Description
Job Family
Corporate Development, Strategy and Sustainability
About Us
At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.
Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.
Who We Are
We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.
Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.
We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.
What We Do
Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.
Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.* For more information, visit transamerica.com.
Job Description Summary
Drive a customer-focused view to develop and manage technology product roadmaps for all Transamerica product lines. Define, measure and communicate the value of technology investments to our business and technology partners. Embed a business management discipline across the company to ensure the use of business-based decisions around solutions and investments.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Work with business partners to align and prioritize business and technology roadmaps and develop solutions for future business opportunities by helping to define economic measures and support business cases.
- Manage interdependencies and common critical path milestones across initiatives; facilitate risk management, issue escalation/resolution, scope change and implementation planning.
- Measure and highlight key performance indicators to demonstrate the value created by investments in operations and technology across all programs, including operational health.
- Manage the portfolio cost and make recommendations to senior leadership and business partners on how to reprioritize optimize the portfolio.
- Manage Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and financial forecasts (annual and quarterly) within and across programs to drive overall delivery goals.
- Manage program governance across compliance, audit, security and risk processes in collaboration with operations and technology partners.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a business field or equivalent experience
- Ten years of program/project management leadership experience including strategy, planning and financial management
- Experience working in insurance, operations, financial services, or consultant environment
- Outstanding program management skills and track record of program and project execution
- Experience bringing new capabilities to market, improving operations, and driving change management
- Experience building strong customer relationships
- Ability to develop strategic program plans and leverage thought leadership
- Strong business leadership, technology acumen, and the ability to influence at all levels.
- High degree of independent leadership, critical thinking, communication, accountability, analytical and teamwork skills
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments and be flexible in rapidly-changing scenarios
- Ability to manage virtually and across multiple geographic locations
Preferred Qualifications
Working Conditions
- Office environment
- Moderate travel