Project Manager

Job Description

Deliver Project Management:

Consult with management and review proposals for goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements and allotment of resources.

Oversee internal and external systems/application development projects from inception to successful implementation: project objectives, scope and level of effort; project strategies and plans; assist with getting projects off the ground, keeping them on track and on budget, and resolving issues; monitor progress against plan.

Develop consolidated project plans, specifying high level goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, risks, contingency plans and allocation of available resources. Monitors, analyses, assesses deviation from the project plans & ensures the achievement of project milestones. Ensures that all project plans are realistic and are maintained.

Ensures that project metholdologies are followed and that all mandatory project work products are completed for projects.

Consolidate technical scope and objectives of all projects considering cross-project needs and opportunities.

Assess and coordinate scheduled project deliverables, milestones and required tasks across projects.

Coordinate across projects or workstreams, respond to, monitor, and document requests for changes from original specifications.

Exhibit Leadership Effectiveness:

Assist with the assignment of project personnel.

Direct and coordinate activities of project resources to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget.

Confer with project resources to provide technical advice and resolve problems.

Provide leadership and motivation to project teams throughout the project life cycle.

Create and maintain an engaged work environment by ensuring clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Own project results and assist teams to deliver performance within the range of targeted expectations.

Assume key overall responsibility for ensuring that sponsors have easy access to information that is useful to them.

Work closely with business sponsors to understand and prioritize business goals and information needs

Lead the effort in creative approaches to problem solving and quality deliverables supporting business needs.

Follow established standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.

Review status reports prepared by project personnel, and modify schedules and plans as required.

Prepare project status reports, and keep management, customers and others informed of project status and related issues.

Coordinate update meetings to communicate plans, status and issues to higher levels of management.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Management or equivalent work experience

6 - 10+ years in project management including large complex tranformational project

Experience with Agile (including scrum techniques and artifacts such as Scrum, Kanban, user stories, backlogs, Scrum/Kanban boards, sprint planning, retrospectives, burndown metrics, velocity).

PMP and Agile Certifications desired P&C Insurance experience desired