Senior Manager, Portfolio Management (Hybrid)

American Family Insurance Agency Staff
paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k)
United States, Wisconsin, Madison
6000 American Parkway (Show on map)
Sep 08, 2025
You will provide oversight for a planning area that ensures execution of portfolio management, prioritization and implementation. Define the strategies for and implementation of project and portfolio management methods and tools that allow the organization to to support the strategy. Lead the integration of enterprise strategic planning with divisional planning efforts and ensure alignment. Drive consistency coordinates resources across the divisions, create the governance and communications for the process. You will report to the Portfolio and Transformation Director. In this hybrid role, you will work a minimum of 10 days per month from the office in Madison, WI 53783. You should reside within approximately 35-50 miles the Madison office. Position Compensation Range: $111,000.00 - $190,000.00 Pay Rate Type: Salary Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates. Primary Accountabilities Create a collaborative, performance-driven work environment by facilitating and encouraging trust, transparency, and inclusion. Work with team members to set clear goals, provide feedback, perform performance assessments, and support on-going development. Lead with influence and expertise. Contribute to division or department leadership team. Communicate and support organization mission, vision, values and policies. Responsible for the ongoing corporate planning process; collaborate across divisions and all levels. Establish and drive processes for the corporate portfolio and all sub-portfolios. Maintain a link to stakeholders related to budget, strategy and finance. Provide oversight for tracking, monitoring and reporting of progress towards strategic goals. Specialized Knowledge and Skills Requirements Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service. Demonstrated experience communicating with all levels of company management. Demonstrated experience successfully planning and executing large corporate initiatives involving multiple operational and technical areas across the organization. Demonstrated effective management or leadership experience. Additional Specialized Knowledge and Skills Extensive experience with project/program and portfolio management tools, methods and practices (like Apptio Targetprocess, JIRA and SAFe lean portfolio management) Demonstrated experience driving continuous improvement of portfolio practices at scale. Demonstrated experience with and influencing senior leaders. Demonstrated experience consulting on simplification, modernization or optimization of enterprise portfolio planning processes. Demonstrated experience with budget, metrics and other operational analyses. Solid knowledge and understanding of operational and strategic planning. Licenses Not applicable. Travel Requirements Up to 10%. Physical Requirements Work that primarily involves sitting/standing. Working Conditions Not applicable. Additional Information Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above. Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply! We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits. We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. #LI-MN2