VP Program Management

About the role

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It's what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there's no limit to what you can achieve. Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America's Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies Certified as a Great Place to Work® Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance.

Responsibilities

• Establish the structure and operating rhythm necessary to advance complex enterprise initiatives.
• Coordinate multiple interrelated projects and workstreams to ensure collective delivery against program objectives.
• Maintain focus on intended business outcomes and proactively adjust priorities and approach as program needs evolve.
• Drive disciplined execution and accountability across program participants.
• Manage dependencies across business units, functions, IT teams, vendors, and enterprise stakeholders.
• Identify gaps in ownership and facilitate resolution before they impact program outcomes.
• Bring together the right stakeholders to resolve issues, make decisions, and advance the initiative.
• Ensure individual projects and workstreams remain aligned with overall program objectives.
• Lead staff in achieving project objectives, timelines and cost.
• Identify required resources and research project data, procedures, and history for a thorough understanding of project direction.
• Establish strategic project plans with goals, objectives and budgets.
• Prepare executive-level updates emphasizing outcomes, decisions, risks, and required actions rather than activity reporting.
• Develop and maintain an integrated view of program health, dependencies, risks, and critical decisions.
• Identify emerging risks and barriers early and drive appropriate mitigation.
• Escalate issues requiring executive intervention with clear options, implications, and recommendations.
• Ensure decisions translate into accountable action.
• Share best practices across the Program Management team and support development of Project Managers and other transformation resources.
• Participate in oral presentations to senior leadership and executive to gain commitment and support on go-forward strategy.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Travel as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provide support, guidance, leadership and motivation to promote maximum performance.
• Administer company personnel policies in all areas and follow company staffing standards and training recommendations.
• Interview, hire and establish colleague performance development plans; conduct colleague performance discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in insurance, finance, or project management from an accredited college or university required. MBA preferred.
• PMP, PgMP, MSP, Lean Six Sigma, or similar credentials are helpful but not required.
• 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in program management, transformation, strategy execution, operations, consulting, or related enterprise leadership roles required.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex initiatives involving multiple functions and interconnected workstreams.
• Experience working directly with senior executives and functional leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with disciplined execution and results orientation.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous and rapidly evolving environments.
• Demonstrated experience establishing governance and execution frameworks.
• Strong business and financial acumen.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and actions.
• Experience working across business and technology organizations.

Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
• PC literate, including Microsoft Office products
• Analytical and interpretive skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proven management/leadership skills
• Excellent negotiating skills
• Ability to create and complete comprehensive, accurate and constructive written reports
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies

Work Environment

When applicable and appropriate, consideration will be given to reasonable accommodations.

• Mental: Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines
• Physical: Computer keyboarding, travel as required
• Auditory/Visual: Hearing, vision and talking