Overview
On Site
$DOE
Full Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6-12 Month(s)
Skills
PMP
Insurance
Underwriting
Job Details
Role: Senior Program/Project Manager - Insurance and Underwriting
Location: Warren, NJ (onsite)
Duration: 6 Months+ extendable
No of position: 1
Domain/Industry: Insurance
Year of Experience: 10+ Years
Tentative Start Date: 1st week of January
Type: Contract
We are seeking a highly skilled Technology Implementation Project Manager to lead the enterprise-wide implementation of the Federato underwriting platform across multiple commercial insurance product lines. This role is dedicated to overseeing the full lifecycle of the Federato implementation-from planning and design through integration, testing, rollout, and ongoing optimization.
The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring strong delivery rigor, cross-functional coordination, and consistent progress across business, technology, and vendor workstreams. This position requires a strong, structured leader who thrives in dynamic environments and can drive complex platform implementations with clarity, discipline, and stakeholder alignment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Federato Platform Implementation Ownership
- Act as the primary project manager for all Federato implementation activities.
- Lead planning, execution, and delivery of platform capabilities and product rollouts.
- Maintain detailed project plans, roadmaps, workstreams, and milestone tracking specific to Federato.
- Ensure strong alignment across underwriting, technology, data, operations, and Federato delivery teams.
2. Product Line Enablement & Underwriting Support
- Manage onboarding and rollout activities for underwriting teams adopting Federato.
- Translate underwriting workflows and business requirements into actionable implementation deliverables.
- Partner with Underwriting leadership and SMEs to validate platform functionality, workflows, and use cases.
3. Project Governance & Execution Discipline
- Establish governance routines including RAID logs, change control, status reporting, and steering updates.
- Structure cross-functional workstreams with clear ownership and accountability.
- Anticipate risks, resolve issues proactively, and ensure sustained project momentum.
4. Technical & Integration Coordination
- Coordinate with IT teams to manage integrations, data feeds, environments, and technical dependencies.
- Ensure business requirements are understood and accurately implemented through configuration or development.
- Oversee UAT cycles, defect management, end to end validation, and go-live readiness.
5. Continuous Improvement & Scaling
- Support expansion of Federato implementation across additional lines of business.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes, enhance delivery efficiency, and strengthen platform adoption.
- Ensure the platform's evolution aligns with underwriting strategy and operational priorities.
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
Required
- 7+ years of experience in project management, ideally within insurance, underwriting operations, or technology delivery.
- Demonstrated success managing enterprise technology or SaaS platform implementations.
- Strong understanding of underwriting workflows and commercial insurance products.
- Proven ability to implement structured project governance, documentation, and execution rigor.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and vendor management capabilities.
Preferred
- Experience implementing underwriting workbench or decision-support systems (Federato strongly preferred).
- Certifications such as PMP, Agile/Scrum, or equivalent.
- Background in P&C insurance technology transformation or underwriting digitization programs.
Key Competencies
- Strong leadership and cross-functional coordination
- Highly organized, disciplined, and execution-focused
- Proactive problem solver with strong risk/issue management skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Results-oriented, collaborative, and adaptable
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