Executive Director Project Manager

Trustmark’s mission is to improve wellbeing – for everyone. It is a mission grounded in a belief in equality and born from our caring culture. It is a culture we can only realize by building trust. Trust established by ensuring associates feel respected, valued and heard. At Trustmark, you’ll work collaboratively to transform lives and help people, communities and businesses thrive. Flourish in a culture of diversity and inclusion where appreciation, mutual respect and trust are constants, not just for our customers but for ourselves. At Trustmark, we have a commitment to welcoming people, no matter their background, identity or experience, to a workplace where they feel safe being their whole, authentic selves. A workplace made up of diverse, empowered individuals that allows ideas to thrive and enables us to bring the best to our colleagues, clients and communities.

About the role

Responsible for providing leadership and oversight to the Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) to ensure excellence in delivery of Enterprise projects and realization of project benefits. Significant focus is placed on continuous improvement, aimed at streamlining the PMLC to reduce the cycle time from project initiation to closure while enhancing overall project delivery outcomes. Ensure Project Managers are maintaining accountability and compliance with standardization and governance requirements. Partner in hiring and developing strong project managers. Manage contracts with Project Management staffing firms and targeted resources required for project delivery. Participate in Business Process Engineering (BPE) and Change Management Communities of Practice.

Key Accountabilities:

Gate Reviews and Reporting

• Drive the organization's continuous project planning process, ensuring that Enterprise Leadership Team (ELT) gates are well-established and effectively managed, including facilitating ELT Gate Reviews and collaborating with Project Leaders to ensure they are fully prepared to discuss key project milestones and decision points

• Coordinate, centralize and drive discussions for an enterprise list of future projects to be considered and prioritized

• Establish and maintain centralized enterprise-level project reporting, in close collaboration with the finance leaders, at weekly, monthly, and quarterly intervals, including comprehensive project status, health and financials to the ELT

• Ensure post project benefit realization and run costs are tracked, understood, and reported to stakeholders and ELT

Project Management and Delivery

• Maintain project management standards, governance and reporting requirements and ensure compliance and consistent execution across the portfolio

• Ensure adherence to financial management best practices and accurate tracking of project budgets, forecasts, and overall financial performance

• Facilitate ongoing attention to stakeholder buy-in, communication mechanisms and actions to mitigate/respond to risk throughout project life cycle

• Build and sustain positive relationships within Project Delivery team and across the Enterprise PMO, reinforcing a positive environment of collaboration and respect

• Troubleshoot resolution of issues escalated by project leaders, renegotiating project needs and confirming appropriate realignment with expectations, budgets, strategy, etc.

People Leadership, Development and Augmentation

• Partner in selection and hiring of highly skilled project managers

• Coach and foster growth in project team members

• Establish clear performance expectations and provide constructive performance feedback and recognition

• Directly manage the PMCoE Coach and the Tech Support Specialist

• Provide leadership and professional development for dotted-line PMs, helping them excel through the PMLC process

• Facilitate milestone project performance discussions – status, mid-project reviews, postmortems – to gather and share best practices and identify improvement opportunities

• Capitalize on talents, passions, and experience of self/others

• Empower others to take calculated risks and execute responsibilities and beyond

• Reinforce and create opportunities to facilitate ongoing learning

• Develop and execute preferred provider list and process for staffing firms, resulting in high quality project management resources at a competitive price

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 10+ years of related business experience

• Five years of management experience in project management capacity

• Proven record of Financial and Risk Management

• Strong leadership competence, with proven skills in managing change

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with ability to build consensus and develop solid relationships

• Experience with cultural, organizational, technology and business process change efforts

• Proven communication skills; both written and verbal with technical and non-technical staff and all levels of management

• Experience in Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint or similar PPM tool

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in business, IT, operations, finance, etc. or equivalent

• Project accounting

• Business Process Reengineering experience

• People management

The compensation range for this role is (based on the corporate location in Lake Forest, Illinois):

$133,593 - $199,476 per year

The final salary offer will be determined based on factors such as location, qualifications, experience, skill set, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for bonus. We understand that compensation is an important factor when considering a new opportunity, and we strive to provide a competitive salary within the market.

Brand: Trustmark

In addition to compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes: Health/dental/vision, life insurance, FSA and HSA, 401(k) plan, Employee Assistant Program, Back-up Care for Children, Adults and Elders and many health and wellness initiatives. We also offer a Wellness program that enables employees to participate in health initiatives to reduce their insurance premiums.  For questions about compensation and benefits, please speak to the Recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

For the fifth consecutive year we were selected as a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune. The award is based exclusively on Trustmark associate responses to an anonymous survey. The survey measured 15 key drivers of engaged cultures that are critical to the success of an organization.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, age, veteran or disability.