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April 10, 2019

Project Manager::Florham park, NJ

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Commercial Insurance
Project Manager
SDLC
 
Job Title Location Job Description
Project Manager New Jersey, Florham park
Project Manager

Duartion: Long Term 

Florham Park, NJ

 

We are seeking an IT Project Manager to join our Information Technology team in our Florham Park, NJ office.

 

Main areas of responsibility:

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.

  • Scope, develop and manage plans/schedules/deliverables for small to mid-sized projects
  • Manage project timelines, activities, resources and budgets
  • Provide weekly status updates and Monthly Executive Status updates
  • 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 outsource development vendors
  • 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

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • Strong background in IT project management (5+ years) with detailed knowledge of the software development life cycle methodologies. PMP desired
  • Background in Specialty Commercial Insurance and Reinsurance along with flow of financial information strongly desired
  • Proven experience managing small to mid-sized IT projects independently
  • Demonstrated ability to plan and manage projects which span both business and IT disciplines
  • 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 Agile and SDLC methodology
  • Multi-disciplinary information technology familiarity with proven systems deployment experience
  • Experience with Microsoft technologies (TFS, Visual Studio) is a plus.
  • Experience using PPM tools
  • BS Degree/Equivalent (Technology focus preferable)

 

 

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