Project Manager (19590)

Project Manager (19590)

Role and Responsibilities

• Lead core project team and facilitate team's ability to lead extended/complete project team.
• Ensure effective cross-functional teamwork among project team members including both internal and external ancillary services.
• Serve as escalation point for project issues.
• Resolve conflicts as needed.
• As applicable monitor project schedule and scope to ensure both remain on track. Initiate and implement appropriate actions.
• Contribute to the work by the Head of IRS PMG on the strategic direction of the team.
• Proactively engage in both quality assurance and risk management activities to ensure project deliverables are met according to client requirements.
• Accountable for budget across assigned project(s) including the control and minimizing of write-offs. Proactively identify out of scope activities and execute necessary change orders.
• Collaborate with finance to initiate monthly invoicing.
• Ensure that all staff allocated to assigned project(s) adheres to professional standards and SOPs.
• Initiate improvements to enhance the efficiency and the quality of the work performed on assigned projects.
• Provide performance feedback of team members to respective supervisors.
• Present at external and/or internal meetings.
• Ensure client satisfaction.
• Define and manage project resource needs and establish succession plans for key resources.
• Create required project plans. Implement and monitor progress against project plans and revise as necessary. Responsible for appropriate issue escalation to appropriate stakeholder(s).
• Serve as key client contact for assigned projects.
• Establish working relationships with client project teams which result in client satisfaction, operational excellence and thereby increase potential for repeat business.
• Prepare and actively participate as operational lead in internal project review meetings.
• In collaboration with relevant departments, develop cost estimates and proposals and prepare and deliver presentations for new business as required.
• Meet resource management and utilization targets for assigned staff.
• Meet financial performance targets for the assigned projects and proactively manage change control process both internally and externally.
• Ensure lessons learned are implemented across projects currently being managed.
• Contribute to development and management of client project metrics.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Skill Sets

• Project Management skills
• Project methodology (both waterfall and agile)
• PM experience (at least 5- 7 years)
• PMO experience
• Risk and Issue management
• Change Control
• Planning and estimating
• Project reporting
• Benefit tracking
• PMP certification preferred
• Insurance industry experience a plus
• Good communication (in all forms to all levels)

This position is at a New York City location and offers a competitive compesation.  Please conact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availablilty if you are interesed in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referrals greatly.

Send resumes to yigal@sans.com