Project Manager AS​/400

As a Project Manager with AS/400 Applications , you will make an impact by leading complex application delivery, enhancement, and modernization initiatives supporting Property and Casualty Insurance operations. You will be a valued member of the technology delivery team and collaborate with developers, quality engineering teams, business analysts, architecture groups, and insurance stakeholders to deliver reliable enterprise solutions.

In this role, you will:

• Lead end-to-end planning and delivery of AS/400 application projects, including scope definition, schedules, resource plans, budgets, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Oversee application development, enhancement, and modernization initiatives involving SQLRPGLE, RPGLE, Db2 for i, CLP, RPG, and AS/400 utilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions to protect delivery timelines, scope, budget, and quality commitments.
• Partner with Property and Casualty Insurance stakeholders to translate policy administration, claims, and billing requirements into actionable user stories and technical specifications.
• Manage quality, change, release, and deployment activities by establishing acceptance criteria, reviewing test strategies, coordinating release plans, and validating post-production stability.
• Provide clear and concise project reporting to business and technology stakeholders, covering delivery progress, financial performance, risks, dependencies, and required decisions.
• Ensure project activities comply with enterprise architecture, information security, data protection, documentation, and audit requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement by applying lessons learned and addressing recurring constraints within AS/400 application delivery processes.

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements,
this is a hybrid position requiring three days a week in a Cognizant or client office in Hartford, Connecticut .
Qualified candidates located elsewhere within the United States may also be considered for a remote work arrangement based on business and client requirements. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations

• 15+ years of technology experience, including responsibility for managing complex enterprise application projects or large-scale application portfolios.
• Strong project management experience covering planning, financial management, resource coordination, risk management, stakeholder communication, quality assurance, and release delivery.
• Working knowledge of the AS/400 application ecosystem, including SQLRPGLE, RPGLE, Db2 for i, CLP, RPG, and AS/400 utilities.
• Experience leading legacy application enhancement, transformation, or modernization initiatives in an enterprise environment.
• Knowledge of Property and Casualty Insurance processes, including policy administration, claims, or billing.
• Experience applying predictive, Agile, or hybrid delivery methodologies to complex technology programs.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience collaborating across distributed business and technology teams.

• Experience managing AS/400 or IBM i modernization programs…