Brethren Mutual Insurance Company ยท 3 days ago
Project Manager
Brethren Mutual Insurance Company is seeking a Project Manager to support and enhance their corporate change management process. The role involves managing Information Services projects, establishing timelines and deliverables, and ensuring project success through best practices in project management and business analysis.
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Responsibilities
Analyzes, plans, and develops requirements and standards in reference to Information Services scheduled projects
Establishes timelines, deliverables, and solidifies due dates for all Information Services projects
Works closely with the IS Applications Manager to identify and prioritize all IS projects
Assures repeatable processes are established and implemented to increase and ensure project success
Applies best practices for Project Management and Business Analysis per established entities
Provides regular project status reporting to Steering Committee, designated managers, and employees to promote effective communication
Works with business unit and Operations / IS management and personnel to identify, understand, and prioritize operational problems and opportunities along with determining risks and exposure to the business
Investigates alternatives and selects options best aligned with the organization's goals
Identifies business needs, determines solution approach, defines solution scope, and develops business case
Creates and delivers change management documentation including business objectives, high-level requirements, detailed requirements, design models, and test cases
Conducts business analysis to determine requirements deliverables, activities, and tools
Uses requirements baseline and traceability techniques to manage requirement scope including tracing requirements backward to related business objectives and forwards to design models, test cases, and ultimately, the delivered solution
Creates communication's plans that meet the widely varying business needs
Keeps the corporate project status listing updated and communicates project status to Steering Committee based on communications plan
Manages company's project portfolio
Builds sustainable, effective, and successful relationships with department heads through communication, understanding, trust, and transparency
Assumes a lead role for potential future major system migration efforts providing project and vendor management as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
A minimum of 3-5 years' experience in Project Management or equivalent field
Strong analysis, communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
Proven track record of strong teambuilding skills
Must be able to effectively interface with all levels of the organization and build successful work and project teams
Demonstrable business analysis success in insurance, financial or IT project environment is essential
Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background check
Preferred
Knowledge of Property and Casualty Insurance operations is a plus
PMP and Agile Methodology Certification a plus
Company
Brethren Mutual Insurance Company
Established in 1897, Brethren Mutual Insurance Company is a property-casualty insurance company headquartered in Hagerstown, Maryland.