Senior Delivery Leader: Complex Life & Annuity Programs

National Life Group; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 101,250 - 148,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits start day one

Annual incentive program

Job summary

National Life Group, founded in 1848 and based in Montpelier, VT, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to orchestrate delivery of large, complex initiatives across technology, business, suppliers, and partners.

The role partners with Portfolio, Technology Delivery, Business Analysis, Solution Architecture, and Quality Engineering to translate priorities into executable plans while managing risks and ensuring measurable business value. Onsite four days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years leading complex cross-functional technology and business initiatives.
• Minimum of 8 years of Life & Annuity industry experience.
• Demonstrated success leading highly interdependent initiatives across business, technology, operations, and suppliers.
• Experience managing Agile, hybrid, and predictive delivery models.
• Advanced project management, governance, risk management, and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated project plans across complex initiatives, aligning business objectives, technical execution, supplier activities, operational readiness, and implementation plans.
• Establish and maintain integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, assumptions, issues, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate delivery across business, technology, suppliers, operational teams, and shared services.
• Lead project planning, governance, implementation, operational readiness, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Partner with Portfolio, Technology Delivery, Business Analysis, Solution Architecture, and Quality Engineering to ensure coordinated execution.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and cross-functional impacts.
• Facilitate tradeoff discussions and executive decision-making regarding scope, schedule, resources, sequencing, and implementation.
• Provide governance reporting, executive communications, and stakeholder updates.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise governance, regulatory requirements, delivery standards, and financial controls.
• Promote continuous improvement, AI-enabled delivery practices, and modern delivery methodologies.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Delivery orchestration

Executive communication

Strategic planning

AI-enabled delivery

Education

PMP certification

Job description

National Life Group, founded in 1848 and based in Montpelier, VT, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to orchestrate delivery of large, complex initiatives across technology, business, suppliers, and partners.

The role partners with Portfolio, Technology Delivery, Business Analysis, Solution Architecture, and Quality Engineering to translate priorities into executable plans while managing risks and ensuring measurable business value. Onsite four days per week.