Sr. Project Coordinator, Business Operations

Allied World • Farmington, CT

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About The Position

Allied World seeks an individual to serve in the role of Sr. Project Coordinator to support the implementation and ongoing management of North America underwriting platforms. This role will assist in coordinating initiatives, tracking progress, and ensuring smooth communication between underwriting, technology teams, and operations.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Commercial Property and Casualty products and processes
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in technical product delivery within commercial insurance
• Prior experience in underwriting systems implementation, management, and change support, with preferences for experience with Appian or equivalent low code product
• Project leadership using Agile methodology, with hands-on experience using tools like Jira
• Proven experience in project management
• Knowledge of SDLC, integrations (e.g. REST APIs, AWS, etc.) and DevOps practices
• Ability to translate insurance business needs into technology requirements
• Experience managing release cycles, issue tracking and vendors
• Strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and execution of Underwriting transformation initiatives
• Address Underwriting issues, vendor questions, or technological risks to mitigate impact to project timelines
• Recognize and escalate issues that occur during project execution by tracking action items, risks, and dependencies across cross functional teams
• Work closely with underwriting, technology, and vendor partners to support business requirements gathering and testing
• Assist with scheduling meetings, maintaining project plans, and documenting key decisions
• Prepare status reports, dashboards, and stakeholder updates
• Identify and deliver on opportunities for continuous process improvement
• Maintain project artifacts, including meeting notes, requirements documents, and issue logs
• Ensure updates are reflected in Jira, Confluence, or other project management tools
• Help support adoption activities, including training coordination and user communications
• Report on project metrics including progress, resource utilization, risks and issues

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Company match 401k plan
• Group Term Life Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree