Project manager

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Job Description:

Job Title: Project Manager

Job Band: Band 6.2

Shift timings: EMEA (1.00 pm – 10 pm IST)

Role: Individual Contributor

Position Summary:

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Project Manager with a strong background in Project Management Office (PMO) leadership and a proven track record of delivering complex actuarial/finance-related projects. This role will be instrumental in driving enterprise-wide actuarial initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals, and enhancing project governance and delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead actuarial transformation projects by aligning cross-functional teams across multiple locations, managing risks, and driving measurable outcomes.
• Define project goals, success criteria, and requirements in collaboration with stakeholders, and prioritize initiatives accordingly.
• Establish and maintain PMO governance frameworks, methodologies, and tools to ensure consistent execution.
• Develop and manage project plans, budgets and resource allocations.
• Facilitate current- and future-state workshops to identify opportunities and design solutions leveraging technology, including AI/GenAI.
• Monitor project health and drive change management and stakeholder engagement through clear, actionable recommendations and progress updates.
• Mentor project managers, lean consultants, and team members/colleagues to foster continuous improvement and a strong team culture.

Qualifications:

• MBA or Post Qualification degree is required
• PMP certification or equivalent project management certification
• 12+ years of project management experience, with at least 4 years in a PMO leadership role.
• Demonstrated success in managing actuarial/finance-related projects (e.g., process automation, actuarial process optimization).
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and change in leadership skills, with a talent for using storytelling to drive alignment.
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Jira, or similar).

Preferred Experience:

• Ability to operate in a global context, understanding diverse actuarial practices across different regions.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; with a strong attention to detail while maintaining a "big picture" view in a complex environment
• Experience in Agile and hybrid project delivery environments.
• Self-starter, with a proven track record to lead projects and deliver tangible results
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to present results and recommendations to target audience in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to manage conflicts and competing priorities, with a strong ability to influence without authority to navigate a decentralized organization and drive change across functional groups to achieve desired outcomes
• Experience working in a matrixed or global organization.
• Ability to work independently and effectively in a cross-cultural environment.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage time-sensitive deliverables.
• Ability to manage changing priorities
• Background in actuarial transformation or optimization projects across multiple business units or geographies.
• Experience in developing reusable templates, standardized frameworks, and knowledge repositories.
• Knowledge of advanced analytics, AI/GenAI applications in actuarial and finance domains.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure) and data integration tools.
• The role may evolve over a period of time and depending upon the business need the candidate should be flexible for projects in other functional areas such as Technology, Operations, Knowledge Services, Support & Enablement etc.

What is required to succeed in this role?

• Strong business acumen, technical financial acumen, and analytical skill set
• Ability to prioritize tasks and determine what is important and where value can be best added
• Learning ability, strong analytic and diagnostic skills dealing with opportunities and issues
• Proactive and resilient. Flexibility in learning new topics, handling change and deadlines.
• Ability to work independently in high-pressure situations. Flexible for extended hour working, as per business needs.
• Operates well in ambiguity and is resilient in changing situations

This role will be operated under a hybrid work model, with a combination of in-office and remote work. The hybrid approach is designed to provide flexibility while also ensuring the necessary in-person interactions to drive innovation, mentorship, collaboration and culture.

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