Job Title: Project Manager
Department: Information Technology
Reports To: IT Manager
Position is located in Manhattan.
Summary:
As a Project Manger for IT software projects relating to clients underwriting business, coordinate, organize, and successfully manage activities of assigned projects, and/or services from inception to deployment. Ensure that goals or objectives of the projects are accomplished within prescribed timeframe and funding parameters.
Build strong business working relationships with the subject matter experts (including Operations, Finance, and Underwriting), and IT department to ensure timelines are met. Monitor professional services vendor personnel for conformance to desired requirements in their delivered systems deliverable.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Perform project management duties for multiple projects simultaneously.
2. Create, manage and update project plans, risk management plans, communication plans, project budgets and all other project management documentation.
3. Work with project team members and management to secure resources and funding for projects as assigned.
4. Perform day-to-day management of all project phases to ensure deliverables are completed on time and budget. Coordinate all project activities with IT project team members and business owners/ stakeholders.
5. Ensure swift issue resolution and escalations as required.
6. Manage enhancement features vs. schedule vs. resource tradeoff decisions by effectively negotiating with business stakeholders and project team members.
7. Manage vendors to ensure successful project completion.
8. Communicate frequently with executive leadership to provide project risk analysis, status, and requirements that may impact strategic direction.
9. Collaborate closely with the business stakeholders to understand business needs, processes and data sources.
10. Travel as required, approximately 10% – 25%.
Qualifications:
• 5+ years of proven experience as a project manager of complex IT projects.
• Strong working knowledge of project management principles, practices, techniques, and tools. Hands on experience with planning, budgeting and forecasting as it relates to project management.
• Able to work concurrently on multiple, high-priority projects.
• Excellent skills in MS Project and MS Office.
• Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal, and presentation.
• Very strong interpersonal relationship, collaboration and facilitation skills.
• Very strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Personal time management skills and ability to meet individual and team deadlines.
• Must be able to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance.
• Must take initiative, be a decisive decision-maker and show confidence in decisions made.
• Insurance/Reinsurance industry experience and knowledge with an understanding of the terminology, business functions and processes a plus, but not required.
• Project Management certification a plus, but not required
If intrigued, please forward resume and contact info to Leonaldo Rosa – lrosa@bondstreetgroup.com (212) 277-7613
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