Key Facts

Remote From:

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Hard Skills

Microsoft Project Financial Management Project Management Intelligent Automation Systems Integration Mobile Application Development Project Management Project Charter Change Management Vendor Management Project Management Project Management Software Modernization Infrastructure Management Project Estimation Escalation Management Stakeholder Communications Resource Management

Other Skills

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Team Management
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Decision Making
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Communication
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Leadership
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Negotiation
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Time Management
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Teamwork
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Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

10+ years of current project management experience delivering IT projects with a minimum budget of $150K
PMP credential in good standing or plans to obtain PMP within 12 months
Experience directly managing and forecasting project financials (reconciling invoices, timekeeping, etc.)
Experience managing vendors, requesting and executing SOWs

Requirements:

Manages IT projects from start to finish, including implementation or customizations of insurance software, mobile/web technologies, system integrations, software upgrades, RPA, and infrastructure
Manages up to three or more projects simultaneously and builds an effort-driven MS Project/Project Server schedule
Maintains and reconciles the project financial forecast; investigates and resolves variances between forecast and actual costs; proactively releases excess funds or requests additional funding as needed
Prepares Initial and Amended Charters, follows established Project Change Request processes, and adheres to PPM processes, templates, and proactively identifies and escalates risks, issues, and decisions

Dale WorkForce Solutions

About Dale WorkForce Solutions

Dale Workforce Solutions (DWS) is a WBENC certified woman owned staffing and talent solution leader, providing information technology and professional staffing to a nationwide client base. We strive to EMPOWER change, ENRICH partnerships and ELEVATE outcomes. Mission: To help our clients advance their business culture with exceptional talent through an intentional focus on agility, diversity, and inclusion. We strive to Empower change, enrich partnerships, elevate outcomes Core Values Integrity, Teamwork, Care, and Agility Simplify: Communicate with clarity, focus and purpose Relationships: Act with integrity, value connections, and build trusted partnerships Impact: Make a difference, be passionate, fun and ﬂexible

Company type: SME

Founded: 2018

Company size: 11 - 50

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Job description

Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance

Job: Senior Project Manager

Location: 100% remote from EST timezone

Duration: long-term contract

Summary

The position is responsible for successfully delivering project initiatives for the Portfolio and Project Management Group and executing business plan projects that enable the realization of the company's strategic objectives and tactical business plan goals.

Responsibilities

Manages IT projects from start to finish. Projects may consist of one or a combination of implementation or customizations of commercial off-the-shelf insurance software applications, mobile/web technologies, system integrations, software upgrades, Intelligent Automation (RPA), and infrastructure (hardware).
Manages up to three (3) or more projects simultaneously, depending on project complexity, duration, and lifecycle phase. The average duration of most projects is 6 – 8 months.
Manages a project team of matrixed resources. Resolves challenges presented by resource and schedule availability in matrixed organizations (project team members, including the PM, are rarely 100% dedicated to a single project).
Builds a project schedule in MS Project/Project Server that is effort-driven and auto-scheduled.
Reconciles project team time cards from the time card system with planned hours in the project plan; investigates and resolves variances between planned and actual time reported on time cards; adjusts project task effort/duration with the project plan as necessary to maintain the correct forecast of ETC.
Maintains and reconciles the project financial forecast in the project financial accounting tool; investigates and resolves variances between forecast and actual project costs. Proactively releases excess project funds if not needed or requests additional funding when necessary due to requested baseline changes.
Prepares an Initial Charter that describes the project scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables at a high level and defines the target date and cost to complete the project Planning phase.
Prepares an Amended Charter describing the committed project scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables after completing project planning activities (detailed requirements and design). Adjust estimates made in the Initial Charter as necessary due to discoveries made in Planning.
Utilizes established Project Change Request processes to manage proactively all requests to change the approved baseline of a project.
Accurately follows all documented PPM processes, procedures, and templates.
Anticipates, identifies, and manages project risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions; escalates

Qualifications

10+ years of current project management experience delivering IT projects with a minimum budget of $150K.
Has successfully delivered IT projects from start to finish with timelines of less than 1 year.
Effort-driven project planning techniques in MS Project.
Demonstrates high levels of capability in all project management competencies, including planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling IT projects.
Experience managing vendors, requesting and executing SOWs.
PMP credential in good standing or plans to obtain PMP within 12 months
Experience directly managing and forecasting project financials (reconciling invoices, timekeeping, etc.)