Scott Seney

About Scott Seney

Enterprise Program & Transformation Leader with over 15 years of experience delivering mission-critical initiatives across global, regulated, and complex operating environments. Trusted by executive stakeholders to lead large-scale platform modernization, infrastructure optimization, shared services expansion, and operational governance programs that align technology strategy with business objectives while maintaining stability during change. Experience spans Big Four consulting, financial services, life sciences, media, professional sports, education, and healthcare, enabling rapid navigation of organizational complexity and risk-sensitive environments. PMP and ITIL certified.

Experience

1. Senior Program Manager

   Talcott Financial Group

   Jul 2025 — Present · Hartford County, CT, US

   Leading a large-scale Third-Party Administrator (TPA) transition for a closed block of variable annuities, coordinating technology, operations, and service delivery workstreams across Talcott and Cognizant.• Overseeing complex application and infrastructure initiatives, including cloud migration activities (OCI to Azure), batch processing validation, data reconciliation, and integration dependencies supporting annuity valuation and payment processing.• Managing integrated program plans, risk registers, and milestone tracking across multiple parallel workstreams, ensuring alignment with financial controls, regulatory requirements, and market-driven processing schedules.• Partnering closely with business, IT, and vendor stakeholders to define cutover strategies, testing approaches (SIT, UAT, regression), and operational readiness criteria to support stable transitions and minimize disruption.• Providing regular executive-level status reporting and program communications, synthesizing complex technical and operational detail into clear updates on progress, risks, mitigation plans, and decision points.

Education

• Columbia College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA