Thursday, July 8, 2010

[itroundtable] Job Lead - Incident Manager - Contract Position - NYC

 

Please self-screen for the contract position below. Contact the recruiter (Michelle Rounds) if you are a fit and let her know that I referred you.


Good Luck.

Sincerely,

Peter Lutz

 

Job Title:  Incident Manager, Bermuda Operations

Salary:  Commensurate with experience

FLSA Classification:  Contractor

Reporting Relationships:  Production Support Operations Manager

Responsibilities:  Direct all incident management activities, including:

* Reporting (logging) of incidents, defects and change requests

      o Determine type of resolution:  development or user training, defect or change request

      o Determine priority, severity and development owner

* Defects:

      o Coordinate all level 1 and 2 help desk response

      o Ensure appropriate severity and business priority is assigned to incident

      o Ensure incidents are communicated to appropriate vendor or internal resources for response commesurate with SLAs

      o Escalate business issues where appropriate

      o Manage the end-to-end response, including:

                  : Monitor development by vendor in accordance with release schedule

                  : Coordinate UAT participants

                  : Coordinate release testing and deployment

                  : Prepare release communications

      o Prepare management reports, including aging of defects, measurement against SLAs, and overall vendor performance

* Change requests:

      o Conduct prioritization meetings with business stakeholders to ensure appropriate severity and priorities are assigned

      o Ensure appropriate business impact or business case is prepared by the business users (where appropriate)

      o Ensure requirements sessions are scheduled for change requests that are approved by the business stakeholders

      o Manage the requirements completion and sign-off process

      o Ensure that the items are scheduled for a release

            * For complex requests (projects), ensure that a development manager is assigned and project is initiated

            * For requests that don't require project initiation:

                  : Monitor development by vendor in accordance with release schedule

                  : Coordinate UAT participants

                  : Coordinate release testing and deployment

                  : Prepare release communications

 

 

Qualifications:

: Understanding of the fundamentals of insurance operations and commercial policy life-cycle

: Understanding of software development lifecycle

: Strong analysis, planning and organizational skills

: Demonstrated vendor management experience and comfort with monitoring outsourced services

: Exceptional written/verbal communication skills; ability to communicate complex concepts clearly, both verbally and in writing

: Ability to work collaboratively with others at all levels

: Comfortable working in a matrixed environment

: Ability to adapt to change, and support others as new workflows are defined and implemented

 

Preferred:

: Commercial insurance experience with focus on Commercial Property, Professional Liability, Casualty and Healthcare businesses

: Broad knowledge across multiple business functions including underwriting, claims, reinsurance and financial accounting

 

Education:

: BA or BS degree

 

 

Michelle Rounds

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Vertex Solutions Inc

p (646) 448-4092

c (917) 334-8277

michelle@vertexsolutionsinc.com


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Peter Lutz
"Bridging the gaps between Business and Information Technology"

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