Senior PPM Business Partner

Division Or Field Office

Actuarial Division

Department of Position: Enterprise Office Department

Work From

Corporate Office, Erie PA

Salary Range

$85,247.00 - $136,175.00 *

salary range is for this level and may vary based on actual level of role hired for

• This range represents a national range and the actual salary will depend on several factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the skills, education, training, credentials, location, and experience of an applicant, as well as level of role for which the successful candidate is hired. Position may be eligible for an annual bonus payment.
  
  

At Erie Insurance, you’re not just part of a Fortune 500 company; you’re also a valued member of a diverse and inclusive team that includes more than 6,000 employees and over 13,000 independent agencies. Our Employees work in the Home Office complex located in Erie, PA, and in our Field Offices that span 12 states and the District of Columbia.

Benefits That Go Beyond The Basics

We strive to be Above all in Service® to our customers—and to our employees. That’s why Erie Insurance offers you an exceptional benefits package, including:

• Premier health, prescription, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents. Coverage begins your first day of work.
• Low contributions to medical and prescription premiums. We currently pay up to 97% of employees’ monthly premium costs.
• Pension. We are one of only 13 Fortune 500 companies to offer a traditional pension plan. Full-time employees are vested after five years of service.
• 401(k) with up to 4% contribution match. The 401(k) is offered in addition to the pension.
• Paid time off. Paid vacation, personal days, sick days, bereavement days and parental leave.
• Career development. Including a tuition reimbursement program for higher education and industry designations.
  
  

Additional benefits that include company-paid basic life insurance; short-and long-term disability insurance; orthodontic coverage for children and adults; adoption assistance; fertility and infertility coverage; well-being programs; paid volunteer hours for service to your community; and dollar-for-dollar matching of your charitable gifts each year.

Position Summary

As a Senior PPM Business Partner you will be responsible for providing direct support to the portfolio's by interpreting data to provide insights for informed decision-making and strategic alignment. In addition, the Sr. PPM Business Partner is responsible for working within the department to drive strategy and outcomes.

Partners with the Information Technology Division and business leadership to support information technology efforts for the benefit of the enterprise. Drives transformational change of high complexity by providing actionable recommendations that affect critical enterprise initiatives, operational strategy and technical processes. Implements Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) changes that will impact a significant number of stakeholders across the organization and will present challenges in complexity or deadlines. Also provides support for portfolio management activities including planning, analyzing, reporting and change management.

May perform duties in one or more of the following disciplines: 1. Data/Finance 2. Organizational Change Management 3. Portfolio, Program, and Project Management 4. Research and Development 5. Process Management 6. Resource Management.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyzes business processes with a high impact for stakeholders.
• Conducts research, generates comparisons, draws conclusions, makes actionable recommendations, and validates solutions to effect transformational change for the highest level and most complex enterprise and operational initiatives, and/or technical processes. Leads the execution and implementation of solutions that affect business or technical processes with high impact for stakeholders. Ensures actions are aligned to enterprise strategies; provides insight to assist in business or technical direction.
• Develops and implements processes, policies and controls for portfolio, program, and project management.
• Analyzes the Enterprise Portfolio for risks and improvement opportunities. Advises ERIE leaders on Enterprise Portfolio improvement opportunities, risks, and issues
• Coaches program and project managers on improvement opportunities; assists in issue escalation and resolution activities.
• Collaborates across multiple teams to drive analysis management processes (i.e. business, quality, experience, system). May serve as a discipline lead and participate in steering committees.
• Provides project management practice, discipline, and technical guidance; develops and maintains relationships with other practitioners and leads in order to ensure consistency.
• Assists in training and development of less experienced staff, including those new to role. Serves as a resource to other section Employees and the project management community.
• Communicates with customers, team members or other stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes.
  
  

The first three duties listed are the functions identified as essential to the job. Essential functions are those job duties that must be performed in order for the job to be accomplished.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instruction and to perform any other duties as requested by their supervisor, or as become clear.

Competencies

• Values Diversity
• Nimble Learning
• Self-Development
• Collaborates
• Customer Focus
• Cultivates Innovation
• Information Management Skills
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Instills Trust
• Job-Specific Knowledge
• Ensures Accountability
• Decision Quality
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Educational and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, Project Management, Business or related required; or
• Associate degree in a technical or business field plus two years of related experience required; or
• High school diploma plus four years of related experience required.
  
  

Additional Experience

• Five additional years of experience analyzing and designing business processes required.
• Hands-on experience managing projects strongly preferred.
• Experience analyzing and designing business processes strongly preferred.
  
  

Designations and/or Licenses

• CAPM, PMP, PgMP, or LSS Green Belt certification preferred.
  
  

Physical Requirements

Lifting/Moving 0-20 lbs; Occasional (Lifting/Moving 20-50 lbs; Occasional (

Ability to move over 50 lbs using lifting aide equipment; Rarely

Driving; Occasional (

Pushing/Pulling/moving objects, equipment with wheels; Rarely

Manual Keying/Data Entry/inputting information/computer use; Frequent (50-80%)

Climbing/accessing heights; Rarely