Senior Information Technology Project Manager

Responsibilities

Manage, direct and plan major complex project(s) consisting of one or more project teams. Responsible for the day-to-day execution, management, and reporting of the project(s), including managing resources, costs, scope and meeting deadlines according to plan. Coordinate, plan, develop and implement business projects and recommend appropriate strategies, actions, and/or alternatives for business decisions relative to the projects under area of responsibility.

Responsible for managing, developing and maintaining integrated detailed project estimates, work plans, resource plans and control project scope, while ensuring deliverables are met on time, within budget and on target. Communicate any proposed change of planned activities, schedules, costs, benefits or impacts to sponsor and manage any change according to approved recommendation. Manage vendor relationships and contractual obligations with all project vendors.

Identify, document, assign and track project issues through resolution. Confirm achievement of objectives, verify and document project results to formalize acceptance of the product of the project by the sponsor.

Skills: Work independently and partners with management on highly visible, complex projects with multi-platform deliveries. This includes developing, communicating/escalating, monitoring, and reporting on all project/program tasks and deliverables; actively managing the resource plan; and tightly managing the project budget, approved funding, forecasts and actuals

Education:

PMP certification or similar;
Strong Project Management tool background – MS Office Project, Excel, Word, Outlook required

3-5 years of experience in financial services/insurance industry required

4+ years IT experience managing large sized IT program or portfolio,

4+ including experience with integrations required

2+ years vendor management and contract negotiations (SOW/Invoice)

2+ required

Strong financial acumen experience managing program/portfolio budget