Guardian Life

Project Manager - PMO-2

Chennai Full time

Job Description:

Responsibilities: 

  • Project Planning & Management: Develop comprehensive project plans, including resource allocation, timeline management, budgeting, and risk mitigation. 

  • Stakeholder Communication: Serve as a primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing clear and timely updates on project progress, milestones, and deliverables. 

  • Risk Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to minimize impact on timeline, budget, and overall quality. 

  • Quality Control: Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards, conduct reviews and implement improvements where necessary. 

  • Performance Tracking: Use project management tools and metrics to track progress and adjust project plans as needed to stay on target. 

  • Continuous Improvement: Contribute to process improvement initiatives within the project management team, driving efficiency and effectiveness. 

 

Qualifications: 

  • BA/BS Degree or equivalent experience. PMP or similar certification is a plus 

  • Project Management experience in large project and management of distributed project resource teams 

  • Ideal candidate will have group insurance experience with ability to manage both business and technical deliverables.  

  • Proficient using JIRA Align, JIRA, SharePoint, MS Office Suite, and other software for project and task management.  

  • Experience with creating and designing professional power point presentations to convey executive level ideas in support of key initiatives 

  • An ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner.  

  • Excellent problem-solving analytical capabilities with strong attention to detail.  

  • Strong leadership and management skills 

  • Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures; and 

  • Strong presentation and written communication skills 

  • Excellent organizational and communication skills 

  • Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders effectively 

  • Excellent team collaboration skills, to include experience in dealing with multiple projects impacting different processes within the Individual Markets, multi-functional teams, and ability to coordinate across teams in a large matrix organization environment. 

  • Strong relationship building and maintaining skills. Fosters a climate conducive to establishing positive working relationships with clients (internal and external). 

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai

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