Project Manager

The Business Project Manager manages relationships and acts as liaison between the functional teams, business unit leadership, and other stakeholders throughout the project cycle. This position develops an implementation approach and methodology for the execution of the business strategy. Under general management direction, this role works within broad limits of authority on assignments requiring a high degree of technical complexity and coordination. The Business Project Manager is recognized as an expert in a functional and/or operations area.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Collaborates with business leaders and associates to understand their needs.
• Manages the work activities for multiple projects, consisting of one or more project teams.
• Leads project prioritization processes for the area, linking to business strategies.
• Develops project plans based on objectives and priorities, which may include developing business cases.
• Supervises project execution including scheduling team building and maintains working relationships with functional areas, monitoring progress, and results.
• Participates in the development of financial plans and budgets.
• Provides technical and operational expertise throughout assigned projects.
• Establishes quality and performance targets. 
• Applies effective project management methodologies, control techniques, and financial trending analysis for evaluation of projects.
• Develops and implements communication change management plans and document management processes.
• Participates in the development of business requirements to support continuous improvement in project management capabilities.
• Analyzes operations and other activities and prepares and presents reports to management which includes the development of policies, processes, and procedures for operation improvement or corrective action plans.
• Shares knowledge and collaborates across functional or geographic areas to share and incorporate learnings to improve business results and ensure the consistency of processes and outcomes.
• Stays up to date in functional area of expertise and industry activity and trends.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Typically minimum of 5 years of project management and leadership.  Project Management designation a plus.
• Advanced technical and operations expertise as well as thorough knowledge of insurance industry, its products and services.
• Requires exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to exercise professional judgment and assume responsibility for decisions that have an impact on people, quality of service, and costs.

Location: 

Atlanta Office