Senior IT Project Manager - Insurance Technology

We are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager with 8+ years of experience delivering technology programs, with strong insurance domain experience. The ideal candidate will be a proactive, action-oriented project leader who can manage multiple workstreams, drive governance, remove blockers, and ensure successful delivery across business, product, engineering, QA, and vendor teams.

Key Responsibilities

Own and maintain the integrated delivery plan, including milestones, dependencies, sprint/release calendars, and key deliverables.

Lead delivery governance activities, including workstream meetings, RAID management, action/decision tracking, and release readiness.

Identify and proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies, including mitigation plans and escalations.

Coordinate execution across product, business, engineering, QA, environment, and release teams.

Manage scope alignment and change control, assessing impacts to timelines, costs, and deliverables.

Prepare executive-level status reports covering milestones, KPIs, risks, forward-looking activities, and support needs.

Facilitate stakeholder communications and drive timely decisions to prevent delivery delays.

Support cutover and go-live planning, including readiness checklists, runbooks, and go/no-go activities.

Manage cross-functional teams, including vendor and onshore/offshore resources.

Required Qualifications

8+ years of project management experience delivering technology programs.

Insurance domain experience is required.

Strong understanding of insurance products, processes, and operations.

Proven experience managing multiple workstreams and cross-functional teams.

Experience working with vendor and onshore/offshore teams.

Strong knowledge of project governance, including RAID logs, action/decision tracking, and dependency management.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to create concise, leadership-ready status reports.

Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid project delivery methodologies.

Ability to work independently and effectively manage ambiguity and changing priorities.