Transformation Management Office (TMO) Lead

Who We Are

At Corebridge Financial, we believe action is everything. That’s why every day we partner with financial professionals and institutions to make it possible for more people to take action in their financial lives, for today and tomorrow.

We align to a set of Values that are the core pillars that define our culture and help bring our brand purpose to life:

• We are stronger as one: We collaborate across the enterprise, scale what works and act   decisively for our customers and partners.
• We deliver on commitments: We are accountable, empower each other and go above and beyond for our stakeholders.
• We learn, improve and innovate: We get better each day by challenging the status quo and equipping ourselves for the future.
• We are inclusive: We embrace different perspectives, enabling our colleagues to make an impact and bring their whole selves to work.

Who You’ll Work With

We help Americans take action to create the financial future they envision. Our focus is on financial solutions that help people grow and protect their retirement assets, and then turn those assets into protected lifetime income where appropriate. Our innovative annuity solutions provide powerful growth opportunities, guaranteed lifetime income, beneficiary protection, and, in many products, options to protect against market downturns that could impact future income.We empower our selling partners — financial professionals at broker-dealers, banks and agencies — with valuable insights, engaging tools and business-building resources for bringing our annuity solutions to their clients and helping them realize their retirement goals.

About The Role

As the TMO Lead / Program Manager your primary purpose of the job is to support portfolio funding and prioritization process in addition to ongoing management of portfolio financials, resource capacity, health, and executive reporting. TMO Lead will focus on one or multiple primary functions of TMO such as those noted below, and lead other strategic initiatives as identified:

Portfolio Prioritization and Funding Management

Facilitate idea intake and funding requests.  Keep the process nimble and responsive, while managing accordance to governance guidelines. Provide meaningful information to Executive Leadership members for investment decisions, such as, alignment to business objectives, project dependencies, investment vs value metrics.

Portfolio Resource and Capacity Management

Maintain a real-time view of resource supply, demand, and consumption.  Track utilization by key roles on each project; drive for one solution to centralize project resource information to create transparency across teams.

Portfolio Health and Benefit Management

Help define and update periodically “Project Fitness” guidelines – idea to outcome. Maintain and report on At-risk and off-track projects, with meaningful plans to mitigate risks and get back on track.  KPI and Benefits tracking and reporting-Identify effective data metrics, conduct analysis, and propose actions.

Portfolio Financials Management

Maintain a current view of Project Portfolio Financials - budgets, approvals, forecasts, and actuals.  Coordinate the budget and forecast process for individual projects and programs, monthly as well as a part of the quarterly Corebridge Retirement Services process.

Enterprise Roadmap and Interdependencies Management

Provides an enterprise snapshot of the portfolio with key milestones and dependencies to enable executive review of progress and risks

Portfolio Management and Reporting

Create and maintain portfolio and project dashboards.  Hold recurring portfolio reviews with project leads and results owners; Mentor and assist project resources through project life cycle, processes, and tools.

TMO Lead is expected to identify key challenges and offer alternative solutions to handle them, couple are noted below:

• Change organizational culture to focus on delivering business outcomes versus projects.
• Creating sense of urgency and cross functional collaborations driven by business outcomes
• Multiple processes and tools inhibiting transparency, create single source of information, with visible workflows and real time data.

Responsibilities

• Project planning and management of multiple large and complex projects simultaneously with strong customer focus.
• Strategic thinking and ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and influence cross-functional teams for effective solutions.
• Translate project sponsors expectations into clear defined scope. Responsible for end-to-end coordination, ensuring delivery on needs, goals, and expectations of the functional stakeholders.
• Provide guidance to the various work streams, and structure and develop project plans with direction from appropriate functional and business area stakeholders.
• Bridge gap between business outcomes needed and technical delivery by having good business sense and willing to learn about the areas supported.
• Partner with TMO to define best practices and cadence through all project management gates.
• Collaborate with business and IT teams on managing and reporting full project financials.
• Create holistic views of project resources to provide insight into resource pools with respect to skills sets, capacity and demand.
• Define approach to measure and track benefits identified through the lifecycle of an initiative.
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments.
• Identify and report on project health, risks, issues, and dependencies.  Effectively manage timely escalation and resolution of roadblocks.
• Lead in a changing and fast-paced environment while being comfortable with ambiguity. Keep team nimble to adapt quickly to minimize impacts to outcomes.
• Practice change management best practices ensuring team cohesiveness through engagement of teams, stakeholders, and project owners.
• Ensure effective communication flow across and within teams.  Deliver and coach for messaging that is appropriate for a range of audiences such as teams, leadership, and end customers.

Please note this is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities of the position, and the requirements of the job may change in line with business needs.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or other related field.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience, ideally including experience working in a similar or related function in the IT, Insurance, Finance industries.
• Deep project management experience managing a diverse portfolio (Innovation, Data, Regulatory, Compliance, Digital, etc.) consisting of both systems/technical and business changes.
• Successfully delivered multiple $1m+ projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment.
• Financial acumen with proven experience in managing and participating in budget reviews, including forecasting and presentation to senior leadership.
• Sound knowledge and practice of agile framework and roles.
• Experience in managing TMO functions.
• Experience in coaching others in project or program management roles.
• Proven problem-solving skills along with the ability to assess current practices, identify opportunities for improvement, build consensus and drive the implementation of related changes.
• Experience in using industry standard processes and tools, including Visio, Jira, Confluence, Power BI, SharePoint, etc.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation and meeting facilitation skills.

Work Location

This position is based in Corebridge Financials’ Houston, TX office and is subject to our hybrid working policy, which gives colleagues the benefits of working both in an office and remotely.

Estimated Travel

Minimal travel.

Why Corebridge?

At Corebridge Financial, we prioritize the health, well-being, and work-life balance of our employees. Our comprehensive benefits and wellness program is designed to support employees both personally and professionally, ensuring that they have the resources and flexibility needed to thrive.

Benefit Offerings Include:

• Health and Wellness: We offer a range of medical, dental and vision insurance plans, as well as mental health support and wellness initiatives to promote overall well-being.
• Retirement Savings: We offer retirement benefits options, which vary by location.  In the U.S., our competitive 401(k) Plan offers a generous dollar-for-dollar Company matching contribution of up to 6% of eligible pay and a Company contribution equal to 3% of eligible pay (subject to annual IRS limits and Plan terms). These Company contributions vest immediately.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counseling services and resources are available to all employees.
• Matching charitable donations: Corebridge matches donations to tax-exempt organizations 1:1, up to $5,000.
• Volunteer Time Off: Employees may use up to 16 volunteer hours annually to support activities that enhance and serve communities where employees live and work.
• Paid Time Off: Eligible employees start off with at least 24 Paid Time Off (PTO) days so they can take time off for themselves and their families when they need it.

Eligibility for and participation in employer-sponsored benefit plans and Company programs will be subject to applicable law, governing Plan document(s) and Company policy.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Corebridge Financial, is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and we comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment laws. All applicants will be considered for employment based on job-related qualifications and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. The Company is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. At Corebridge Financial, we believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to building a creative workplace that leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a wide variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee, seeking to ensure that our colleagues are respected as individuals and valued for their unique perspectives.

Corebridge Financial is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees, including any accommodations needed on the basis of physical or mental disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs.  If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to complete any part of the application or hiring process, please send an email to TalentandInclusion@corebridgefinancial.com.  Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

To learn more please visit: www.corebridgefinancial.com

Functional Area:

OP - Operations

Estimated Travel Percentage (%): No Travel

Relocation Provided: No

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