Senior Project Manager

Insurity is a leading cloud-based software provider for the Property & Casualty market, empowering insurance organizations with configurable and analytical insurance software. The Senior Project Manager will drive the delivery of software and services to insurance customers, managing multiple projects and ensuring successful implementation based on business objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Run multiple projects simultaneously to support the successful implementation of new applications and systems based on business and customer objectives including:
• Drive the delivery of services to the customer, managing customer inquiries and requests as assigned
• Manage weekly project meetings and monthly status reporting – including meeting preparations, scheduling, agenda preparation, content and presenter planning, documenting, and distributing minutes and action items, scheduling any follow-up sessions, etc
• Negotiate with first line resource managers for project resources; as well as effectively communicate with Product Engineering and Sales on resourcing
• Develop strong relationships across the business to ensure the project team is successful
• Through expertise in industry best practices, tailor the balance of scope, schedule, resources, and quality against the needs of the project and overall business strategy
• Collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance to peers on project management methodologies
• Identify and make recommendations for improvement to existing processes and procedures
• Stay up to date on industry and job-related trends and best practices, including reading relevant publications, articles, blogs, etc
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Experience managing projects for insurance entities
• Perform analytical and critical thinking at an advanced level
• Demonstrate written and oral English communication skills at an advanced level
• Exhibit time management skills including work planning, prioritization, and organization at an advanced level
• Ability to handle multiple priorities or tasks at an advanced level
• Self-starter and quick learner
• Detail-oriented
• Active listener
• Ability to collaborate and work autonomously
• Flexible and adaptable
• Negotiation skills at an advanced level
• Team Building skills at an advanced level
• Work Breakdown Structure knowledge
• Project Schedule knowledge
• Project Statuses (Team & Exec) knowledge
• Project Estimation and Financials knowledge
• Project Staffing profiles knowledge
• Project Management documentation (scope statement, charter, communication plan, etc.) knowledge
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft Word
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft Excel
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft Outlook
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft PowerPoint
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft Project
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Visio/or another diagramming tool
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Resource Allocation / Workflow Tool (2) (examples: Clarity, SAP, PPM, Remedy, Jira, Salesforce, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Project Management and SDLC Methodologies
• Basic architecture comprehension
• Multi-project or workstream focused experience
• 5,000 hours of project experience
• Experience with Custom/Moderate Complexity Integrations/Conversions; avg. 9 – 18 mos. in duration
• Experience with an average team size of 5-10 people, including cross-organization and vendor teams
• 2+ years of insurance experience required
• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent work experience
• Willingness to travel 10% - 40%