The Opportunity:
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Zurich APAC team as part of our dedicated team executing on our regional digital distribution strategy - Zurich Edge. We're looking for a Project Manager Lead with strong leadership, project delivery, and stakeholder management skills to help drive execution and implementation for key partners and initiatives across the region. You'll play a pivotal role in delivering scalable, customer-centric insurance solutions across all digital insurance channels - direct, assisted, and partnerships - working closely with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Planning & Delivery
- Facilitate high-level planning of the project pipeline across APAC markets, aligning priorities with regional business goals and digital strategy.
- Oversee end-to-end project delivery, from initiation to closure, ensuring timely execution and quality outcomes.
- Act as implementation lead for cross-market projects, including managing external partners.
- Track KPIs and project health metrics, providing regular updates to leadership and working teams.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
- Manage cross-functional teams, including business, product, development, and external partners.
- Facilitate effective communication between internal teams and external partners.
- Lead regular updates, reviews, and steering committee meetings.
- Provide clear, timely communication to keep stakeholders well-informed and aligned.
Governance & Compliance
- Handle governance-related activities, including documentation, reporting, and risk management.
- Ensure projects comply with internal standards and external regulations.
Qualifications, Experience & Skills:
Required:
- Significant experience in project roles, ideally in project management within digital or partnership-driven environments.
- Proven stakeholder management skills across business and technical domains, ideally with C-suite stakeholder experience.
- Familiarity with governance and compliance environments.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
- Experience working across APAC markets is a plus.
- Open to travel
Preferred:
- Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence systems as collaboration tools like Mural.
- Experience working on large scale IT systems consisting of multiple integrated applications.
