Confiential · 3 days ago
Project Manager
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IT Services and IT Consulting
Insider Connection @Confiential
Responsibilities
Utilize and maintain PMO / IS Project Management tools and techniques throughout the life cycle of projects (SmartSheets, Jira, Wiki / Confluence, Survey Tools)
Partner with internal and external Functional Managers, Business Analysts, Quality Assurance, Engineering, Release Management, Tech Support, Underwriting and other functional Insurance Departments to ensure the implementation of insurance programs according to the company's thresholds of time, budget, and quality
Develop and implement project management tools and templates to improve and enhance the project life cycle
Analyze development, testing, and release processes and continually improve their efficiency and effectiveness
Organize and lead project meetings to facilitate goal setting and review, progress and status reporting, communication, resolve blockers, and general project planning
Sets goals with project team members and gain commitment to milestones and deliverables, based on time estimates
Ensure that business objectives and key success metrics are being met
Track project progress through project schedules, budgets (as necessary), project reports, meeting agendas and minutes, and other reporting mechanisms
Report project status to Department Management, Project Management, and Business Management and partners with them to clear any obstacles to project progress
Collaborate with business-side managers and project stakeholders to insure their input is accounted for and managed within projects
Gather project metrics in order to create predictable, reliable, and repeatable development and release practices
Partner with compliance to coordinate and integrate project activities and division-requested enhancements according to the applicable corporate and regulatory standards
Identify requirements for web-based and back-office system projects maintained internally or by external vendors
Coordinate system demos and workflow walk-throughs to enable business leader’s decision-making
Relationship Manager with IS/IT teams, insurance carriers, vendors, and business divisions to achieve project objectives
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
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Required
Demonstrated ability to plan and track project schedules and delivering projects on time and on budget.
Experience successfully communicating across a variety of audiences.
Able to successfully perform both independently and by motivating a project team.
Familiarity using Agile, Hybrid and Predictive project methodologies.
Understands or is able to learn based on experience and/or education, advanced system workflows related to industry specific processing (policy issuance, billing, data flow, etc).
Experience with web applications and customizable and configurable applications.
Basic understanding of programming languages and concepts.
Bachelor's degree (B.A) from four - year college or university; or 2-3 years Project Management experience and /or training.
Preferred
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
Lean / Six Sigma Certifications
Insurance Industry (or related) experience
Benefits
Discretionary Time Off (DTO)
Generous benefits package: health, dental, vision, 401(k), etc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Company
Confiential
Funding
Current Stage
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