Project Manager
National Guardian Life Insurance Company
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Madison • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Provide project management leadership to cross-functional teams of NGL, including external resources when necessary.
- Responsible for managing one or more small to mediums projects.
- Create and maintain project plans, including scope, schedule, resource allocation, and budget, as necessary.
- Ensure a consistent project management and/or system development methodology is used with all project work.
- Analyze and document business requirements.
- Assist in the development of system specifications to ensure they meet the business requirements.
- Proactively recommend improvements to business processes.
- Facilitate the appropriate level of communication throughout all the stakeholders of a project, which could include communicating with staff level positions to senior level management.
- Track and manage project issues and risks, resolving and/or escalating items as needed.
- Ensure stakeholders understand the role of the project manager and how they can effectively support projects.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure alignment with project goals.
- Conduct post-project reviews to identify lessons learned and areas for improvement.
Requirements
- Demonstrated background in either business analysis, process improvement, systems development life cycle, project management or extensive institutional knowledge
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
- Willingness and commitment to learn business analysis, project management and systems development life cycle concepts
- Self-starter
- Demonstrated ability or willingness to lead teams of 2-20 members
- Ability to adjust to a very fluid business environment
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Employee Resource Groups for networking and personal development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementbusiness analysisprocess improvementsystems development life cycleproject planningresource allocationbudget managementrisk managementstakeholder managementpost-project review
Soft skills
communication skillsleadershipself-starteradaptabilityteam managementproblem-solvingcollaborationanalytical thinkingproactive approachinterpersonal skills