Sr. Project Manager - Infrastructure - Remote - Crum & Forster

Crum & Forster (C&F)  with a proud history dating to 1822, provides specialty and standard commercial lines insurance products through our admitted and surplus lines insurance companies. C&F enjoys a financial strength rating of "A" (Excellent) by AM Best and is proud of our superior customer service platform. Our claims and risk engineering services are recognized as among the best in the industry.

Our most valuable asset is our people: more than 2000 employees in locations throughout the United States. The company is increasingly winning recognition as a great place to work, earning several workplace and wellness awards, including the October 2022 Great Place to Work® Award for our employee-first focus and our steadfast commitment to diversity, equity and Inclusion.

C&F is part of Fairfax Financial Holdings, a global, billion dollar organization.  For more information about Crum & Forster, please visit our website: www.cfins.com.

The Senior Project Manager will support the Infrastructure/Networking team within the Commercial and Executive division. The role provides project management expertise and oversight of concurrent small to large-sized projects primarily focused on IT infrastructure and networking, cyber security, and operations.  The Sr. Project Manager will have an entrepreneurial mindset, understand how projects are aligned to strategic goals and be a change agent within the organization.

The Senior Project Manager leads selection of appropriate project methodology; establishes a project plan in collaboration with project stakeholders; builds and motivates a self-directing project team; facilitates project execution, monitoring, controlling, reporting, removes roadblocks, and closes the project in a disciplined fashion.

What you will do for C&F:

Plan:

• Ensure project objectives and scope, including quality of deliverables, are well defined and understood by project team and stakeholders
• Establish initiative approach and methodology - agile, traditional or hybrid
• Facilitate and lead workshops/meetings with cross functional stakeholders to prioritize initiatives
• Where required, work with vendor management to secure third-party staff augmentation or consulting services
• Ensure right resources and build motivated self-directing teams.  Identify and estimate the resources and participants required to achieve project goals.  Work with resources and leadership to secure and plan for availability of resources
• Provide recommendations to senior management as to the number of resources required to complete assigned projects and when capacity is full, explore third party options along with managing and prioritizing a backlog of projects along with stakeholder expectations

Monitor/Measure and Control:

• Develop schedule and monitor progress: planned, actual, and projected
• Monitor project resources: planned, actual, and projected
• Prepare business cases, where required, to justify  initiatives and their investment
• Identify and mitigate project risks and roadblocks; exploit opportunities
• Provide key performance indicators / benchmarks to monitor project success
• Partner with team members to influence positive action and accountability for their assigned work

Communicate:

• Establish and manage communications strategy for core team and stakeholders
• Lead lessons learned throughout the project
• Initiate and participate in knowledge sharing activities and best practices, including guilds, to further develop the project management competency within the organization
• Serve as the conduit between technical teams and senior management and be able to articulate concepts in both business and technical terms

What you will bring to C&F:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience is required
• PMP designation preferred or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Strong understanding of agile values and frameworks
• 8 + year’s project management experience
• Project Portfolio Management experience, a plus but not required
• Insurance experience a plus, but not required
• Experience in IT infrastructure or cyber security is preferred
• Experience with different project management approaches e.g., agile and waterfall
• Strong written and verbal communications skills and stakeholder management
• Proficiency in effectively driving change and garnering support from stakeholders and leadership
• Continuous improvement / best practice mindset
• Team player
• Problem solving aptitude
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Proven experience in successfully managing multiple projects at the same time
• Experience with infrastructure and networking projects; tech savvy
• Ability to consolidate information and provide condensed executive level reporting
• Strong knowledge of Atlassian Confluence and Jira or other project management applications

Competitive compensation package

Generous 401K employer match

Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching

Generous Paid Time Off

Excellent benefits that go beyond health, dental & vision. Our programs are focused on your whole family’s wellness, including your physical, mental and financial wellbeing

A core C&F tenet is owning your career development, so we provide a wealth of ways for you to keep learning, including tuition reimbursement, industry-related certifications and professional training to keep you progressing on your chosen path

A dynamic, ambitious, fun and exciting work environment

We believe you do well by doing good and want to encourage a spirit of social and community responsibility, matching donation program, volunteer opportunities, and an employee-driven corporate giving program that lets you participate and support your community.

At C&F you will BELONG

We value inclusivity and diversity. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and welcome everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you require special accommodation, please let us know.

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Crum & Forster is committed to ensuring a workplace free from discriminatory pay disparities and complying with applicable pay equity laws. Salary ranges are available for all positions at this location, taking into account roles with a comparable level of responsibility and impact in the relevant labor market and these salary ranges are regularly reviewed and adjusted in accordance with prevailing market conditions. The annualized base pay for the advertised position, located in the specified area, ranges from a minimum of $111,110.00 to a maximum of $162,900.00. The actual compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to the market pay for the jobs at each level, the responsibilities and skills required for each job, and the employee’s contribution (performance) in that role. To be considered within market range, a salary is at or above the minimum of the range. You may also have the opportunity to participate in discretionary equity (stock) based compensation and/or performance-based variable pay programs.

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