Project Manager, GSC

Responsibilities

• Manage the Project Lifecycle of multiple projects (up to 2) simultaneously from start to completion.
• Lead meetings and coach the team to follow Guidewire methodology for the project.
• Manage scope, time, budget, goals, scheduling, and strategy of projects.
• Communicate project status to management.
• Utilize software such as, Jira, Confluence, Miro Smartsheets, GoogleSuite, google sheets, Salseforce
• Manage Guidewire project team in an Agile environment, leading Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Daily Scrums and Retrospectives.
• Maintain a positive implementation experience for customers.
• Implementation partner management, tracking of financials and costs.
• Managing the status and Issue and risk processes on the project to keep executives up to date.
• Facilitate meetings, including identification of action items and follow up.
• Manage stakeholders proactively to offset scope creep and maintain the integrity of time budgets and schedules.
• Prepare project governance and escalation process interactions between the business owners, key stakeholders, and leadership team
• Document project management best practices for the organization

Requirements

• Extensive Project Management experience; Must have project experience managing complex enterprise level project(s)
• Experience working across multiple projects of all types: Implementations, Digital or Cloud Migrations.
• Resource management experience.
• Demonstrated skill in working with implementation partners, and managing multi-functional projects including software package implementations and information architecture.
• Follows Agile, Waterfall, Lean, Six Sigma or other project management methodologies to ensure complete, documented deliverables, controls, issue resolution, risk mitigation, etc.
• Very strong communication skills (listening, written and verbal).
• Demonstrated excellent negotiation skills within challenging situations.
• Ability to anticipate, mitigate, and resolve risks and conflicts across different stakeholders.
• Ability to function successfully within fast paced, complex projects.
• Experience working with onshore and offshore resources across multiple geographies
• Technical knowledge of Java enterprise projects and assumes excellent usage level of Microsoft applications stack.
• Experience managing the migration of applications and data between on-prem versions and cloud.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team with effective decision making.
• PMP, Prince2 or Equivalent qualification
• Degree in related information technology or business background

Nice to have

• P&C or other Insurance experience
• Vendor management experience is a plus.
• Scrum Master Certification
• AWS Certification such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Experience in Cloud Computing, specifically Cloud Migration Projects.