Bachelor's degree in business, Management, Information Systems, or Engineering
Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
8-10+ years of project management experience with full SDLC delivery across Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall; insurance domain knowledge preferred
Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, Visio, and PowerPoint; strong governance, change management, and vendor management skills
Requirements:
Manage a portfolio of business projects of varying sizes within budget and timeframe; establish and manage project plans across schedule, cost, scope, and quality
Understand technical aspects and desired business outcomes to anticipate issues while driving results; plan, manage and allocate resources to ensure high-quality execution within defined scope
Liaise between business and IT regarding requirements and change management; organize business testing coordination; communicate status, risks, and accomplishments to stakeholders
Provide leadership and decision-making support by establishing project governance; perform project reporting and completion documentation; serve as a bridge between project teams and senior stakeholders to keep them updated on progress
JOB DESCRIPTION Job Hours: Start time may vary by day, but it would be 6 hours per day, flexibility to vary schedule would be ideal (e.g. 8-2 or 9-3 or 10-4 or 11-5 CST) we need flexibility, if possible, to work these depending on the day and project work to be done each day.
Job Schedule: Fully remote approx. 30 hours per week
Location: Remote opportunity
Interview Process: Would prefer virtual for me, then a panel interview with a couple of key stakeholders based on my interview recommendation
ROLE SUMMARY:
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for regularly managing a portfolio of complex business projects and collaborating with and aligning senior leaders, stakeholders with the project progress and bottlenecks if any.
The role involves developing project plans, and proactively managing project schedules, risks and issues, resources, cost and quality and making recommendations within project objectives.
In addition, the role will ensure governance on project management discipline and structure.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manage portfolio of business projects of varying sizes, within budget and timeframe
Establish and manage project plan across the dimensions of schedule, cost, scope, and quality
Understand the technical aspects and desired business outcomes of the project to anticipate issues while driving results
Plan, manage and allocate resources to ensure successful, high-quality execution and delivery within the defined scope.
Organize and lead business testing coordination
Liaison between business and IT regarding requirements and change management
Communicate effectively with cross-functional partners, key stakeholders, and external customers as needed on status, risks and accomplishments to ensure alignment with the overall project goals
Provide leadership and decision-making support by establishing project governance
Perform project reporting, including regular stakeholder status reports and overall performance of the project and completion documentation
Provide overall direction and analytical guidance to project
Serve as a bridge between project teams and senior stakeholders to keep them updated with the project progress
Address quality issues directly with the team and communicate proactively with the stakeholders on long-term resolution
EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in business, Management, Information Systems or Engineering
TOOLS KNOWLEDGE & CERTIFICATIONS:
Project Management Professional (PMP) or any other project certification
Knowledge of MS Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint
WORK EXPERIENCE:
8 - 10+ years of experience in managing projects
Project Management experience is preferred
Experience in full SDLC project delivery with a variety of methodologies i.e., Agile, Scrum, Waterfall
