensures consistent visibility for teams by monitoring and reporting business objectives, work efforts achievements, and key indicators.
• Communicates with partners and provides insight on issues through root cause analyses.
• Facilitates collaboration on creative alternatives to work efforts challenges with subject matter experts.
• Removes obstacles and impediments to ensure business and operational objectives are met.
• Develops and tracks project budgets that may include necessary capital expenditures, operational expenses, and labor funding requirements.
• Identifies and applies standard methodologies and needed process improvements; drives adoption and challenges standards.
• Ensures compliance with company and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Monitors project execution to deliver incremental business value.
• Participates in the creation of the master work efforts plan from the underlying plans (if applicable).
• Assists in defining the control and the overall delivery of the work efforts to meet the goals, objectives and success criteria.
• Establishes overall cadence for communication with impacted partners, and provides framework for underlying work efforts(s) communication plans.
• Participates in work effort closure activities to determine benefit / business impact realization.
• Manages risk by using best risk management practices to address execution challenges associated with quality, schedule and cost, in adherence with risk management framework.
• Adheres to EPMO processes, procedures, controls, standards, tools and templates (as required).
• Drives the adoption and sustainment of changes within the organization in compliance with USAA's Change Management methodologyWhat you have:
  • Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
  • 6 years of relevant experience in project or program management, including planning, tracking and delivery.
  • Comprehensive knowledge and demonstrated application of project management tools and methodologies.
  • Collaboration skills in a matrixed environment including providing consultative guidance to help solve enterprise level issues.
  • Possess an understanding of scope definition, process and solution mapping; process structures and components; and standard project planning methodologies.
  • Experience supporting projects with complex deliverables including information technology and dependencies across organizations.
  • In-depth understanding of risk management policies and procedures.What sets you apart:
    • Current participant in the Hiring Our Heroes Fellowship Programs 23-2 Cohort.
    • PMP Certification
    • Applications(software) and Digital experienceWhat we offer:Hiring Our Heroes Fellows are paid by the HOH program.If selected for a full-time role, USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The hiring range for this position is: $95,250 - $182,030.Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.Relocation assistance is not available for this position.USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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