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Old Republic General Insurance Group · 2 days ago
IT Project Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
7+ years exp
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Hiring Manager
Kevin Sabres
Insider Connection @Old Republic General Insurance Group
Responsibilities
Drive accountability of actions across the core and extended teams.
Coordinate internal and client project related activities.
Establish a meeting cadence, communication plan and working norms across the teams.
Report and escalate issues to management as needed to ensure project success.
Manage relationships with clients, internal teams and all stakeholders.
Coordinate internal and customer facing meetings, facilitate and manage weekly status meetings.
Coordinate efforts between internal teams and the customer to ensure project tasks are completed on-time, with-in budget and within scope.
Synthesize stakeholder inputs, develop and manage project plans, shape agendas for senior leadership discussions, and hold team accountable to their commitments.
Identify, document and track project risks, actions and issues.
Consistently review the project dependencies and risks to ensure these are being effectively managed across the relevant stakeholder groups.
Create, maintain and distribute project documentation.
Define business cases using input from the stakeholders. Identify gains and obtain agreement on objectives, scope, timing and resources.
Plan activities/ tasks that will deliver the desired results and oversee day-to-day work and monitoring of progress toward goals.
Work with all teams to ensure a successful handoff between the project and the implementation and support teams.
Lead client facing status meetings to communicate objectives, plans, statuses and results clearly, focusing on key points.
Perform project close out steps to include identifying lessons learned, / best practices, to inform the success of future project. Identify and apply continuous improvements methodologies throughout the project management lifecycle.
Ability to interact effectively and professionally with all levels of management, employees and customers by email, phone and in person. Provide mentoring to less experienced staff as needed.
Act as a champion for your projects, adapt and address unique challenges in collaborative and creative ways.
Manage a portfolio of multiple projects with function-wide and/or companywide impact. Examples of this might include highly technical, substantial budget, high visibility, long tail, multi-stakeholder crossing functional groups.
In addition to project management, may also perform some of the work defined within the project roles and responsibilities.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work experience.
7 or more years of proven work experience as a project manager in the field of software development and/or information technology (insurance industry experience is a major plus).
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects in parallel.
Experience with a project management tools (LAN Desk, Jira, ServiceNow).
Display advanced communication (verbal and written), attention to detail, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills.
Demonstrate advanced interpersonal, customer service, presentation, influencing and relationship management skills.
Ability to work independently and/or as part of a team to meet established deadlines.
Ability to apply judgement to balance process compliance with achievement of business objectives.
Background in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and/or web technology.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook.
Preferred
CAPM or PMP certification is a plus.
Previous experience as a Business Analyst is strongly preferred.
Advance business operations knowledge to include the understanding of the insurance market is strongly preferred.
Knowledge of the insurance business process is strongly preferred.
Company
Old Republic General Insurance Group
Old Republic General Insurance Group is the largest business segment within Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE: ORI) and specializes in the property and casualty marketplace.
10,001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Sam Matthis
Chief Operating Officer - Old Republic Allied Management Company
Michael Baumel
Chief Claim Officer
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