Sr. Enterprise Portfolio Manager – Strategic Initiatives – 100% remote

About the Opportunity

Title: Sr. Enterprise Portfolio Manager – Strategic Initiatives

Job Type: contract (12 months to start with potential to convert to permanent)

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Global Chief IT Operations Officer to establish enterprise operating cadence, governance frameworks, and executive reporting structures.
• Institutionalize risk and dependency management to enable disciplined, scalable execution across global strategic initiatives.
• Oversee a transition from a single payment processing vendor to a dual-vendor partnership.
• Manage coordination among several internal teams and external vendors.
• Motivate and manage cross-functional teams, smoothing out internal friction and keeping stakeholders aligned.
• Monitor and escalate issues in other transformation workstreams, distill complex info for executive reporting, and keep leadership aware of key risks or project impacts.
• Quickly synthesize and communicate key information for executives, escalating as needed.

About You

Required Experience & Qualities

• Industry knowledge in payments, claims processing, insurance industry, or related field.
• Ability to adapt to industry-specific lingo and operating models.
• Experience as a change agent in a non-governed, flexible environment.
• Leadership skills in motivating and managing cross-functional teams.
• Experience with payment vendors or claims management preferred.

Eligibility

Scope & Duration

Scope: Covers all lines except property, focusing on casualty, workers comp, workforce absence, managed care, etc.

Timeline: Anticipated “go live” for the current phase is February, with another phase after.

Benefits

Ideal candidates have experience in project management, portfolio management, vendor management, transformation, and M&A.

About Company

Seeking candidates who are adaptive communicators, show ownership, thrive in ambiguity, have executive presence, are highly organized and proactive, strong relationship builders, calm under pressure, able to navigate politics, and trusted with confidentiality.