PEMCO Insurance

Program Manager

PEMCO Insurance$129K — $215K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 6+ years in IT or business roles with progressive responsibility.
  • Proven experience in project leadership and management, with a focus on IT projects.
  • Solid technical background relevant to the IT unit.
  • Skilled in MS Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to resolve complex problems quickly and collaboratively.
  • Thorough understanding of industry trends and the business landscape in the insurance sector.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with IT and business teams, coaching and mentoring project members.
  • Develop and gain approval for program strategy and design, including enterprise-wide project plans.
  • Define, execute, and monitor project plans, schedules, and budgets using PM tools.
  • Facilitate end-user training and ensure completion of documentation and invoice audits.
  • Identify and manage conflicting project requirements to ensure alignment.
  • Lead cross-functional teams and maintain effective communication with stakeholders.
  • Oversee the vendor selection process, managing relationships and ensuring deliverables are met.
  • Coordinate resources across multiple teams for effective project delivery.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage with generous employer cost shares.
  • Employer-paid life and accidental death insurance, plus short- and long-term disability coverage.
  • Participation in a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match.
  • Accrual of 10 vacation days in the first year, increasing up to 25 based on tenure.
  • Four personal days granted immediately upon hire and paid holidays observed throughout the year.
  • Up to 10 sick leave days immediately granted upon hire, exceeding state requirements.
  • Additional paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, and employee volunteering.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Education Assistance Program after one year of service.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Why We Need You:

PEMCO has a dynamic and challenging opportunity for a Program Manager to join our community. In this role, you will be responsible for key aspects of product or program development, design specifications, vendor research, conceptualization, and program delivery. The position works with cross-functional teams in the technical design, development, prototyping and completion of strategic programs, including managing several project teams.

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Collaborate with a variety of IT and business teams throughout the life of the program and projects. Coach and mentor others on the team.
  • Develop program strategy and design, gain approval for design from sponsors; develop enterprise-wide project plans to support strategy and design.
  • Develop, define, and execute project plans, schedules, budgets, and deliverables and effectively leverage PM tools to facilitate project success.
  • Facilitate end user training as needed. Ensure technical and user documentation is completed as needed. Manage project costs, including audit of vendor invoices to ensure accurate billing. Address elevated billing issues when they arise.
  • Holistically identify and manage requirements across projects that may be in conflict with each other or that have dependencies on each other.
  • Lead cross-functional program teams and facilitate the communication and interaction among the functional representatives.
  • Lead vendor selection process through RFPs and other methods, manage vendors effectively through vendor selection, SOW negotiation, and ensure vendors successfully meet their project deliverables.
  • Manage cross-departmental and company-wide projects, with effective communications to all levels of the organization including Executives.
  • Work effectively with resource managers to identify project resources. Define and assign project roles, monitor progress from initiation through delivery, and interface with internal customers.
  • Balance and coordinate resource needs across multiple teams to ensure successful project delivery and maximum utilization of all resources.
  • Demonstrate behaviors consistent with PEMCO's policies, values, code of ethics and business conduct.
  • Authentically support the PEMCO Brand and constantly are on the lookout for top talent to join us to achieve our Mission to Worry Less and Live More.
  • Other duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring:
  • B.A. or B.S. degree or equivalent work experience (Computer Science, Information Systems, other related field) is required.
  • 6 years of experience in Information Technology or business-related roles with increasing levels of responsibility, with at least 6 years leading or managing projects is required.
  • Solid technical background, with understanding of the technologies leveraged by the associated IT Unit.
  • Ability to thrive in complex, fast paced environment with limited documentation.
  • Expect daily/hourly collaboration (paired development) with other developers, BAs and/or QAs.
  • MS Office: Skilled proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access is required.
  • Business Environment: Has a thorough understanding of our industry, the relevant business landscape, trends in growth and insurance environments; the ability to spot early indicators of change and apply strategies to adapt quickly.
  • Problem Solver: Ability to analyze, diagnose and resolve complex unstructured problems quickly, efficiently, and collaboratively.
  • Analytical and data-driven: Thinks analytically; a structured thinker who can put complex ideas into clear frameworks; uses data to conduct root cause analysis and develops high quality, consumable, and consistent metrics that drive strategic objectives and priorities.

What We Value:

In fostering a culture where everyone thrives, PEMCO embodies a set of core traits that guide our collective efforts. These traits include:
  • Make Agile Decisions: Define desired outcomes. Use a consistent, inclusive approach. Drive decisions with a sense of urgency. Pivot decisions quickly as supported by data.
  • Build Trust: Listen to understand and use direct and open communication. Engage in healthy debate with mutual respect. Find solutions and move forward together.
  • Own Results: Commit to desired outcomes. Define and achieve success metrics. Anticipate and mitigate risks, and always have a plan B. Take accountability for and learn from outcomes.
  • Empower Execution: Take action to drive desired outcomes. Act with initiative, mastery, and purpose.
  • Explore Fearlessly: Make swift, iterative progress through testing and learning, create a safe place to fail fast and learn from mistakes, and continuously improve.
  • Value People: Appreciate and care about unique experiences and perspectives Respect the dignity of others and have empathy for people Authentically and meaningfully support and recognize people in real time.

These traits form the bedrock of our commitment to caring deeply for each other, our customers, and our community. As you become a part of PEMCO, your contribution will further enrich our success story, where the power of these shared values propels us forward.

Compensation:

The pay range for this role is shown below. Compensation decisions are determined based on an individual's qualifications, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • Greater Seattle area target pay range: $154,845-$189,255. The full pay range is $129,038-$215,063
  • Outside greater Seattle area target pay range: $136,654-$167,022. The full pay range is $113,879-$189,797.

Greater Seattle Area is defined as working within approximately 100 miles of Seattle.

Outside Greater Seattle is defined as working approximately 100 miles or more from Seattle.

Benefits:

Regular part-time PEMCO employees working at least 24 hours per week and regular full-time PEMCO employees are eligible to elect coverage under medical, dental, and vision plans for themselves and their eligible family members with generous employer premium cost shares. In addition, as a benefits-eligible employee, you are:
  • covered by employer-paid basic life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance policies as well as long- and short-term disability benefit coverages.
  • eligible to participate in PEMCO's 401(k) plan which includes a generous employer match (2 for 1 on the first 6% employee pre-tax and/or Roth deferral, up to federal maximums).

PEMCO provides the following paid leave programs for benefits-eligible employees in their first year of PEMCO employment:
  • Vacation accrues at a rate of 10 days for new hires, and increases based on a schedule to a maximum annual accrual of 25 days based on tenure.
  • Granted four (4) personal days immediately upon hire.
  • Paid holidays for the eight (8) holidays observed by PEMCO throughout the calendar year.
  • Granted up to ten (10) days of sick leave immediately upon hire (pro-rated based on hire date and full-time/part-time status), which is approximately 28 hours more per year than the Washington state-required accrual.
  • In addition, PEMCO provides paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, and employee volunteering in the community.

Other miscellaneous benefit programs offered by PEMCO include:
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Education Assistance Program after one year of service
  • Scholarship program for children of PEMCO employees after one year of service
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Well-being program
  • Discretionary taxable gifts and gift cards
  • And other Perks & Benefits including discounts on computer software and hardware, cell phone plans, and rental cars

Other compensation depending on role, contributions, and performance may include:
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • Tiered sales commissions and/or incentives (from 5-25% of employee's monthly sales)
  • Employee referral bonuses
  • Shift differential pay

About PEMCO Insurance

PEMCO Insurance is a personal-lines mutual insurance company based in Seattle, Washington. The company was founded in 1949 by Robert J. Handy and a group of Seattle teachers. PEMCO Insurance provides auto, home, renters, and boat insurance to customers in Washington and Oregon. The company is known for its local advertising campaigns and its focus on customer service.
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