Sr Project Manager Sales

Mercury Insurance Services LLC/MIS is hiring a Senior Project Manager to manage development, infrastructure, and software acquisition projects through the project life cycle. The role leads cross-functional teams and ensures projects are completed on schedule, to quality standards, and with business sponsor satisfaction.

Responsibilities:

• Provides a single point of contact for those projects. Takes projects from original concept through final implementation leading cross-functional teams and reports progress throughout the project
• Develops Project Charter, project plans (using MS Project), project estimates, and status reports. Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and issue resolution
• Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables
• For acquisition projects, manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables, along with project deliverables
• Provides Project Management guidance to the technical teams
• Regular attendance at work on a full-time schedule of at least 8 hours and 40 hours per week
• Other functions may be assigned

Requirements:

• Successful completion of a 4 year degree in a directly-related area such as Business Management or Computer Science
• 5 years of directly-related experience in the of project management, resource management and/or project assessment techniques; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Able to apply principles of logical or technical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form
• Deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• Thorough working knowledge of project management methodology
• Strong knowledge and skills in project planning, tracking, and reporting using Microsoft Project or other tools
• Strong knowledge and skills in risk and change management
• Work is of high technical complexity, calling for in-depth knowledge and application of “Project Management – technical business” standards, philosophies and best practices within established limits of authority
• Excellent working knowledge of MS applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, Project, etc.)
• Independently motivated and able to work through periods of ambiguity and change with a solid sense of perspective
• Able to manage and set expectations through constructive negotiations with business sponsors
• Able to build and motivate teams through influencing and empowering others
• Able to lead cross-functional teams
• Able to manage a team
• Capable of coaching/mentoring and conflict management/negotiations
• Able to manage multiple tasks and/or projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to communicate professionally at all levels within and outside of the organization
• Able to interact cordially with other employees to accomplish common tasks
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is desirable