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Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. · 1 hour ago

Corporate Project Manager

Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. is seeking a Corporate Project Manager to oversee the direction, coordination, and execution of specific projects. The role involves collaborating with upper management and department heads to ensure projects are on schedule and within budget while administering project management methodologies to support successful project completion.

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Responsibilities

Provide direction and support to project team. Build effective project teams by facilitating and participating in meetings with involved departments and resources to establish and direct project progression and evaluation
Facilitate initial and ongoing communication between department heads, project team members, and stakeholders that will promote successful goal accomplishment and the identification of issues or risks that may become barriers to success. Assist project team members in resolving issues and perform risk management activities to identify project opportunities and hurdles
Assist in defining and refining project requirements and to outline project development and implementation approaches
Work closely with project stakeholders and resources to develop multifunctional project management plans leading Church Mutual's efforts to develop project scope, tasks, deliverables, resources, timelines, budgets, and evaluation metrics
Act as a liaison between project sponsor and stakeholders, assisting them to manage the financial, human, and technical resources required to successfully achieve the project's goals and objectives
Manage project resource allocations, schedule, and budget. Identify resources needed to meet project goals, work with department heads to procure resources, assign resource responsibilities, and ensure proper utilization of assigned resources
Utilize project management software to provide meaningful status reporting, resource utilization, task completion, and budget information to corporate and department management
Manage, monitor, and report on projects by tracking progress against agreed scope, milestones, and deadlines
Adhere to change control procedures and record required justification and resulting decisions
Work with stakeholders and IT project team members to ensure technical solutions are sound and meet operational requirements
Champion project management skills and processes by utilizing approved project management methodology, standards, procedures, and project management techniques and train project team members in their value and use

Qualification

Project management softwareSystem development life cycleProject managementProject developmentProject implementationBusiness process improvementInterpersonal skillsCoachingCommunication skillsCritical thinkingNegotiation skillsMentoring

Required

Three to five years' experience in project management or four to six years of related experience as a project team member of which at least two years have been in a leadership position
Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to properly communicate to all levels of the organization
Ability to learn the property and casualty insurance industry and its products, services, and operation models
Demonstrated experience in project management methodology, best practices, and tools
Demonstrated and refined interpersonal skills
Organized, analytical, and self-motivated
Average-to-advanced computer skills
Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Sound judgment, dependable, reliable
Customer-focused
Strong negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills
Ability to positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization
Ability to manage people without direct authority in an effect to complete project initiatives
Ability to provide coaching and mentoring to others in the importance of project management
Maintain confidentiality of project information
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required

Preferred

Experience with project management software desired
Experience with the system development life cycle is desired
Management of multi-department level projects a plus
Project development and project implementation (especially in insurance industry) knowledge and experience
Professional IT project management experience
Work in business process improvement and related change management and staff development
Major in organization development, business, IT, project, and/or production management preferred
Project management certificate or designation is preferred

Company

Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.

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For over a century, our purpose has remained clear — support our customers, keep them safe and help them continue to serve others.

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Leadership Team

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Dwayne A. Gantz
SVP - Chief Financial Officer
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Pamela W. Stampen
Senior Vice President - Chief People Officer
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