Technical Project Manager

Role: Technical Project Manager || With P&C Domain

Location: Edison, NJ - Hybrid - 3 Days from Office

Type: Contract

Area(s) of responsibility

Core Competencies:
5 to 7 years of current project management experience delivering IT projects.
Has successfully delivered IT projects from start to finish.
Familiar with or has used effort-driven project planning techniques in MS Project.
Demonstrates high-levels of capability in all project management competencies, including: planning, executing, monitoring and controlling of IT projects.
Project Management Institute PMP Certification preferred.
Experience managing development projects in financial services or insurance companies; commercial property and casualty insurance a plus.
Experience managing vendors, requesting and executing SOWs.
Demonstrates a personal sense of urgency to complete day-to-day work. Must drive for results from self and project team members. Must know when to push back on perceived limitations and when to be flexible and accept the limitation.
Exercises strong leadership capabilities; presents "executive presence" especially when delivering difficult messages to stakeholders and leaders; calm and collected under pressure; takes accountability for entire project and outcomes.
Demonstrates strong customer focus; is responsive, consultative, collaborative and accurate in work approach. Considers project impacts and outcomes from the business (customer's) perspective.
Experience directly managing and forecasting project financials (reconciling invoices, timekeeping, etc.)
Able to create clear, concise messaging to all organizational levels.
Exercises sound judgment, making informed, successful decisions from a set of complex options.
Willing to develop technical understanding of the systems involved and ability to understand data flow and the high-level technical architecture.
Ability to learn project management and financial planning tools as required.