Project Manager with Insurance Domain experince

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

• 5+ years Project Management experience
• Expertise with all aspects of requirements and testing processes
• Detail-oriented and good analytical abilities
• Skilled in working across organizational boundaries, bringing together people with diverse perspectives and experience to find solutions
• Project Management for Application related projects; preferably Guidewire Claim Center experience and/or P&C Claims and Policy admin systems related experience.
• Develop and manage plans/schedules/deliverables for small to large sized projects
• Manage project timelines, activities, resources and budgets
• Provide regular status updates and Executive Status updates as needed
• Manage stakeholder expectations and negotiate with project stakeholders to determine most accurate and appropriate definition of project scope and schedule
• Work closely with technical resources and business analysts in the interpretation of requirements and the translation into design specifications
• Liaise between developers, architects, business analysts and QA analysts. Foster clear communication between the disciplines
• Ensure that projects comply with audit requirements
• Work closely with outsourced development vendors as needed
• Track performance against objectives and develop corrective strategies when objectives are not being met.
• Maintain relevant metrics to provide transparency on team performance
• Resolve conflicting priories in scope, schedule and cost for projects among various stakeholder groups
• Facilitate discussion, decision making and conflict resolution
• Remove impediments by engaging the right personnel and/or finding the right solution
• Additional projects and assignments as needed
• Experience using PM tools (MS Project, SharePoint, VSTS, etc.)

Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus, but not required

$70/hr