Senior Project Manager 1

About the role

Sapiens is seeking a Sr. Project Manager (SNAP) to lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise software projects in North America. This role ensures projects are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards while maintaining strong client satisfaction. The Sr. Project Manager oversees project planning, execution, risk mitigation, stakeholder communication, budgets, contractual obligations, and performance metrics. The position requires building strong stakeholder relationships, driving best practices and Sapiens methodologies, and fostering team morale and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Manage all facets of software development projects to ensure schedule, budget/profitability, and quality goals are met.
• Achieve client satisfaction by managing and meeting or exceeding expectations.
• Ensure the project meets all contractual obligations.
• Develop project plans, schedules, and objectives.
• Proactively communicate project status and plans to clients, project teams, and Sapiens management.
• Obtain written acceptance for all deliverables.
• Create and maintain successful alliances with key stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Assess and track risks, and develop risk mitigation plans.
• Manage budgetary items associated with project expenses, capital purchases, and contract resources.
• Develop or provide key input into business cases for proposed projects.
• Ensure the project is executed using best practices and Sapiens’ methodologies.
• Develop and coordinate project controls and associated metrics to measure success.
• Build and maintain positive team morale.
• Ensure the team conducts themselves and carries out their work in a professional manner.
• Provide project team feedback to their managers for semiannual and annual performance reviews.

Requirements

• Minimum seven years of experience in managing software development projects.
• Minimum five years of external project management experience.
• Minimum five years of experience with software development methodologies and the iterative software development lifecycle.
• Broad understanding of the insurance industry.
• Strong proficiency in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and MS Project.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and analytical skills.
• Good problem-solving, issue resolution, negotiation, and diplomacy skills.
• PMI Certification Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred.

Schedule

Travel to client sites will be required and will vary with project assignment, expected up to 25% of the time.