Project Manager

Established in 1999, AXA Philippines is one of the largest and fastest growing life insurance companies in the country. It offers financial security to more than one million individuals through its group and individual life insurance as well as general insurance products through its subsidiary Charter Ping An.

AXA Philippines is one of the first to introduce bancassurance operations in the country, and is among the pioneers in the investment-linked insurance sector.

AXA now offers a complete range of products for all its customers' insurance and financial protection needs, including savings and investments, health plans, income protection, and health coverage; and through its general insurance subsidiary Charter Ping An Insurance Corporation\: fire, motor car, marine cargo, personal accident, bonds, casualty, and engineering insurance products.

AXA Philippines closed 2017 with P26.4 billion in total premium income and P5.7 billion in gross written premiums from Charter Ping An. Today, AXA has more than 4,000 financial advisers in 36 branches, and 700 financial executives in over 900 Metrobank and PSBank branches nationwide. Charter Ping An, on the other hand, has 22 branches nationwide and 2,007 agents.

AXA Philippines is a joint venture between the AXA Group, headquartered in France, and the Metrobank Group, one of the largest financial conglomerates in the Philippines.

The Metrobank Group is a conglomerate of industry-leading businesses that includes First Metro Investment Corporation, Metrobank Credit Cards, Federal Land, Toyota, and Manila Doctors Hospital. It was hailed Best Bank in the Philippines in 2010, 2011, and 2012 by Euromoney and recognized as the strongest bank in the Philippines by The Asian Banker in 2013. It is owned by the Ty Family whose major business interests include financial services, real estate development, power, and manufacturing.

A global leader in insurance and investments, AXA takes care of 103 million lives in 64 countries worldwide. We actively invest in pioneering and personalized solutions to meet your ever-changing needs and exceed your expectations. In the Philippines, we are in partnership with Metrobank, one of the country's strongest banks.

• Bachelor's degree holder

· Strong analytical and metrics management skills

• Strong background in Project Management

· Excellent communication skills – verbal, written, presentation, negotiation, ability to adapt content to various audiences; communicates effectively at all organization levels

· Proven interpersonal skills\: ability to build relationships, engage, and influence others, work with a diverse internal and international customer base

• Ability to multi-task, and deliver projects within the set deadlines
• 8+ years relevant experience in the Financial Services Industries, preferably with experience in insurance
• Experience in the following technical skills\: Risk Management, Operations, Insurance, IT, Customer Experience, Distribution
• Proven leadership and people/talent management capabilities
• Able to build and maintain honest, ethical, and fair relationships with direct reports, peers, supervisors
• Able to function as an organizational change agent and see beyond current situations towards enterprise-wide higher level process and systems improvements
• Ability to work and adapt in a changing environment
• Excellent escalation handling, coaching, planning, and organizing skills
• Demonstrate project management and planning skills; balances strategic skills with tactical execution skills
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Seeking an experienced and highly motivated Project Manager to manage projects within AXA's Distribution Team.

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage interactions of the teams assigned within scope and within budget
• Effectively partner with the Project Sponsor/Owner to formulate strategic plans to meet and exceed the business unit requirement

· Regular interaction with the Business Owner of the project to understand the project from a Business terms of view (process, dependencies, inter-department play, IT)

• Identifies resource needs for the project and establishes roles and expectations with team members.
• Provides support/feedback to the Business Development Director with regards to the execution of deliverables
• Provides timely feedback, direction, instructions and guidance to team members to ensure flawless execution of projects
• Delivering, monitoring, a detailed project plan with all dependencies
• Ensures all team members are engaged and are effective contributors towards the team success

· Identifies, analyses, mitigates, documents, and controls project risks

• Provide effective and regular communication within the project team, stakeholders, sponsors, and management
• Drives operational efficiencies and cultivate innovative mindset among team members
• Ensures compliance to work process standards and guidelines
• Good understanding of business functions and issues