Position #1 : Illinois Mutual Life Insurance Company
Description
This insurance company is
seeking to add a Project Manager/ scrum master to their Enterprise project
management office. They are seeking a Project manager with scrum experience as
the projects will be hybrid as they will be managing both waterfall and agile
teams as they are still working toward future state of an all-agile
organization. The EPMO is part of the business side that supports and
prioritizes all of the projects that IT is running on.
Under direction, this
individual is responsible for the overall planning, management and completion
of IT and Business projects on a wide variety of business units and programs.
Works with customers to develop project scope of work documents and project
plans. Uses project management skills to manage project roles, identify
resource requirements, meet training needs, define project deliverables,
provide customer satisfaction and reporting structures and insure quality of
projects.
Works with technical
associates and management to identify the technical approach to be used on a
given project and works within the defined system development process.
Documents opportunities to integrate systems and resources to fulfill project
requirements. Manages and reports project impacts related to the tradeoffs
between Budget, Scope, Time/Effort, Quality and Risk that are required to take
place during the life of a project. Ensures effective communications and
relationships between customers and project team members are maintained.
Responsibilities
• Manage project activities
for multiple projects across all project phases, including initiation,
planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure.
• Lead, coordinate,
facilitate and motivate all associated project resources to gain alignment on
project goals and deliverables.
• Facilitate and lead
effective project meetings, manage change and conflict, and develop resource
planning estimates to manage project workload and productivity.
• Create, manage and track
project vehicles, including, but not limited to:
o Project schedules
o Detailed project plans
o Project scope statements
o Cost estimates
o Resource plans
o Risk and issues logs
o Status reports
o Cost benefit analysis
and/or
o Business case preparation
and/or reporting
o Tailor project management,
development and support processes to meet the needs of individual (new and/or
ongoing) projects.
• Manage the day-to-day
activities of assigned projects; communicate with project teams as necessary to
ensure project deliverables are on schedule and within cost parameters.
• Communicate and collaborate
with team members, IT and the Business Units as needed in regards to project
deliverables including managing expectations.
• Make recommendations to
management about schedules, prioritization and resource allocation with input
from team members.
• Provide ongoing project
plan/status reporting for use by management.
Skills
• Proven ability to quickly
earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; mobilize and motivate teams;
set direction and approach; resolve conflict; deliver tough messages with
grace; execute with limited information and ambiguity
• Self-motivated with the
ability to drive projects
Top Skills Details
1. Experienced IT project
manager to help coordinate efforts to implement new large scale enterprise
insurance application on both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
2. Strong understanding of
schedules, project plans, cost estimates, resource plans, risk, status reports
and work with vendors. Involvement and understanding of all steps of the
software development lifecycle process
3. Ability to track schedules
and projects using MS Project and Jira
Worksite Address
300 Sw Adams
St,Peoria,IL,USA,61634
EVP
Ability to work in a hybrid 3
days onsite and 2 day remote flexible environment. Aligned to large scale,
strategic projects and exposure to high levels of leadership. Half days / early
out on Fridays for the entire organization. Long term, multi-year contract
Work Environment
highly collaborative EPMO
working together supporting IT projects.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
\*\*\*worked on digital
project is a plus
Interview Information
2 Round Interview
1 Round MS Teams Video with
manager
1 Round on-site panel
interview with CIO, AVP
Business Challenge
Need someone to manage the
Legacy migration to Life Pro mod project and Digital project. They need to
start making their billing statements, policies, digitalized and no longer
paper form for accessibility
Position # 2 Rli Insurance Co
(Inc)
A mid-size insurance company
is seeking to add a project manager to their Project Management Office aligning
to their Financial groups. They currently have 7 very experienced Project
managers and are seeking to add more to help drive some of their projects so
that the other project managers can focus on the larger objectives and projects
driven such as digital transformation and policy administration platform
modernization as well as data projects. This individual will be leading some of
these strategic efforts but also helping to implement best practices and help
their environment to mature and be more efficient with processes, etc. They are
currently using MS Project for scheduling tools and Workfront (Adobe product,
embracing ADO) but it is not a requirement to have experience with this tool.
They are planning to spend a lot of invested time to help this person grow with
the team and the organization
- Project Planning: develop project plans, timelines, and budgets.
- Risk Management: identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with the
project.
- Budget Management: create and manage project budgets.
- Strong communication skills
- Critical Thinking
- coordinates the elements of a project, aiming for timely completing within
budget and with high standards
Top Skills Details
1. Experience working hands on as a project manager, leading multiple projects
at once
2. Ability to define project objectives, scope, and deliverables, and creating
detailed project plans including timelines, budgets
3. Experience working with planning or scheduling tools (none specifically but
ability to adapt and learn the tools)
Worksite Address
9025 N Lindbergh
Dr,Peoria,Illinois,United States,61615-1499
Workplace Type
100% Remote
EVP
Ability to start on smaller projects
to be shaped and trained thoroughly with the senior project management team
while ability to grow into managing larger, strategic projects such as policy
administration platform modernization and CRM kick off. 3 days on site and 2
day remote flexibility. Stable insurance company with continued underwriting
profit year after year
Work Environment
Highly collaborative.
Leveraging MS Teams for remote communication and meetings. exposure to all of
the organization reporting to financials in PMO
Additional Skills & Qualifications
\*\*Experience
with Workfront is a plus
Interview Information
1 Round on-site interview
with Director of PMO & Project Manager panel
Information
Locations Position Open to Only localsIndustry Information TechnologyStatus OpenJob Age 34 Day'sCreated Date 07/11/2025No.of Positions 2Duration long termZip Code
