Project Manager with P&C background in Insurance

About this role Project Manager with P&C background in Insurance Job Description • Lead IT projects from initiation to completion. Projects may involve: • Implementation or customization of commercial off-the-shelf insurance applications • Mobile/web technologies • System integrations • Software upgrades • Intelligent Automation (RPA) • Infrastructure (hardware) • Manage 3 or more projects simultaneously depending on complexity, duration, and phase. • Lead a project team of matrixed resources, resolving challenges related to resource allocation and scheduling. • Build and maintain project schedules in MS Project/Project Server using effort-driven and auto-scheduled approaches. • Reconcile project team time cards against planned hours, investigate discrepancies, and adjust project tasks to maintain accurate forecasts. • Track and reconcile project financials in accounting tools; resolve variances between forecast and actuals, release excess funds when not needed, or request additional funding when baseline changes occur. • Ensure strict adherence to all Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) processes, procedures, and templates. • Identify, anticipate, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions; escalate appropriately and in a timely manner. • Prepare and deliver twice-monthly project status reports. • Engage regularly with project teams, business sponsors, stakeholders, portfolio managers, and other key stakeholders. Requirements Project Manager with P&C background in Insurance • 5–7+ years of recent project management experience delivering IT projects with budgets of at least $150K. • Proven record of delivering IT projects from start to finish. • Familiarity with effort-driven project planning in MS Project. • Strong skills in project management disciplines: planning, execution, monitoring, and control. • Experience managing vendors, creating and executing Statements of Work (SOWs). • Strong sense of urgency; ability to drive results from self and project team members. • Balanced judgment—knows when to push back and when to adapt. • Demonstrated leadership and “executive presence,” particularly in managing stakeholders and delivering challenging messages under pressure. • Strong customer focus; collaborative, responsive, and accurate in work approach. • Experience managing and forecasting project financials (invoices, timekeeping, etc.). • Excellent communication skills with ability to deliver clear, concise messaging to all organizational levels. • Sound judgment in decision-making, with ability to navigate complex options. • Willingness to develop technical understanding of systems, data flows, and high-level architecture. • Openness to learning and adopting new project management tools Apply tot his job Apply To this Job