IT Project Leader

Zurich Insurance Group•Schaumburg, IL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Zurich (Schaumburg, IL) seeks an IT Project Leader to lead the Salesforce project team in the development, business requirement, testing and execution of the defined scope. Specific duties include: lead the project team, define the business problem, and formulate the project/systems scope and objectives; utilize a detailed understanding of insurance, processes, and business systems to drive the research and analysis of the defined problem, design the recommended solution, and implement the solution, addressing associated change management; facilitate operational transformation via strategic/industry perspectives acting as a thought partner with key business leaders, defining and structuring opportunities/projects to deliver the transformation strategy, leading this process reengineering and continuous improvement projects; lead the project team to deliver the business requirements and functional design of the system solution, full project strategy and execution, vendor management; and serve as trusted business advisor between business and IT. Option to work remotely 40% percent of the time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a closely related field of study.
6 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Project Leader, Project Manager, or similar position leading a project team.
6 years of experience working as a Scrum Master in Agile setting.
6 years of experience working with Agile development framework in large-scale Scrum.
6 years of experience working with Jira.
6 years of experience working with Salesforce platform.
6 years of experience working with Insurance application in Underwriting or Claims applications.
6 years of experience leading large scale teams through requirements, design, use cases and testing scenarios.
6 years of experience reviewing testing strategy and results for implementation.
6 years of experience managing vendor engagements.
6 years of experience managing prioritization of Jira stories with business partners to ensure execution of solution.

Responsibilities

Lead the project team, define the business problem, and formulate the project/systems scope and objectives.
Utilize a detailed understanding of insurance, processes, and business systems to drive the research and analysis of the defined problem, design the recommended solution, and implement the solution, addressing associated change management.
Facilitate operational transformation via strategic/industry perspectives acting as a thought partner with key business leaders, defining and structuring opportunities/projects to deliver the transformation strategy, leading this process reengineering and continuous improvement projects.
Lead the project team to deliver the business requirements and functional design of the system solution, full project strategy and execution, vendor management.
Serve as trusted business advisor between business and IT.