The manager needs a diplomat to handle the stakeholder and other teams. S/he should have handled multiple work streams and projects. They should have handled sizeable projects in their career. Should be able to demonstrate in their resumes and talk about it passionately.Job Description:Senior Project Manager - ConsultantEnd Date: 8 to 12 months or longer, with right to hire (not guaranteed)Work Location: Remote only until we return to work at our NYC Headquarters. Once we return to the office, it will be a Hybrid - 3 days in office and 2 remote days. Return date is not yet confirmed. Project Manager Consultant within the Insurance & Agency Group• The Strategic Capabilities Project Management Office (PMO) is seeking a Project Manager Consultant with Agile and Waterfall experience to support multiple workstreams for a transformational underwriting program.• This position supports Capabilities Project Management Office (PMO) and will play a key role in driving projects from initiation through completion. This role resides in a business PMO.• The successful Project Manager will lead project facilitation work using Waterfall, and Agile/Scrum project management methods and tools in support of key project deliverables. The position reports into the Strategic Capabilities PMO Manager and is based in the New York City corporate headquarters. Key responsibilities include:• Responsible for coordinating the delivery of multiple strategic initiatives using SDLC (Waterfall) and Agile/Scrum methodologies.• Responsible for providing project management facilitation by partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure all deliverables are produced on time and with quality results.• Oversees the day-to-day activities for proper project tracking and reporting of all deliverables.• Manages and collaborates with the project core teams and key stakeholders in detecting and documenting possible risks and issues; all changes to scope and/or schedule; mitigates/escalates as needed to resolve and achieve commitments from all key stakeholders.• Ensures project status is proactively communicated to all key stakeholders via daily stand-ups, project team meetings, project meeting summaries and weekly project status reports that reflect the status of assigned projects and ensures project information is regularly shared, reviewed and discussed with all project core team members and key stakeholders.• Ability to understand, synthesize and coordinate the moving parts of multiple workstreams and their interdependencies.• Defines and manages time, quality, risks, and quality parameters for project.• Establishes timelines, milestones, helps define implementation dates, and ensures commitments of deliverables with project core teams.• Ability to determine when to escalate risks and issues where appropriate within a project; makes suggestions and recommendations.• Supports and manages ad hoc project requests as required.• Analyzes project impediments and supports and communicates designs and approaches to implement solutions.• Manages and organizes project documentation on SharePoint site.• Keeps track of lessons learned and implements solutions for improvement; shares lessons learned with future projects.• Partners closely with the business project lead and Technology Project Manager facilitating close coordination throughout the project lifecycle.• Works with the key stakeholders assigned to the project to ensure the right work is being done at the right time, and that the work is ready for the team(s).Essential Requirements and Experience:• Functional Knowledgeo Bachelor’s degree required.o Project Management professional (PMP) certification preferred.o Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification preferred.o 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in Project Management within the Insurance/Finance Industry preferred.o Demonstrated analytical skills, independent thinking and ability to exercise prudent judgment.• Technical Expertiseo Demonstrated expertise in Project Management knowledge and competencies.o Skilled in project software: SharePoint, MS Project, MS Office, Lotus and Visio.o Knowledge of Agile tools such as JIRA preferred.o Knowledge of Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe) is a plus.o Basic understanding of products sold and underwriting processes within the life insurance industry to interpret business requirements and goals.o Ability to build reports with appropriate details for varying audiences.• Leadershipo Assist self-organizing, self-managing teams to achieve its goals by demonstrating knowledge of the Agile process.o Ability to enable self-organizing/managing teams to achieve its goals by modeling the Agile process and implementing and supporting lean Agile principles and practices.o Ability to build strong working relationships and work effectively both independently, and as a collaborative team player.o Ability to hit the ground running and quickly begin contributing to the projects/workstreams’ delivery.o Ability to understand the corporate and business area culture/dynamics and pro-actively/quickly adapt to them.o Demonstrated ability to work well across organizations and with cross-functional teams.o Displays passion for project management work and has ability to engage and energize others.o Negotiation, organization and project management skills are required as there will be multiple project assignments to balance at any given time. Communication Requirements:• Communicates, persuades and negotiates with others, to build consensus across the teams.• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) as position will engage with management, key stakeholders and business partners.• Ability to lead project teams in a results-oriented manner.• Skilled in communicating clearly and concisely and at the right level of detail for the intended audience.• Prepares communications regarding project direction, decisions, issues, risks, and status for management.Please share your updated resume to this mail
