Transformation Engagement Director - Life Company Program Planning

About the role

Join our top-rated Life Company team with over 60 years of dedicated service to veterans and their families. In the Transformation Engagement Director role, you will lead a team focused on ensuring key investments align to the Life Company strategy and deliver outsized benefits to members, employees, and ensure sustained financial strength. Come be part of an organization dedicated to serving more members, serving them well and helping each other succeed! The Transformation Engagement Director leads large-scale organizational transformations and motivates cross-functional teams to deliver successful transformational programs and projects within set timelines and budgets. Partnering with senior leadership to define vision, strategy, and execution plans, the director leverages expertise in strategic planning, risk management, stakeholder management, and change enablement. This role fosters collaboration and continuous improvement while utilizing exceptional communication and problem-solving skills to proactively address challenges and deliver impactful results. We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position will be based on the San Antonio, TX (preferred); Colorado Springs, CO; Tampa, FL. or Plano, TX. campus . Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Responsibilities

• Defines and manages work effort interdependencies and establishment of objectives and key results (OKRs), ensuring the overall delivery of work meets goals and OKRs.
• Accountable for effectively coaching and leading highly matrixed program and project teams, empowering team members to achieve project goals through collaborative problem-solving, skill development, and clear communication across organizational boundaries.
• Develops and implements comprehensive change management strategies and plans, maximizing user adoption and minimizing risk. This includes the creation and utilization of reusable templates, stakeholder assessments, and communication plans.
• Ensures effective identification, measurement, monitoring, and control of risks associated with business activities, in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Communicates effectively with all stakeholders, including senior management, providing insights into issues, and driving resolution.
• Facilitates collaborative problem-solving through creative processes like design thinking or creative problem solving.
• Mentors and coaches program managers, project managers, change partners, and senior leaders, fostering skill development and organizational capability.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.
• What you have:
• Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree. (Total of 12 years of experience without bachelor's degree)
• 8 years of experience in project/program management and/or organizational change management.
• Strong Knowledge of Project/Program Management Principles: Demonstrated understanding and application of project and program management methodologies (e.g., PMBOK, Agile, Scrum).
• Ability to effectively plan, execute, monitor, and control projects/programs to achieve desired outcomes.
• Experience Le

Benefits

Additional Information

Why USAA? At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families. Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful. We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

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