Program Manager with P&C Insurance

Role: Program Manager with P&C Insurance
Location: Hartford, CT (Need Locals Only)
Experience: 15+ Years
Duration: Long Term

Job Description:

1)      Delivers Program/Project Management:

·         Oversee internal and external systems/application development projects within a program from inception to successful implementation including project objectives, scope and level of effort, and project strategies and plans.

·         Assist with getting projects off the ground, keeping them on track and on budget, and resolving issues as well as monitoring progress against the plan.

·         Accountable for tracking and reporting on Project Financials, including forecast to approved budget, resource allocations, approval of resource timesheets using a PPM tool.

·         Lead Agile processes for the program to ensure delivery and releases are within scope.

·         Monitor Agile metrics for the program and responsible for ongoing development of their agile teams, continued improvement of development processes, and product quality and quantity of work delivered.

·         Develop consolidated project plans, specifying high level goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, risks, contingency plans and allocation of available resources. Monitors, analyzes, and assesses deviation from the project plans & ensures the achievement of project milestones. Ensures that all project plans are realistic and are maintained.

·         Ensures that project methodologies are followed and that all mandatory project work products are completed for projects within program.

2)      Agile

·         Experience as a Scrum Master; has led Agile ceremonies (Sprint Zero planning, PI/sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, demos, etc).

·         Lead Agile processes for the program to ensure on-time delivery and releases are within scope.

·         Experience as a Scrum Master in using an Agile Board to track work (user stories/tasks), helping the team see progress, identifying bottlenecks and managing the Sprint's workflow, ensuring transparency and adherence to Scrum principles.

·         Monitor Agile metrics for the program and responsible for ongoing development of their agile teams, continued improvement of development processes, and product quality and quantity of work delivered.

3)      Exhibits Leadership Effectiveness:

·         Assists with the assignment of project personnel.

·         Directs and coordinates activities of project resources to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget.

·         Confers with project resources to provide technical advice and resolve problems.

·         Provides leadership and motivation to project teams throughout the project life cycle.

·         Creates and maintains an engaged work environment by ensuring clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

·         Mentors project resources to enable delivery.

·         Owns program results and assists teams to deliver performance within the range of targeted expectations.

·         Balances team priorities with the overall program and corporate priorities.

4)      Partners with Business:

·         Assumes key overall responsibility for ensuring that sponsors have easy access to information that is useful to them.

·         Works closely with other project managers and business sponsors to understand and prioritize business goals and information needs

·         Leads the effort across projects in creative approaches to problem solving and quality deliverables supporting business needs.

5)      Convey Program Management Status:

·         Follows established standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.

·         Utilizes Agile tracking tool (Azure Dev Ops) for monitoring agile project performance and reporting status.

·         Reviews status reports prepared by project personnel, and modify schedules and plans as required.

·         Prepares project status reports, and keep management, customers and others informed of project status and related issues.

·         Coordinates update meetings to communicate plans, status and issues to higher levels of management.

Required working experience & education

·         Bachelor's degree in Information Management or equivalent work experience

·         10+ years in program management including large complex programs

·         Experience in tracking program financials using a PPM like tool (e.g. Clarity, Planview).

·         Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as knowledge and experience of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project

·         Experience in leading IT project teams that contain vendors, on-shore/offshore Developers, Business Analysts, Architects, Data Analysts, QA, etc.

·         A proven track record of successfully implementing projects using Agile methodologies.

·         Agile Certifications/PMP certifications desired

·         P&C Insurance experience desired

Required Skills and qualifications

Technical Must have

·         Clarity, Planview or like PPM tool

·         Agile Scrum Master experience

·         Agile Project Management tools such as Azure DevOps, Rally, Jira, etc.

·         Proficient in Microsoft Project, Powerpoint, Excel

Technical Nice to have

Personal Must have

·         Proactive, takes initiative, accountable, self-motivated

·         Strong written & verbal communications skills, including meeting facilitation and presentation skills.

·         Collaborator and team player, with the ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships.

·         Strong planning and organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to handle multiple concurrent assignments.

·         Ability to work & think independently, and meet tight deadlines.

·         Ability to share knowledge at different levels, be hands-on with the team as required

·         Excellent interpersonal skills

·         Excellent problem solving and influencing skills

·         Excellent negotiation and conflict management skills

Personal Nice to have

Additional information

Preference is for PM to be local to Hartford CT and available to come into the office 2 days per week. PM can be US remote/able to work normal Eastern Standard Time hours with occasional travel to Hartford CT. The SOW would be time and materials and allow for a right to hire.