Job Description:

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client seeking a Project Manager who is flexible to work in both Whitehouse Station, NJ and Warren, NJ for a contract.

Key Responsibilities:
* Demonstrates the ability to manage multiple projects and to influence to a positive outcome. Interaction with different stakeholders across the enterprise, including business partners and subject matter experts
* Develops and executes detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports, issue management and risk mitigation
* Works with process management on the coordination and reporting of applicable project level metrics
* Establishes appropriate governance and stakeholder involvement approaches for the project/s to ensure consistent and effective communication as well as issue resolution
* May be responsible for business relationship management and for influencing business partner requests and decisions through strong negotiation skills, and provide valued managerial expertise that support established standards (e.g., process, architectural, development, quality)
* Manages business sponsorship expectations, understanding business drivers and, when required, negotiates changes to project scope, timing or resources to ensure that strategic solutions are delivered

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's Degree (required), Master's Degree (preferred)
* 7+ years of experience in technology, business, management or project leadership (experience in the P&C Insurance industry a plus)
* 5+ years project management experience
* Minimum of 2 to 3 years of Commercial or Personal Insurance experience with knowledge of policy quoting and issuance in the P&C Insurance industry
* Experience working with different lines of business (monoline or package policy) product/project implementation is desirable
* 4+ years of experience in working in various software delivery models, waterfall, iterative, Agile or Agile-Like
* Strong experience managing in a matrix environment
* Excellent project management skills, including ability to execute and prioritize a number of tasks simultaneously, and experience managing cross-functional teams
* Proven financial management experience
* Demonstrated experience in project management and/or team leadership with high quality (i.e. proven track record)
* Results oriented and analytical with the ability to lead others
* Innovative, collaborative, flexible and adaptable
* Excellent understanding of IT environments/technologies
* Excellent written and verbal communication, relationship management, interpersonal, conflict and negotiation skills
* PMI or PMP certification desired
* Experience in interacting, communicating to and managing virtual teams desired
* Experience training and/or working in a consulting environment desired
* Compliance/Economic Sanctions/Governance experience preferred