Kalepa is an innovative company transforming the commercial insurance industry with its AI Underwriting Platform. They are seeking a Senior Implementation Project Manager to lead the implementation of their platform for strategic clients, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and budget-friendly delivery while establishing project management practices.
Responsibilities:
- Lead project teams and run the project lifecycle (sales support/scoping, sales to services transition, initiating, planning, implementing, monitoring/controlling, closing)
- Drive the use of project management principles, methodologies, tools, and internal policies and procedures
- Establish and maintain relationships with internal/external executive sponsors, key customers, and project team members
- Translate client requirements, objectives, and goals into a project plan
- Definition & Management of Scope, Schedule, Budget, and Resources of sophisticated projects
- Maintain project plan and other project documents
- Partner closely with Client Success resources to drive the execution of project plan
- Identify and propose changes; change orders, and budget updates & determine impact and drive mitigation plans
- Document lessons learned and recommend process improvements
Requirements:
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, including 3 years of project management experience
- Professional experience in enterprise-class SaaS/AI software implementations
- Experience with waterfall & agile required
- Proven leadership ability (management not required)
- Outstanding communication, organizational, and time-management skills
- Prior external client-facing experience required
- Understanding of project commercials including SOWs, budgeting, and resourcing
- Independent, adaptable and can thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Some travel required
- Professional experience in Insurance, Financial Services, Technology Implementations, or Consulting preferred