Product Project Manager

Job Summary

The Product Project Manager will manage and drive Product Delivery projects for Combined North America across functional and technology areas. This important role will guide and partner with individual leads to execute the delivery of new product designs, implementation, rollout, and supporting activities in accordance with project goals.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall, end-to-end project management, coordination, and delivery of assigned product projects.
• Leads cross-functional product project team ensuring dedication of resources, collaboration across the enterprise, timely delivery of project and project deliverables and successful product introductions into the field and across all departments and functions.
• Performs duties with a sense of urgency to ensure project goals are achieved.
• Partners with IT Project Manager to lead system implementation of product projects.
• Collaborates with project team members to develop project plans, timelines, anticipate needs, mitigate risks, and to ensure accurately, timely and successful delivery.
• Leads activities required to maintain and complete all project documentation.
• Documents and communicates the status, risk and issues associated with each project component to the project team and leaders within the organization and leads the actions required (corrective or not) to ensure project outcomes are achieved.
• Partner with managers, staff, and vendors as necessary through meaningful working relationships.
• Maintains appropriate product project documentation on Product SharePoint site, or other applicable sites as necessary.
• Provides leadership, mentoring, coaching, and guidance on a continuous basis to project team members in the areas of project lifecycle, operating procedures, processes, and practices.
• Projects manages portfolio activity on specific products, such as regulatory changes third-party partners, and other necessary product updates.

Skills

• Proactive mindset and approach.
• Ability to quickly take action to drive results.
• Action oriented bias.
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to build confidence, trust, and a positive, collaborative team environment.
• Ability to gain buy-in and engagement.
• Develops positive relationship with key stakeholders, including strong rapport, candidness, transparency, and support for initiatives.
• Ability to build team cohesiveness to achieve results.
• Ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts.
• Strong listening and comprehension skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong planning, organization, and time management skills.
• Experience building and participating in teams.
• High degree of fluency in Microsoft Office; strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.

Education and Experience

• 5+ years of Insurance industry experience preferred.
• 5+ years of project management experience preferred.
• Current Agile, SCRUM, PMP and/or other project management accreditation is preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.