IT Project Manager

An employer in the insurance industry is looking for an IT Project Manager who will play a critical role in managing vendor-driven initiatives and supporting some product ownership responsibilities. This individual will act as the primary liaison between internal teams and external vendors, ensuring smooth coordination across multiple projects. The role involves overseeing vendor activities, managing dependencies, and maintaining governance compliance while driving progress and preventing blockers.
The IT Project Manager will work closely with Enterprise Architects, Product Owners, and development teams to gather requirements, feed workstreams, and ensure deliverables align with organizational goals. Responsibilities include backlog grooming for application teams, onboarding vendors into company processes, and providing oversight on platform services projects—primarily application development, but also expanding into data and AI initiatives. This position requires strong technical understanding to engage effectively with development teams and vendors on topics such as source control, pipelines, security scanning, and observability tools. The role may also involve evaluating cloud spend, operational costs, and supporting merger and acquisition activities. Ultimately, this individual will serve as a conduit for communication, ensuring clarity, accountability, and timely execution across all vendor engagements.

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• 4–5 years of experience as a Project Manager and/or Product Owner.
• Strong communication skills for vendor and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Technical background and/or understanding of development processes, such as:
○ Git repositories, branching/merging, pull requests.
○ CI/CD pipelines and required tooling.
○ Security scanning tools and secure code practices.
○ Unit testing, static code analysis.
○ Observability tools (e.g., DataDog).
Familiarity with governance processes and compliance standards.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.