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Ryan Specialty · 1 day ago

Project Manager

Nashville, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$94K/yr - $110K/yr

6+ years exp

Ryan Specialty is an organization focused on managing various projects and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. The Project Manager will oversee project planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring stakeholder expectations are met while driving process improvements and innovations.

Financial ServicesInsuranceRisk Management

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provides expertise on program and project management disciplines

Meets with PMO leadership and key stakeholders to understand and define the vision, scope and business objectives of project work and establishes the budget and expected return on investment

Utilizes available Project Management tools and techniques, favoring Velocity’s PMO templates and PMP best practices

Creates and refines business cases and charters to meet PMO standards

Identifies and manages project resources and other key stakeholders; Cultivates stakeholder trust

Confirms all needed contracts meet project requirements and are fully executed

Makes certain that compliance activities and risks have appropriate review and approvals

Elicits and validates the business needs of key stakeholders, be they customers, end users or managing leadership to refine the scope and deliverable definitions

Develops a detailed project plan listing milestones, outlining tasks, assigning resources, highlighting dependencies and creating the schedule

Confirms team member capacity and resources to complete their responsibilities per the schedule

Oversees documentation standards and storage

Identifies risks and develops mitigation strategies to monitor and manage risks

Monitors project delivery and ensures that milestones are achieved on schedule

Controls the project scope and follows change control processes

Tracks project expenses for adherence to financial constraints

Leads project kick-off calls, core team meetings, stakeholder status update meetings, and other meetings as requested. E-mails meeting materials and/or meeting notes before and/or after meetings

Communicates regular written updates on project progress, issues, and risks to different stakeholder groups and maintains the logs

Ensures that cross-functional teams are aligned and coordinate effectively to achieve project goals

Uses interpersonal and facilitation skills for brainstorming, group problem solving, and conflict resolution

Defers appropriate decisions to the team, while maintaining control and visibility into the plan and progress. Takes control to guide or escalate decision-making when necessary

Resolves the risks/issues timely or frames them appropriately for next level of escalation

Respectfully listens to the team and empowers them to drive for continuous improvement. Creates forums for feedback loops and retrospectives

Closes out the project on completion with a final report, archives the artifacts, documents lessons learned, and celebrates the success of the project with the team & stakeholders

Oversees a seamless hand-off to the Product Owner and sets expectations for continued management and stakeholder communication

Drives scalable and sustainable process improvements, innovation, and automations for the PMO

Qualification

Stakeholder CommunicationRisk ManagementProject ManagementExcess & Surplus InsuranceCross-functional Project ManagementProcess ImprovementTeam LeadershipConflict Resolution

Required

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Insurance, Business Administration, Information Technology, or other related discipline

Must be able to work on multiple organization-wide projects simultaneously

Experience working directly on cross-functional projects involving end-users, operations, and technology

Preferred

Master's degree may be preferred

Minimum of 3 or more years of experience in Excess & Surplus or other Property & Casualty insurance is preferred

Minimum of 6 years of experience in Project Management roles with experience managing E&S insurance projects or initiatives preferred

Benefits

Paid time off for company holidays

Vacation

Sick and personal days

Paid parental leave

Mental health services

Company

Ryan Specialty

Glassdoor3.7

Ryan Specialty is an insurance firm that provides solutions for brokers, agents, and insurance carriers.

Founded in 2010

Chicago, Illinois, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://ryanspecialty.com

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