Senior IT Project Manager

About this role

Job Family Program and Project management About Us  

  At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.   

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.  

Who We Are  

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life .   

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.  

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.  

What We Do  

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate , which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.  

Transamerica employs nearly 7 ,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide. * For more information, visit transamerica.com .   

Job Description Summary We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead Enterprise Technology projects supporting Life, Annuities, and Business Enablement initiatives. This role is responsible for driving project planning, execution, governance, financial tracking, risk management, and stakeholder communications across business, technology, vendor, and enterprise delivery teams. The ideal candidate brings strong organizational discipline, executive-ready communication skills, and the ability to manage complex dependencies across multiple workstreams. Job Description What You Will Do: • Project Planning & Delivery Execution • Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables. • Coordinate project activities across business partners, technology leads, vendors, QA, infrastructure, security, operations, and other delivery teams. • Monitor project progress, identify delivery risks or blockers, and escalate issues with clear recommendations and ownership. • Ensure scope, timelines, assumptions, constraints, and success criteria are clearly defined and managed throughout the project lifecycle. • Drive accountability for action items, decisions, approvals, and deliverables to keep projects on track. • Partner with business stakeholders, technology leads, IT delivery teams, finance, operations, compliance, and vendor partners to align scope, dependencies, timelines, and outcomes. • Facilitate project meetings, dependency discussions, issue resolution sessions, and leadership updates to support informed decision-making. • Coordinate with Program Managers, portfolio leaders, and enterprise governance teams on roadmap alignment, prioritization, delivery commitments, and key milestones. • Identify process gaps, communication needs, and delivery improvements that increase transparency, accountability, and execution quality. •

What You Will Need: Qualifications • 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager supporting IT, enterprise technology, business enablement, or software implementation projects. • Strong proficiency with project management, reporting, and portfolio management tools such as ServiceNow, Microsoft Project, Jira, Excel, PowerPoint, or similar platforms. • Experience managing cross-functional project teams, timelines, risks, dependencies, budgets, and stakeholder communications in complex technology environments. • Solid understanding of IT systems, SDLC practices, enterprise governance, implementation planning, testing coordination, deployment readiness, and operational transition. • Strong communication, facilitation, risk management, and stakeholder engagement skills. • General understanding of the insurance and financial services industry

Preferred • Experience supporting Life, Annuities, Insurance, Financial Services, or other regulated enterprise business areas. • Experience managing projects that include vendor coordination, platform integrations, data movement, system modernization, or business process improvement. • Experience in organizations with formal SDLC governance or enterprise portfolio management. • Project Management Professional (PMP), CAPM, or other project management certification preferred.

Working Conditions • Hybrid work environment collaborating with distributed teams. • Standard business hours with flexibility for release cycles or major program events. • Use of ServiceNow, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Jira, and related enterprise project management and governance tools. • Minimal travel, limited to planning e

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