Lead project management efforts, prepare reports, and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure project success while maintaining communication across diverse teams.
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
GOSC PPM team is an extension of PPM stateside team supporting Enterprise functions with the delivery of key strategic initiatives. This position requires actively participating with cross-functional teams across MetLife global offices and providing end to end support for Project Management & PPM Administrative activities in close partnership with Program & Project Managers
The Opportunity
• Prepare Management reports / dashboard view
• Drive and execute strategic projects across multiple geographies closely working with Program stateside stakeholders and various teams in, IT, Actuarial, country/regional stakeholders, investment, finance etc. all from PPM perspective
• Ensure projects are completed in accordance with all Risk, and other relevant firm-wide
Guidelines
• Be able to govern, track & maintain baselined project plans, working closely with regional stakeholders
• Monitor projects on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress and quality, managing issue resolution process and raising issue/risks as necessary
• RAID Log Maintenance
• Preparing weekly status report for respective regions, working on late items and forward-looking view (on upcoming tasks due)
• Monitoring tasks on Critical Path of the project/program
• Scheduling / Hosting / drafting minutes and Publishing minutes for various meetings within the stipulated 24 hour SLA
How You'll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)
• Good Analytical and Problem-Solving skills
• Basic understanding of Project Management Concepts and Project Life cycle (preferred)
• Good understanding of MS-Office including MS-Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS word
• Basic understanding of MS Project (intermediate knowledge preferred)
What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services.
At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
The Team You Will Join
GOSC PPM team is an extension of PPM stateside team supporting Enterprise functions with the delivery of key strategic initiatives. This position requires actively participating with cross-functional teams across MetLife global offices and providing end to end support for Project Management & PPM Administrative activities in close partnership with Program & Project Managers
The Opportunity
• Prepare Management reports / dashboard view
• Drive and execute strategic projects across multiple geographies closely working with Program stateside stakeholders and various teams in, IT, Actuarial, country/regional stakeholders, investment, finance etc. all from PPM perspective
• Ensure projects are completed in accordance with all Risk, and other relevant firm-wide
Guidelines
• Be able to govern, track & maintain baselined project plans, working closely with regional stakeholders
• Monitor projects on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress and quality, managing issue resolution process and raising issue/risks as necessary
• RAID Log Maintenance
• Preparing weekly status report for respective regions, working on late items and forward-looking view (on upcoming tasks due)
• Monitoring tasks on Critical Path of the project/program
• Scheduling / Hosting / drafting minutes and Publishing minutes for various meetings within the stipulated 24 hour SLA
How You'll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)
• Good Analytical and Problem-Solving skills
• Basic understanding of Project Management Concepts and Project Life cycle (preferred)
• Good understanding of MS-Office including MS-Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS word
• Basic understanding of MS Project (intermediate knowledge preferred)
- Effective written and oral communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate/articulate technical and functional issues with conclusions and recommendations
- Should be good in excel reporting (knowledge of graphs, pivots, macros, VLOOKUP, etc. is an advantage)
- Experience managing/working with geographically distributed and culturally diverse workgroups with strong intra-team management and coaching skills
- Ability to develop and maintain robust relationships with peers and stakeholders Conflict Resolution skills
What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)
- Overall, 4-5 years of experience preferred with 3 years of experience in projects•
- Good Analytical and Problem-Solving skills •
- Basic understanding of Project Management Concepts and Project Life cycle (preferred)
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services.
At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Top Skills
Excel
MS Office
Ms Powerpoint
Ms Project
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