Position: IT Project Manager
Company: Virtuace
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

About Project:

Virtuace on behalf of our client — an American insurance company is looking for a Project Manager to join our team.
The client is a global specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance that has more than $110 billion USD in total assets along with $17 billion USD in net assets.

Role Summary

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.

Responsibilities:

Perform project management duties for 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 budget. Coordinate all project activities with IT project team members and business owners/ stakeholders. Track performance against objectives and develop corrective strategies when objectives are unmet.
— 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. — Managing project budget, scope, and quality;
— Coordinate closely with project stakeholders to define project scopes and schedules.
— Provide regular status updates and maintain relevant metrics to provide transparency on team performance
— Manage vendors and hold them accountable for their delivery activities
— Communicate with executive leadership to provide project risk analysis, status, and requirements that may impact strategic direction.
— Ensure that projects comply with audit requirements
— Additional projects and assignments as needed

Required skills:

— 5+ years of project management experience for application and data integration projects
— Detailed knowledge of project management and software development life cycle methodologies
— Proven experience managing mid-sized to large IT integration projects independently
— Background in Commercial Insurance desired
— Strong communication and 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
— Strong business planning, organizing, prioritizing, and analytical skills
— Demonstrated ability to successfully apply waterfall, agile, and hybrid project delivery methodologies
— Multi-disciplinary information technology familiarity with proven systems deployment experience
— Experience using Project and Portfolio Management tools (MS Project, Planview, SharePoint, etc.
— Expertise with all aspects of requirements and testing processes
— Detail-oriented and extremely organized
— Skilled in working across organizational boundaries, bringing together people with diverse perspectives and experiences to find solutions
— Excellent written and verbal (business) communications skills
— Personal time management skills and ability to meet individual and team deadlines
— Be able to handle multiple priorities and proactively identify risks to project timelines
— A team player who works well with technical and business resources

Will be a plus:

— B.A / B.S degree
— Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus, but not required
— CPCU Designation or advanced degree is a plus, but not required
— Advanced level of Italian written and spoken language is a plus, but not required

We offer:

• To work with a company that is financially stable and reliable, the company has ambitious plans for development. Our primary customers are American insurance companies, it allows us to feel safe and protected on the financial side;
• Health insurance;
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits;
• English classes (online) and speaking club with native speakers;
• Possibility of remote work
• Competitive salary;
• Collaborative friendly team environment.