Project Manager / Business Analyst (Insurance)

Description
Join this existing team as a Senior Project Manager and you could work with our local client onsite! This long-term contract / contract / contract / contract / contract / temporary employment opportunity is based in the Toronto, Ontario area. You could be the Sr. Project Manager our client is looking for, if you like the idea of managing key projects as part of their strategic business plan. This job's primary priority, as a key member of the team, is to ensure that changes are delivered to the expectations of stakeholders. The role needs to be responsible for managing projects to successful completion, ensuring that projects deliver on time, on budget, and in accordance with standards and guidelines over the entire project as well. Interested? Submit an application today!
What you get to do every single day

• Attends as Scrum Master for the developers on the team - ensuring the team is working effectively, clearing obstacles, and leading scrum ceremonies
• Grants detailed reporting to management on project status, milestone completion, and risk assessments
• Aids to manage dependencies among cross-product teams
• Sustain the team focus on the on-time delivery of agreed products
• Places schedules and milestones with inputs from all other teams assigned to that product, manages project scope and timelines
• In charge of project planning
• Directs deployment scheduling in coordination with tech lead, Dev Ops, and Product Owner- Collects data from QA leads, business analysts, and technical leads into suggestions
• Cooperate closely with the Product Specialist, QA Manager, Business Analyst, Product Owner/Product Manager
• Enhances the daily stand-ups, making sure they are brief, focused, and timely
• Interacts and communicates with designers, stakeholders, developers, and technical team members
• Observes and schedules projects - as per the Project Roadmap defined by the Business Owner
• Works in partnership with the Product Owner/Product Manager to turn the product roadmap into executable projects
• Be of help to classify, manage, identify risk for functional improvement requests
• Collaborates with the Product Owner/Product Manager to facilitate creation and maintenance of the Project Roadmap
• Lays out project with appropriate ticket workflows and boards
• Coordinates and directs the sprint planning and grooming meetings and marks ticket assignments
• Provide that the functional requirements are met, tracked, and achievable
• Assists the Product Owner/Product Manager to guarantee that the product vision and high-level business objectives are obvious and possible
• Defines the RACI matrix for projects in a product line

Requirements

• Flexibility to adapt to changes in procedures and job assignments
• The person in this position should be flexible and focused
• Requirements Gathering experience preferred
• Project management experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of business analysis
• Active problem-solver who listens for customer cues and actively resolves problems with grace and integrity
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision
• You might be a good fit for this position if you have proficiency using commonly accepted scheduling and project management tools
• We'll consider you a good candidate for this position if you are familiar and comfortable with IT project management methodologies
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory ability, strong operation and project management skills
• Proficiency in project management
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant Project Management experience
• Ability to effectively interact, verbally and in writing
• Ability to understand and communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Ability and willingness to meet business critical deadlines
• Applicants should have experience working with e-learning and blended learning programs
• A Project Management (PMP) certification is required for success at this position.

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