Markel

Senior Project Manager

Markel

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Richmond • New Jersey • Virginia • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

PMP

About the role

  • Facilitate the execution of medium to large scale projects by providing strategic direction to project team, fostering effective working relationships between team members, and taking appropriate action to optimize team performance.
  • Effectively communicate at all levels of the project team - ensuring sponsors and key stakeholders are aware of status, risks & issues, critical dependencies, and impact of changes and key decisions.
  • Build relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of commitments.
  • Identify, assess, and manage risk to the success of the project.
  • Effectively create and deliver presentations to project team and key stakeholders, communicating project status.
  • Leverage problem solving and influencing skills to ensure that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost and timeline and are approved by key stakeholders and sponsors.
  • Collaborate with change management team on change management plans including communications, training, etc.
  • Occasionally required to work late evening and weekends as needed.
  • May travel up to 10% as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • PMP or PgMP certification a plus
  • 5+ years plus of project/program management experience
  • Knowledge of insurance and how business needs translate to data and technology needs
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, planning, and decision-making skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to build relationships
  • Strong customer focus
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Experience working in an environment that leverages Agile principles to organize and drive work
  • Clear results orientation
  • Extensive knowledge of project management methodology
  • Experience with Microsoft Suite of Products - Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Project
  • US Work Authorization required.
Benefits
  • In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.
  • We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.
  • All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
  • We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementAgile principlesrisk managementdata analysisdecision-makingplanningorganizational skillspresentation skillscustomer focusprogram management
Soft Skills
communicationrelationship buildingproblem solvinginfluencingteam performance optimizationcollaborationorganizational skillsanalytical skillsresults orientationmulti-priority management
Certifications
PMPPgMP