Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

WE ARE OPEN TO HIRING REMOTELY FOR THIS POSITION

Under the direction of a Portfolio Manager and/or, in some cases, a Project Manager III, this position oversees multiple large, complex, and/or high-priority projects within the ISO Underwriting business unit. The Project Manager III is expected to be savvy about our business environment and know how to adeptly lead and manage people and processes to ensure projects are run efficiently and effectively.

The Project Manager III has a much higher level of expertise and autonomy as compared to Project Manager I and II. S/he is truly the head of projects and will orchestrate and drive projects through all phases—from original concept or initiation through to close. Given his or her depth and breadth of experience, the Project Manager III is considered a senior expert in project management and has the authority to guide, steer, and lead the project team, as well as to run the project on a day-to-day basis in order to reach the finish line—on time, within scope and within budget.

The position interfaces across, up and down organizational and functional hierarchies impacted by the project, including business and product leadership, IT, development partners, vendors and end users. Given the complexity, importance and high visibility of the projects typically managed by a Project Manager III, superb communication skills and consistent, high quality performance and delivery are critical in this role.

The Project Manager III may also be responsible for a program, consisting of multiple projects and is likely to communicate with company leadership regarding the status of specific projects. As such, the ability to report on projects to different audiences must be best-in-class (i.e. clear, thoughtful, well organized and articulated, and at the appropriate level of detail).

RESPONSIBILITIES, WORK DETAILS AND DELIVERABLES:

• Serve as head of the project team, working in close collaboration with the project sponsor, owner, and product leadership; develop a trusted advisor relationship with the business, facilitate discussion, and provide recommendations to management as appropriate
• Organize and lead communications for assigned projects in a seamless and timely manner, and to all appropriate levels; direct day-to-day activities of projects in matrixed organization
• Proactively drive the exploration and discovery of projects’ critical deliverables, guiding project stakeholders through this; also, tailor processes to meet the needs of individual projects
• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs
• Create, publish and maintain standard project documentation such as project plans, status reports, risk and issues logs, project charters, change request registers, and meeting minutes
• Direct project timelines and ensure proper planning and execution; regularly document, track, and follow up on project tasks, milestones and deliverables, ensuring that they meet requirements and quality standards and are completed on schedule
• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems and in identifying priorities
• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables; identify, manage, escalate and mitigate risks and issues as appropriate
• In close collaboration with project leadership and stakeholders, define success criteria for assigned projects and report on success criteria results and metrics
• Act as an internal quality control check for the project
• Comply with PMO established standards and best practices, work within project management tools (including, but not limited to, Sharepoint and MS Teams), and provide ad hoc statistics on projects as requested by PMO or business leadership
• Continue professional development in order to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods and best practices
• Operate as a role model, providing coaching, direction, and training in project management to fellow PMO team members; contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates tosuccessful project delivery, and participate in establishing best practices, templates, and similar to expand and mature the ISO Underwriting PMO organization
• Apply mastery in dealing with and managing expectations of different personalities (stakeholders, sponsors, project team members, etc.) with diverse management and leadership styles. Incorporate feedback and expectations across projects and in overall communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned, needed and appropriate

Qualifications

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree, along with a PMP or professional project management certification(s)
• 5+ years of project management experience on projects within a matrix environment
• 3+ years of experience with full product lifecycle, with a firm understanding of the development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle
• Experience with product management and leadership, with preference given to those with exposure to the property and casualty insurance industry
• Proven record of reliability and success in managing medium to large cross-functional and/or multi-year projects and/or programs on-time, on-schedule and within budget
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve business objectives
• Strong leadership and diplomacy skills, including the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships across, up and down multiple business and technology groups
• A drive for results and demonstrated accountability for planning and executing on business needs; a consistent top performer that employs the right level of urgency and possesses a commitment to being accountable for results
• Best-in-class communication skills (written, verbal and presentation), along with excellent negotiation, facilitation, consultative, and interpersonal abilities
• Prowess for establishing credibility, mentoring, motivating, supervising, influencing, and building consensus among internal and external project teams and peers (technical and non-technical)
• Ability to present to all levels of the organization, including to management and leadership
• Superb ability to work under pressure; thrives in stressful or demanding conditions that may arise within assigned projects
• Analytical and perceptive, with strong attention to detail and the proven ability to work creatively in a problem-solving environment
• Self-motivated and decisive, with the ability to think independently, make sound decisions as well as the ability to adapt to change and flex with competing demands and shifting priorities
• Knowledgeable in change management and tracking
• Experience with a variety of project management tools and structured methodologies, including SDLC, Agile, SCRUM, Safe Agile, Waterfall
• Technically competent with various software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Sharepoint
• Program management experience desirable but not required

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