Program Manager P&C Insurance

Role:
Program Manager with P&C Insurance

Location:

Hartford, CT (Need Locals Only)

Experience:

15 Years
Duration:
Long Term

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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…