Business Project Manager

We are the duck. We develop and empower our people, cultivate relationships, give back to our community, and celebrate every success along the way. We do it all…
The Aflac Way
.

Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America's best-known brands. Aflac has been recognized as Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity and as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by

Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself, are you the duck? If so, there’s a home, and a flourishing career for you at Aflac.

Depending on your location within the continental US, this role may be hybrid or remote
.

• If you live within 50 miles of the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be hybrid
  . This means you will be expected to work in the office for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership.
• If you live more than 50 miles from the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be remote
  . This means you will be expected to work from your home, within the continental US. If the role is remote, there may be occasions that you are requested to come to the office based on business need. Any requests to come to the office would be communicated with you in advance.

• Acting with Integrity
• Communicating Effectively
• Pursuing Self-Development
• Serving Customers
• Supporting Change
• Supporting Organizational Goals
• Working with Diverse Populations

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of the principles, techniques, and methodology of project management, root cause analysis, and change management
• Proficient in process improvement techniques; diagnostic and creative problem-solving skills; and excellent, analytical, facilitation and negotiation skills
• Working knowledge of project development life cycle, business capabilities framework, and business process re-engineering
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and the ability to collaborate with business unit customers, IT, and management to reach a common agreement
• Strong consultative skill set including problem identification, solution development, and gaining buy in of customers
• Excellent presentation, oral, and written communications skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field
• Six years+ of professional job related work experience in business analysis, process improvement, developing business and/or technical documentation for end-users, business process modeling/mapping, methodologies development and in leading projects with proven success

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Certification in at least one of the following:
  Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean, Six Sigma or other comparable project management/quality certification

Less than or equal to 10%

• Assists business units with resolving process inefficiencies via process improvement events, including identifying the business problem statement, the root cause(s), metrics related to size of impact, potential effects on the customer experience, success measures, and appropriate process improvements and/or system changes required to resolve the business problem statement
• Acts as subject matter expert investigating the needs of the business units with focus on the analysis and modeling of processes, technology and rules; makes recommendations to integrate new and existing processes, technology and rules; participates in process, technology and rules reviews and updates to ensure that processes and systems meet changing business unit conditions; collects, analyzes and documents enterprise and business-unit specific rules
• Develops project charter/detailed project plans/schedules; facilitates…