Project Manager

• Leads the Project Management functions and activities.
• Leads projects with identifying issues and risks and ensuring the issues and risk are resolved in a timely manner.
• Provides leadership and mentoring on project management best practices (including scope, time, cost, communications and risk management) for team members.
• Ensures that the responsibilities, authorities, and accountability of all project staff are defined and understood.
• Identifies cross-organizational barriers that impact multiple projects or programs and ensures these barriers are removed.
• Works with senior management across Information Technology and the business area(s) to accomplish this.
• Consults with IT and Business Leaders to review initial investment initiatives to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing a project, estimated staffing requirements, and allotment of resources.
• Ensures the accuracy and timeliness of project financials.
• Leads, directs and has full management accountability for staff in area of responsibility with an emphasis on talent management and succession planning in accordance with corporate strategic direction.
• Sets direction for project management practices, processes and procedures.
• Ensures consistency of project management practices across Projects.
• Builds a community of practice for all project managers.
• Facilitates and encourages the sharing and adoption of best practices and lessons learned across all project managers.  
• Manage and coordinate team members' tasks and performance
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Plan and track project activities and milestones
• Oversee P1 delivery schedules and ensure timely execution
• Maintain and enforce scheduled protocols and processes
• Support application development lifecycle activities
• Document project progress and forecast timelines
• Allocate and monitor project budgets efficiently

Additional Requirements:

• A senior-level PM with experience leading large-scale cross-functuonal projects.
• Must possess strong leadership, communication skills and experience working senior executives (minimum of 10-12 years).
• Enterprise PM experience - managing multi-million dollar+ projects involving cross-functional teams, MSP’s and multiple vendors.
• Strong financial acumen of project accounting, budgeting, operational costs, accruals, capital vs. expense project activities. 
• Ability to manage/drive multiple projects and work streams.  
• Technical acumen with the following is a plus: Security tool implementations and upgrades Identity Access Management Enterprise Change Management

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• In depth technical knowledge of project management practices and processes.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate with all levels of external and/or internal business partners within scope of responsibility, team and/or matrix environment.
• Leadership and management skills demonstrating integrity and professionalism.
• Ability to drive results by identifying and resolving problems within scope of responsibility.
•  Knowledge of the insurance industry, its products and services.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software.  

  Soft Skills:

• Self-directed
• Capable of managing ambiguity and scope creep
• Detail oriented
• Ability to understand technical concepts and jargon
• Work alongside and infuence senior executives
• Drive results in a matrix structure
• Effective at working with and managing both MSP’s and vendors

Required Skills

• Identity Access Management
• Enterprise change management

  Preferred Skills

• Security tool implementations and upgrades

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required, master’s degree not mandatory
• Typically a minimum of ten---10-12 years of related work experience, with five years management experience.
•  PMP, Safe Agile, Applicable certifications preferred