Job Description
Argo Group is a leader in specialty insurance with a vibrant culture built on respect, equality, wellness and opportunity. We're an innovative organization that's small enough to be agile and big enough to make a difference in our industry.
Our collaborative workplace is continuously evolving to ensure all employees feel:
- Comfortable bringing their whole selves to work.
- Confident that they will be treated respectfully.
- Recognized for their performance and provided with equal opportunities to succeed.
At Argo, skill meets opportunity. If you're wired to raise your hand and ask, "Where can I help?", you'll thrive with us.
This role is accountable for leading all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects. The IT Senior Project Manager will work with Argo and any third-party vendor, providing the necessary direction to all team members for a full solution product. To be successful, our Project Managers motivate project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering projects. The role will work on-site at either our Chicago, IL, New York City, NY, Omaha, NB, Richmond, VA, or San Antonio, TX office.
Responsibilities:
- Under general supervision, oversees various system projects of a highly complex nature.
- Effectively manages concurrent application development projects.
- Responsible for assembling project team, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed, and developing schedule to ensure timely completion of project.
- Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
- Creates and maintains essential project documentation, such as Communication Plan, Risk Management Plan, Roles/Responsibilities Matrix, and Issues Log.
- Manages resources in a cross-functional environment and proactively coordinates resource allocation and production releases with other Project Managers.
- Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis.
- Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables.
- Provides analytical guidance to project team.
- Actively manages risks and issues for assigned projects and when necessary, escalates issues to management's attention for guidance and assistance in reaching a resolution.
- Other duties as required.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- BA / BS Degree with preference towards Business, Computer Science, or Information Systems.
- 8+ years of Project Management experience leading multi-discipline project teams.
- Must have excellent Project Management skills with a proven track record in delivering projects on schedule and within budget.
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills. Intermediate skills in MS Office tools, including MS Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Customer focused attitude in dealing with internal customers.
- Excellent organizational, leadership, decision making and communications skills.
- Experience leading teams using Agile methodology.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Agile Scrum Master experience.
- Work experience in the Property and Casualty insurance business environment.
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