Sr. Project Manager - Group

W2 ONLY - NO 3RD PARTY CANDIDATES - NO VISA SPONSOR/TRANSFER - MUST BE LOCAL - NO CORP TO CORP

Lead day‑to‑day delivery for the Group Benefits program by driving schedule, governance, and cross‑functional execution. This role requires strong stakeholder management, proactive risk and dependency handling, and crisp reporting. The ideal candidate is a self‑directed, action‑oriented project leader who creates clarity, removes blockers, and keeps teams accountable.

• Own and maintain the integrated delivery plan (milestones, dependencies, sprint/release calendar, and key deliverables).
• Run delivery governance: workstream syncs, RAID management, decision and action tracking, and release readiness cadence.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies; drive mitigation plans and escalations with recommended actions.
• Coordinate across product, business, engineering, QA, and environment/release teams to ensure aligned execution.
• Manage scope alignment and change control by documenting impacts to timeline, cost, and deliverables.
• Produce executive‑ready status reporting (weekly status, milestones, KPIs, forward look, and support requests).
• Facilitate stakeholder communications and ensure timely decisions to avoid delivery delays.
• Support cutover and go‑live planning (readiness checklists, runbook coordination, and go/no‑go inputs).

• 8+ years of project management experience delivering technology programs; insurance domain experience required.
• Strong understanding of insurance products and operations.
• Demonstrated success managing cross‑functional delivery with multiple work streams and vendor/onshore/offshore teams.
• Strong governance discipline (RAID, action/decision logs, dependency management) and ability to operate with minimal direction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to produce concise, leadership‑ready updates.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methods; comfort operating in ambiguity and evolving priorities.

• Exposure to insurance platforms (EIS, Guidewire, Duck Creek, or similar).
• Experience delivering supplemental or voluntary benefits (Hospital Indemnity, Accident, Critical Illness).
• Experience supporting release/cutover activities in regulated environment.
• Highly proactive and action‑oriented; does not require repeated follow‑up.
• Owns outcomes end‑to‑end and escalates risks early with options and recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder presence; communicates clearly, calmly, and consistently.
• Disciplined progress reporting and transparent status; no surprises.

• Jira, Confluence (or equivalent backlog/documentation tools).
• MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent planning tool.
• Microsoft Teams and standard collaboration tool.