Senior IT Project Manager

Ascot Group • Iselin, NJ

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

This is an opportunity to join Ascot Group - one of the world’s preeminent specialty risk underwriting organizations. Designed as a modern-era company operating through an ecosystem of interconnected global operating platforms, we’re bound by a common mission and purpose: One Ascot. Our greatest strength is a talented team who flourish in a collaborative, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture, steeped in underwriting excellence, integrity, and a passion to find a better way, The Ascot Way. The Ascot Way guides our people and our organization. Our underwriting platforms collaborate to find creative ways to deploy our capital in a true cross-product and cross-platform approach. These platforms work as one, deploying our capital creatively through our Client Centric, Risk Centric, and Technology Centric strategies. Built to be resilient, Ascot offers clients leading financial security while delivering bespoke products and world class service — both pre- and post-claims. Ascot exists to solve for our clients’ brightest tomorrow, through agility, collaboration, resilience, and discipline. Ascot is embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and automation across the organization to enhance decision making, efficiency, and quality of outcomes. In this role, you will be expected to work confidently alongside AI enabled tools, apply sound judgment when interpreting insights, and adapt as technology continues to evolve. We value curiosity, critical thinking, and a willingness to embrace change as part of how we work. Position Overview: The Senior IT Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that projects are managed to be completed, with high quality, on-time, on-budget, and in-scope. In this capacity, the Senior IT Project Manager works in collaboration with the Business Unit and IT sponsors to establish project goals and success criteria. The Senior IT Project Manager will be responsible for planning and driving the deliverables, including managing third party vendor relationships, if applicable, for the design and development. The Senior IT Project Manager will proactively identify/resolve risks and issues, track/report status, and communicate with the stakeholders. The successful candidate may need to project manage multiple projects at the same time. This role will be in the office with a hybrid work schedule.

Requirements

• 10+ of professional experience in project management or similar field
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in delivery of large-scale IT application implementation projects
• Experience in insurance/reinsurance required; specialty insurance experience desired
• Bachelor's Degree
• Implementation experience with both off-the-shelf products and custom developed applications
• Insurance core system (Guidewire, Duck Creek, etc.) implementation experience desired
• Ability to manage teams that consist of both company employees and third parties.
• Experience in outsourcing work to outside vendors to achieve deliverables
• Very strong communication, negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Follow a well-structured mode of operation, including detailed project planning with the appropriate level of detail
• Proven track record in delivering program/projects on-time, on-budget, and in-scope
• Experience in managing projects in a global, matrix environment
• Knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies and best practices
• Experience with different SDLC methodologies including agile and waterfall required
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time

Nice To Haves

• specialty insurance experience desired
• Insurance core system (Guidewire, Duck Creek, etc.) implementation experience desired

Responsibilities

• Define project goals, success criteria and expectations with stakeholders
• Manage the initiative(s) successfully through all project phases within the given constraints of time, budget, scope, and quality
• Effectively identify and manage change requests
• Learn and conform to all established IT governance and project delivery processes.
• Create and manage a realistic and credible project plan.
• Negotiate project deliverables, milestones, and target dates.
• Responsible for collaboration in a matrix organization with globally distributed teams
• Establish and continuously facilitate appropriate communication amongst the stakeholders and teams, ensure clarity on goals, priorities, and concrete responsibilities for all team members.
• Provide regular verbal and documented status updates.
• Work closely with the support team(s) to prepare for and manage the transition and warranty period
• Commitment to The Ascot Way: As a member of the IT organization, the Senior IT Project Manager will embody The Ascot Way in their daily interaction with colleagues, fostering colleague engagement and development, collaboration, inclusivity, and individual accountability

Benefits

• Medical (including prescription coverage)
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Commuter Account
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• AD&D
• Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
• Paid holidays
• annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state /local paid leave where required)
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability
• Other leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, Adoption, Maternity, Military, Primary & Non-Primary Caregiver)
• Contributory Savings Plan (401k)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior