Project Manager with P&C background in Insurance

Project Manager – P&C Insurance Background

• Lead IT projects from initiation to completion. Projects may involve: Implementation or customization of commercial off-the-shelf insurance applications, Mobile/web technologies, System integrations, Software upgrades, Intelligent Automation (RPA), Infrastructure (hardware).
• Manage 3 or more projects simultaneously depending on complexity, duration, and phase.
• Lead a project team of matrixed resources, resolving challenges related to resource allocation and scheduling.
• Build and maintain project schedules in MS Project/Project Server using effort-driven and auto-scheduled approaches.
• Reconcile project team time cards against planned hours, investigate discrepancies, and adjust project tasks to maintain accurate forecasts.
• Track and reconcile project financials in accounting tools; resolve variances between forecast and actuals, release excess funds when not needed, or request additional funding when baseline changes occur.
• Ensure strict adherence to all Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) processes, procedures, and templates.
• Identify, anticipate, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions; escalate appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Prepare and deliver twice-monthly project status reports.
• Engage regularly with project teams, business sponsors, stakeholders, portfolio managers, and other key stakeholders.