AVP, Project Manager (REMOTE - EASTERN/CENTRAL TIME PREFERRED)

Arch Insurance Group Inc. is a company rooted in collaboration, expertise, and innovation. The AVP, Project Manager will manage medium to large complex strategic projects independently to facilitate the achievement of the company's strategic goals.

Responsibilities:

• Manage strategic projects end-to-end (business and technology oriented), working with business subject matter experts and delivery team members
• Demonstrate leadership and provide guidance to junior team members while managing large scale multi-project efforts (ie: smaller projects rolling up to a program level)
• Act as champion for the strategic portfolio management framework and processes
• Provide teams, including senior leaders, with regular communications regarding project status, outstanding risks, issues, any necessary change request and next steps
• Identify project risks in advance of them pushing projects off-track, and coming up with risk mitigation strategies
• Ensure that project outcomes are in line with Arch’s strategic goals and objectives
• Effective business stakeholder management and business partnership
• Lead the processes of tracking project metrics including costs, benefits, resource planning (demand capacity), OKRs, etc

Requirements:

• Total command of project management process, risk/change management, escalation procedures/methodologies, and tools/technologies in a project and portfolio context
• Experience in leading and facilitating large scale projects in a matrix environment; must be able to work independently to assess critical path, identify and manage dependencies and draw conclusions and make recommendations
• Deep knowledge and experience leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including cross initiative test planning
• Strong knowledge and experience with Portfolio Dependency Management, including dependency identification, cross initiative communication, facilitating prioritization discussions, risk mitigation, etc
• Experience operating in an Agile/Agile SAFe framework strongly desired
• Effective communication skills – ability to articulate the situation/issue in a simple and clear way (written, verbal, presentation)
• Strong business acumen- knowledge of how business is run and experience in applying it in business situations
• Problem-solver with the ability to identify and deliver solutions on issues
• 7-10+ years of progressive project management experience
• Experience in Property/Casualty Insurance strongly desired
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Project Management certification strongly desired