Project Manager - Des Moines, IA - Georgia IT Inc.
Des Moines, IA
About the Job
Job Title : Project Manager
Location : Des Moines, IA
Position Type : 12+ Months Contract
Interview mode : Phone
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Job Description:
The ideal candidate would have the following experience per the hiring manager:
Senior Project Manager in our Des Moines office to lead complex projects and achieve objectives and deliverables, using business and systems knowledge to provide operational consulting. Key responsibilities will include:.
Location : Des Moines, IA
Position Type : 12+ Months Contract
Interview mode : Phone
US Citizen and Green Card
Job Description:
The ideal candidate would have the following experience per the hiring manager:
Senior Project Manager in our Des Moines office to lead complex projects and achieve objectives and deliverables, using business and systems knowledge to provide operational consulting. Key responsibilities will include:.
- Motivated / self-starter
- Problem solver / ability to take direction and figure it out
- Really strong stakeholder management skills with all levels of an organization
- Organized
- Drives results and holds others accountable
- Experience on large / complex projects with a successful track record
- Vendor / 3rd party experience
- Life Insurance knowledge is preferred but not a deal breaker if a good candidate comes along
- Experience in fast paced environments w/ history of hitting deadlines
- Regulatory / Compliance experience a bonus if they've dealt with Regulators and Departments of Insurance (DOI's)
- Planning, leading and executing projects from start to finish ensuring completion and achieving agreed upon timeframe and budget
- Conceptualizing immediate and long-range needs to understand and deliver on business objectives while translating those objectives into project goals
- Negotiating project objectives and direction with the support of the project sponsors and business leads
- Managing project risks and issues to resolution
- Developing innovative solutions to enhance systems, products and processes
- Advocating and creating analytical frameworks aligned with business objectives and providing thorough documentation on the lifecycle of each project
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree and five or more (5+) years of progressively responsible experience in a project management environment with exposure to planning, cost benefit analysis, and life insurance experience preferred
- PMP designation or progress toward preferred
- Knowledge of life and annuity products, distribution and related systems functionality
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects from inception to successful implementation in a generally accepted project methodology framework
- Demonstrated ability to identify and remediate project risks
- Exceptional negotiation, facilitation, and consensus building skills in addition to a strong ability to quantify impacts and synthesize data from multiple sources
- Strong communication skills, work ethic and high level of personal integrity and accountability
Source : Georgia IT Inc.