Project Manager

Job Description

This is an opportunity to join Ascot Group - one of the world’s preeminent specialty risk underwriting organizations.

Designed as a modern-era company operating through an ecosystem of interconnected global operating platforms, we’re bound by a common mission and purpose: One Ascot. Our greatest strength is a talented team who flourish in a collaborative, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture, steeped in underwriting excellence, integrity, and a passion to find a better way, The Ascot Way.

The Ascot Way guides our people and our organization. Our underwriting platforms collaborate to find creative ways to deploy our capital in a true cross-product and cross-platform approach. These platforms work as one, deploying our capital creatively through our unique Fusion Model: Client Centric, Risk Centric, Technology Centric.

Built to be resilient, Ascot maximizes client financial security while delivering bespoke products and world class service — both pre- and post-claims. Ascot exists to solve for our clients’ brightest tomorrow, through agility, collaboration, resilience, and discipline.

Job Summary

The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that projects are managed to completion, with high quality, on-time, on-budget, and in-scope. In this capacity, the Project Manager works in collaboration with the Business Unit and IT sponsors to establish project goals and success criteria. The Project Manager will be responsible for planning and driving the deliverables, including managing third party vendor relationships, if applicable, for the design and development. The Project Manager will proactively identify/resolve risks and issues, track/report status, and communicate with stakeholders. The successful candidate may need to project manage multiple projects at the same time. This role will be in the office with a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Define project goals, success criteria and expectations with stakeholders.
• Manage the initiative(s) successfully through all project phases within the given constraints of time, budget, scope, and quality.
• Effectively identify and manage change requests.
• Learn and conform to all established IT governance and project delivery processes.
• Create and manage a realistic and credible project plan. Negotiate project deliverables, milestones, and target dates.
• Responsible for collaboration in a matrix organization with globally distributed teams.
• Establish and continuously facilitate appropriate communication amongst the stakeholders and teams, ensure clarity on goals, priorities, and concrete responsibilities for all team members.
• Provide regular verbal and documented status updates.
• Work closely with the support team(s) to prepare for and manage the transition and warranty period.
• Commitment to The Ascot Way: Embody The Ascot Way in their daily interaction with colleagues, fostering colleague engagement and development, collaboration, inclusivity, and individual accountability.
  
  

Requirements

• 3 plus years of experience in a similar role and delivery of large-scale IT application implementation projects.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience.
• Experience in the insurance/reinsurance industry is preferred.
• Experience with insurance software platforms like Guidewire or DuckCreek is preferred.
• Knowledge of specialty lines and Workers Compensation experience is preferred.
• Experience in multiple SDLC delivery methodologies including Waterfall and Agile.
• Ability to work in a high-paced, growth focused team environment with a willingness to take on multiple responsibilities and roles to fill in organizational gaps.
• Implementation experience with both off-the-shelf products and custom developed applications.
• Ability to manage teams that consist of both company employees and third parties.
• Experience in outsourcing work to vendors to achieve deliverables.
• Very strong communication, negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Follow a well-structured mode of operation, including detailed project planning with the appropriate level of detail.
• Proven track record in delivering program/projects on-time, on-budget, and in-scope.
• Experience in managing projects in a global, matrix environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time.
  
  

***This position may be filled at a different level, depending on experience***

Compensation

Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to experience, subject matter expertise, and skills. The base pay is just one component of Ascot’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus and other forms of discretionary compensation awarded by the Company.

The annualized base pay range for this role is: $110,000 - 130,000.

Company Benefits

The Company provides a competitive benefits package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, AD&D, Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program), and more
• Leave Benefits: Paid holidays, annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state /local paid leave where required), Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Other leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, Adoption, Maternity, Military, Primary & Non-Primary Caregiver)
• Retirement Benefits: Contributory Savings Plan (401k)