Agile Project Manager
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Title:
Agile Project ManagerCompany:
Everest Global Services Inc.Job Category:
TechnologyJob Description:
Everest
Everest is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in the Bermuda Canada Europe Singapore US and other territories. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities a strong balance sheet and an innovative culture.
Throughout our history Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating longterm value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. But the most critical asset in this organization is our people.
At Everest we are committed to the development of our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. You will benefit from career development and learning opportunities that will let you set career goals and fulfill them including:
Generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement
Mentoring opportunities
Flexible work arrangements
Talent development initiatives
Networking groups
Everest Group a NYSE listed S&P 500 is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider operating for nearly 50 years now in over 15 countries. Everest is a growth company offering Property Casualty and Specialty products. We have extensive product and distribution capabilities backed by a strong balance sheet which is evident in our Financial Agency Ratings of: A A. M. Best A S&P Global and A1 Moodys Investor Service.
We take pride in being known in the industry as nimble entrepreneurial and responsive. Our culture is innovative we empower our employees to make business decisions within our risk framework at a local level.
Job Description:
The Agile Project Manager (APM) is responsible for leading managing and delivering projects in an agile environment ensuring that teams adhere to agile principles and values while meeting project goals and stakeholder expectations. The APM facilitates collaboration removes impediments manages timelines and ensures effective communication between stakeholders developers and Product Owners.
Key Responsibilities
- Project planning and : Plan manage and deliver projects using agile or traditional methodologies.
- Develop and maintain project schedules timelines and resource allocations.
- Track and communicate project/initiative progress to stakeholders.
- Coordinate agile events including daily standups sprint planning sprint reviews and retrospectives.
- Collaborate with the Product Owner to manage the backlog and guide team priorities.
- Identify and address risks and impediments hindering project/team progress and collaborate with team to develop mitigation strategies and ensure a smooth workflow.
- Track team performance using KPIs and metrics and coach and mentor teams on agile principles and values.
- Work with crossfunctional teams to drive continuous improvement in processes.
- Facilitate team preparation for quarterly planning and ensure alignment with business goals (SAFe).
- Encourage effective communication and cooperation among team members and stakeholders.
- Manage project/product financials.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities
- Strong foundation in project management principles including scope time cost quality communication risk procurement and stakeholder management.
- Handson understanding of the why and howto for lean/agile methodologies including use of ALM tools such as Jira to track/report on work.
- Work effectively in hybrid software delivery environment.
- Removes obstacles protects focus prioritizes work and mitigates risks to drive improvement and value.
- Facilitation and coaching
- Negotiation and consensus building
- Agile and traditional PM methodologies
- Stakeholder management
- Risk & dependency management
- Adaptability data orientation and strong communication skills
- Time management & prioritization
Qualifications
- BA/BS Degree in Information Systems Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education training and experience
- PMP / CSM certifications required
- Experience in managing cloud projects desirable.
- Planview / JIRA / ServiceNow experience desirable
- Minimum 7 years of experience implementing enterprise infrastructure projects and custom solutions
- 23 years recent Scrum Master experience applying agile principles and practices in an agile transformation environment
- Previous experience delivering projects in P&C Insurance industry
- Proven ability to adapt and thrive in a fastpaced changing environment and participate in continual process improvement
- Proficiency in computer applications such as Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint and MS Project.
- Experience managing onshore and offshore teams
- Demonstrated team leadership and project management expertise
- Possess the judgment and ability to modify project management approach based on project size complexity and team
- Knowledge with the infrastructure and cloud domain and current technology platforms to understand the projects and raise questions in order to help correctly steer them to completion.
- Ability to build and maintain business relationships with employees business partners and vendors
- Comfortable hosting meetings with various audiences (engineers management or C level positions) Selfstarter that requires little direction
- Excellent organizational skills; ability to prioritize multiple projects and work in a fastpaced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Our Culture
At Everest our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive fuel global economies and create sustainable value for our colleagues shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Clickhereto learn more about our culture.
- Our Valuesare the guiding principles that inform our decisions actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. . Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity Equity and Inclusion.
- Our Colleague Behaviorsdefine how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.
All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues and the global communities we serve.
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Type:
RegularTime Type:
Full timePrimary Location:
Warren NJAdditional Locations:
Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion or creed sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin or ancestry citizenship genetics physical or mental disability age marital status civil union status family or parental status veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. As part of this commitment Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact Everest Benefits at
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