Consultant - IT

Responsibilities: 

• Project Planning & Management: Develop comprehensive project plans, including resource allocation, timeline management, budgeting, and risk mitigation. 

• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as a primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing clear and timely updates on project progress, milestones, and deliverables. 

• Risk Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to minimize impact on timeline, budget, and overall quality. 

• Quality Control: Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards, conduct reviews and implement improvements where necessary. 

• Performance Tracking: Use project management tools and metrics to track progress and adjust project plans as needed to stay on target. 

• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to process improvement initiatives within the project management team, driving efficiency and effectiveness. 

Qualifications: 

• BA/BS Degree or equivalent experience. PMP or similar certification is a plus 

• Project Management experience in large project and management of distributed project resource teams 

• Ideal candidate will have group insurance experience with ability to manage both business and technical deliverables.  

• Proficient using JIRA Align, JIRA, SharePoint, MS Office Suite, and other software for project and task management.  

• Experience with creating and designing professional power point presentations to convey executive level ideas in support of key initiatives 

• An ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner.  

• Excellent problem-solving analytical capabilities with strong attention to detail.  

• Strong leadership and management skills 

• Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures; and 

• Strong presentation and written communication skills 

• Excellent organizational and communication skills 

• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders effectively 

• Excellent team collaboration skills, to include experience in dealing with multiple projects impacting different processes within the Individual Markets, multi-functional teams, and ability to coordinate across teams in a large matrix organization environment. 

• Strong relationship building and maintaining skills. Fosters a climate conducive to establishing positive working relationships with clients (internal and external).