Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees.

Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals.  All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.

Job Summary:

The Sr. Project Manager (PM) will be responsible for leading and coordinating multiple projects involving cross-functional teams to deliver key IT and business process solutions. The individual will be involved from project inception through implementation and will help to manage issues, risks, assign and track resources, vendors, and budget. Additionally, the PM will help provide clear reporting to project stakeholders and to senior management.

Main Accountabilities:

• Exhibits deep understanding of Agile and iterative methodologies.
• Manages all aspects of a multi-phased IT project or multiple IT projects, typically involving multiple IT disciplines
• Manages short- and long-term project goals and aligns them with client and organizational demands.
• Provides support of critical technology project and program management phases and components (i.e., risk, requirements/specifications, design, build, test, release, compliance, etc.)
• Defines, develops, and determines time-frame, procedures, staffing requirements and allotment of resources to various phases of projects.
• Tracks estimates, effort, deliverable quality, defect tracking, reporting to management, etc.
• Ensures team understands their goals clearly and is motivated to deliver under sponsor leadership
• Establishes new processes to increase efficiency while improving existing ones
• Clearly communicates project goals, responsibilities and deliverables, and timetables to project teams and stakeholders, and ensures all are satisfactorily achieved.
• Maintains an open line of communication among stakeholders and keeps them informed. Provides status reporting and has experience in client-facing roles.
• Manages vendor/service-providers and drives them to meet their commitments
• Working knowledge of main IT functions, services and SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), and ability to come up to speed quickly in required areas of expertise relevant to the success of the project.

Qualifications:

• REQUIRED: Subject matter expert in one or more of the following technologies: JIRA, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Dashboarding, and Excel.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, or related field
• Project Management certification, including PMP, PgMP, and/or PMI-SP preferred, or equivalent proven work experience
• Sr. Project Manager with 3-5 years of experience in large scale system transformation and migration projects, especially those involving data integrations between multiple systems
• Familiarity/experience with insurance industry and business functions preferred

Benefits Highlights:  

Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001’s benefits package. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options.  Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, and to enroll in the Company’s Employee Assistance Program and other wellness initiatives.  Employees may also participate in the Company’s 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company. 

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