We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Project Managerto lead a large-scale insurance core system modernisation initiative. This initiative involves replacement of legacy core policy administration systemacross life and health line of business covering various business functions such as new business, underwriting, policy servicing, claims processing, collection & billing and includes multiple integration points across the ITecosystems including customer facing platforms, data, GL etc. as well as data migration.
The project manager will oversee all aspects of the projects and ensure the deliverables are within the defined scope and budget.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and monitor all the phases of the project lifecycle and work closelywith the business and technology workstreams to develop a detailed plan, setdeadlines, assign responsibilities and monitor the progress.
- Create and manage detailed plan and tasks across blueprinting, testing datamigration and change management phases by actively engaging with workstreamsleads.
- Provide timely update to stakeholders, highlight project risks and maintainregular project progress/update cadence.
- Collate information across workstream progress and prepare presentations thatclearly articulate the dependencies across activities, track the critical path,surface the blockers and assign responsibilities for outstanding tasks.
- Monitor project scope and schedules, ensure effective communication anddocumentation in line with the laid-out governance framework.
- Co-ordinate with cross-functional teams including business analysts, QA's,developers and business users to drive decisions and resolve conflicts.
- Ensure resource availability and allocation.
Requirements:
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Minimum of 10 years experience in project management with knowledge ofinsurance domain (mainly Life & Health insurance), preferably leadinglarge-scale projects
- Good understanding of insurance processes and insurance technologylandscape/ecosystem including key integration touchpoints and data.
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills with pro-active problem-solvingabilities.
- Experience with core policy administration policies is preferred.
- Expertise in project management methodology following hybrid approach withelements from waterfall and agile practices.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to articulate project goals,updates and risks to key stakeholders
- Ability to foster a collaborative team environment.
- Excellent time management skills to set deadlines and schedule tasks and ensuretimelines are met.
- Awareness of emerging technology trends and regulatory needs.
