Project Manager with P&C background in Insurance

- Lead IT projects from initiation to completion. Projects may involve:
- Implementation or customization of commercial off-the-shelf insurance applications
- Mobile/web technologies
- System integrations
- Software upgrades
- Intelligent Automation (RPA)
- Infrastructure (hardware)
- Manage 3 or more projects simultaneously depending on complexity, duration, and phase.
- Lead a project team of matrixed resources, resolving challenges related to resource allocation and scheduling.
- Build and maintain project schedules in MS Project/Project Server using effort-driven and auto-scheduled approaches.
- Reconcile project team time cards against planned hours, investigate discrepancies, and adjust project tasks to maintain accurate forecasts.
- Track and reconcile project financials in accounting tools; resolve variances between forecast and actuals, release excess funds when not needed, or request additional funding when baseline changes occur.
- Ensure strict adherence to all Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) processes, procedures, and templates.
- Identify, anticipate, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions; escalate appropriately and in a timely manner.
- Prepare and deliver twice-monthly project status reports.
- Engage regularly with project teams, business sponsors, stakeholders, portfolio managers, and other key stakeholders.

Requirements

5–7+ years of recent project management experience delivering IT projects with budgets of at least $150K.; Proven record of delivering IT projects from start to finish.; Familiarity with effort-driven project planning in MS Project.; Strong skills in project management disciplines: planning, execution, monitoring, and control.; Experience managing vendors, creating and executing Statements of Work (SOWs).; Strong sense of urgency, ability to drive results from self and project team members.; Balanced judgment—knows when to push back and when to adapt.; Demonstrated leadership and “executive presence,” particularly in managing stakeholders and delivering challenging messages under pressure.; Strong customer focus, collaborative, responsive, and accurate in work approach.; Experience managing and forecasting project financials (invoices, timekeeping, etc.).; Excellent communication skills with ability to deliver clear, concise messaging to all organizational levels.; Sound judgment in decision-making, with ability to navigate complex options.; Willingness to develop technical understanding of systems, data flows, and high-level architecture.; Openness to learning and adopting new project management tools