Job Title: IT Project Manager with P&C Insurance

Location: New York, NY 10022 (Work from home)

Duration: 6 months to start & high possibility of extension

Job Description:

• Client is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager with P&C Insurance IT background.
• This is a new position and will report to the Director of Information Technology.
• The IT Manager will lead a team responsible for supporting a capital investment project with the objective of implementing a new Legal Tracker system for Claims Operations and Legal departments.
• This project is heavily focused on API integrations and data exchange across multiple systems.
• The candidate will lead an Agile-structured, multi-workstream team made up of Vendor and IT development teams.
• This candidate must have exceptional management, strategic thinking and communication skills to drive this complex initiative from inception through to completion.
• The role will work closely with stakeholders, internal support teams, and vendor partners to gather product requirements, prioritize work efforts, manage risk/issues, and drive the overall delivery of the product work stream.
• This is a high visibility role that involves being the point of coordination and escalation for Client, and requires a skilled Project Manager who is hands-on, leads by example and provides exceptional service.

Key Responsibilities & Product Support:

• Collaborate with the Vendor partner and each Client's workstream lead to create a consolidated project plan.
• Partner with Stakeholders to understand the business roadmap, and then ensure that roadmap stays in alignment with the consolidated project plan.
• Own and manage the scope and timeline of the overall consolidated project plan, monitoring progress of each work stream and critical path.
• Partner with each work stream lead to resolve blockers or impediments that may jeopardize the overall delivery
• Work with the Vendor Project Manager to understand the product backlog and ensure it is prioritized and refined, and that the development workstreams are kept informed of the latest status.
• Establish KPIs to monitor, measure, and report on software quality and delivery performance. Utilize KPI performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Plan, schedule and communicate release plans and set expectations for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities.
• Actively manage issues, risks and dependencies for assigned project/program in order to meet objectives/deliverables, escalate appropriately.
• Provide vision and direction to the team and stakeholders throughout the product life cycle, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Partner with 3rd Party Solution Providers and Vendors to ensure delivery objectives and organizational priorities are known, understood, and met.
• Maintain relationships to ensure issues are quickly identified, analyzed and remediated to avoid adverse impact to business partners.

Experience Required:

• 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent as a Technology / Delivery Project Manager
• Demonstrated knowledge of COTS/Package Product development and implementation
• Demonstrated knowledge of data-driven projects, API integrations, Data Warehouse
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry-wide development software, frameworks and processes, development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) and best practices
• Excellent relationship management, verbal, and written presentation/communication, and leadership/influence skills required.
• Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, professional environment.
• Strategic, tactical, and critical thinking expertise; ability to break down complex problems and formulate executable project plans
• Excellent
• Competency in product owner tools and basic office programs (MS Office suite, MS Project, MS Azure DevOps, Jira)
• BS/BA degree in IT, Business Administration, Information Management, or related field preferred.