Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance, computer science, information systems, business administration or related field. In lieu of degree, an equivalent amount of relevant work experience will be considered.
• Minimum 5-10 years’ experience working in key roles on major delivery initiatives
• At least 5-years’ experience acting in the lead delivery role on projects or programs, which are highly complex, large, and central to enterprise strategy
• Effectively delivered initiatives that have had disruptive impact on high number of users
• Passionate about delivering business value to business partners and end-users
• Customer centric mindset that anticipates business needs and responds positively to feedback
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple complex projects that vary in scope and size
• Ability to lead and motivate others, demonstrating empathy and knowledge of personality types
• Experience managing multiple executive stakeholders
• Successfully held vendors accountable for delivery
• Excellent writing & interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent at presentation and persuasion; know how to adjust message for the audience
• High aptitude for explaining complex concepts to executive and business audiences
• Desire to learn
• Experienced in standard (waterfall) delivery methodology
• Proficiency in MS Project, MS Office Suite, and Sharepoint

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, high visibility initiatives, toward achieving critical IT-enabled business objectives
• Develop in-depth understanding of HUB’s business goals in order to plan and execute effective project delivery strategy
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members across multiple simultaneous initiatives
• Create collaborative environment among business teams, internal IT teams, and vendors
• Hold vendors and strategic partners accountable for delivering the scope, timeline, and business benefits as promised in statements of work
• Understand and anticipate the priorities of the business through building productive working relationships with HUB business colleagues
• Develop high level of IT organizational agility; understand HUB’s enterprise solutions and pursue effective relationships with the IT teams that support and enhance these solutions
• Manage key stakeholders; communicate critical project information, and actionable insights, to the right stakeholders at the right time
• Implement course correction measures at initial signs of trouble to ensure healthy scope, schedule, budget, and business value
• Coordinate with business liaisons and organizational change management resources to ensure end-user impacts are properly communicated and adopted
• Build relationships with IT Operations teams to coordinate on smooth transition into production
• Collaborate with Technology and Operations Delivery PMO colleagues on team initiatives to enhance PMO delivery methodologies; grow organizational capabilities across both traditional waterfall and agile delivery approaches
• Contribute to project intake process; help manage incoming demand; help develop business cases

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrates a well-rounded technical proficiency and strong foundation in managing security-related projects and initiatives.
• Consultancy experience
• Agile development experience
• Business process design and business analysis experience
• Digital product management background
• PMP Certified
• Experience leading change management initiatives
• Insurance background