Strategic Program Director, Global Housing

Overview of Position Assurant Global Housing is seeking a strategic, action-oriented program leader to turn critical business priorities into measurable results. In this highly visible, role, you will lead a portfolio of initiatives that advance scalability, automation, operational performance, and profitability. You will bring structure to complex work, create transparency through disciplined governance and reporting, and build the cross-functional alignment needed to move high-impact programs from idea to execution. What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job? Identify, assess, and prioritize business initiatives based on strategic value, effort, risk, scalability, and profit impact. Lead end-to-end planning and execution across multiple initiatives, programs, projects, and workstreams, from intake and approval through delivery and closeout. Establish practical governance through roadmaps, schedules, dashboards, status reporting, action logs, risk and issue management, project documentation, and executive updates. Align leaders, cross-functional teams, and internal or external project resources around objectives, responsibilities, budgets, timelines, and decisions; resolve barriers and sustain momentum. Turn complex, time-sensitive information into clear recommendations and actions while identifying trends, streamlining opportunities, and improvements to program and project management practices. What are the requirements needed for this position? Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field (or relevant experience) 5+ years of project management experience, including ownership of concurrent initiatives or complex cross-functional work. Experience leading project resources or direct reports and guiding teams through ambiguity, competing priorities, and organizational change. Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional consensus, create urgency, analyze complex information, make sound decisions, and influence stakeholders at multiple levels. Strong project and program management, communication, facilitation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio. What other skills/experience would be helpful to have? Insurance or underwriting experience. Experience with Agile development processes. Portfolio management expertise and experience delivering work for large internal or external stakeholders. Proficiency in PMI methodology or a PMP certification. Deep expertise in a business function relevant to the portfolio. How much should I expect to travel? Up to 20% travel annually, as projects or business needs may require. 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