Title:  Project Manager

Area(s) of responsibility

ROLE LOCATION- Alpharetta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Colorado Springs, CO; Conshohocken, PA; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Fargo, ND; Garden City, NY; Houston, TX; Jacksonville, IL; Lenexa, KS; Los Angeles, CA; Lubbock, TX; Morristown, NJ; Mt Juliet, TN; New York, NY; Purchase, NY; Topeka, KS
 

Preferred Locations on the East Coast

HYBRID - 3 days onsite

The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for managing complex IT projects on a day-to-day basis, using the Project Management Life Cycle process and deliverables.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Perform project management duties for complex IT projects in accordance with project management life cycle (PMLC) and systems development life cycle (SDLC) processes. These activities include:
•    Perform day-to-day management of all project phases to ensure deliverables are completed on time and within budget. 
•    Coordinate all project activities with the IT project team members and business owners / stakeholders. 
•    Track performance against objectives and develop corrective strategies when objectives are not being met.
•    Create, manage, and update project charters, schedules, risk management plans, communication plans, project budgets, gate reviews, and all other project management documentation. 
•    Work with project team members and management to secure resources and funding.  
•    Coordinate closely with project stakeholders to define project scopes and schedules. 
•    Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs, processes, and data sources.  
•    Work with business analysts and architects to translate these business needs into clearly documented-detailed requirements and functional specifications. 
•    Provide regular status updates and maintain relevant metrics to provide transparency on team performance.
•    Manage vendors and hold them accountable for their delivery activities.
•    Identify and coordinate cross-project dependencies.
•    Communicate with executive leadership to provide project risk analysis, status, and requirements that may impact strategic direction. 
•    Ensure that projects comply with audit requirements.
•    Complete additional projects and assignments as needed.

Essential job tasks

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
•    8+ years of project management experience for complex application and data integration projects.
•    Detailed knowledge of project management and software development life cycle methodologies.
•    Experience managing mid-sized to large IT integration projects, independently.
•    Career experience within Commercial Insurance, is desired.
•    Facilitation skills with an ability to effectively manage cross-functional team discussions.
•    Strong management skills with an ability to achieve results in a matrix management environment.
•    Ability to translate business needs into IT deliverables.
•    Able to successfully apply waterfall, agile, and hybrid project-delivery methodologies.
•    Possess multi-disciplinary information technology knowledge with proven systems deployment experience.
•    Experience using Project and Portfolio Management tools (MS Project, Planview, SharePoint, etc.)
•    Expertise in all aspects of requirements and testing processes.