Group Project Manager

Group Project Manager – Atlanta, GA, USA

Location for this position is Atlanta, GA, USA. No Remote. This role needs travel as per project needs.

The job entails sitting as well as working at a computer for extended periods of time. Candidate should be able to communicate by telephone, email or face to face.

Qualifications

Basic

1. Bachelor’s or Masters degree in Engineering or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution.

2. At least 14 years of experience in the job description below.

Purpose/Essence of the role: Take end-to-end bottom line responsibility for development and production support projects in Retail insurance business; manage around 1600 hrs. of billable effort per month using a Global delivery model, schedule assignments, monitor, review, and report project status; manage project risks; ensure successful delivery and implementation; take complete ownership of people and their performance management ; take ownership for billing and allocation , project updates in our budgeting system and providing revenue best estimates (BE) to management.

Below are the roles and responsibilities aligned to the above-mentioned role / role designation:

1. Proposals: Creating and getting internal/client approvals for SOWs (statements of work) in response to client billable Work Order requests within established SLAs.

1. Project Scoping: Own the change management to scope.

1. Estimation: Lead and review the estimation activities considering organizational / unit Quality & Productivity goals.

1. Resource Planning: Arrange plans for different resources and liaison with required groups. Make sure project team members are allocated accurately.

1. Scheduling: Prepare a detailed project schedule, baseline the same, manage any changes.

1. Risk Planning/Mitigation: Create a risk management plan identifying the risks and execute mitigation steps.

1. Project Tracking, Control & Report: Assign work, track the project scope. Review and control all the project phases to ensure on time and within budget delivery.

1. People Management: Plan for and guide the senior members in the team to train/mentor the junior members in the team to ensure competency development and growth and without impacting project schedule and budget. Implement performance management as per organizational guidelines.

1. Financials: Ensure timely and accurate billing, accurate project budgeting updates and providing revenue best estimates (BE) to management

Preferred

1. Experience in life insurance/annuity projects

2. Knowledge on Life Insurance terminology

3. Delivering with on-shore and off-shore teams

4. LOMA Certifications