Senior IT Project Manager

Chubb

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Job Description:Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer operating in 54 countries, Chubb is making significant investments to thrive in a digital age. Chubb launched its third Technology Hub in Thessaloniki in 2022 which is rapidly developing. Our new center of excellence in Greece is positioned to drive our ongoing business and to support our digital business transformation, as well as the company's operations in the European region which encompasses 27 countries.Chubb is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to join our team. This is a permanent full-time position and a compelling opportunity to join a global, growing, financially stable and successful company. As an industry leader, Chubb is an employer of choice for skilled technology professionals aspiring to develop a meaningful career in a fast-paced, diverse company with offices in most major cities in the world.OverviewChubb's Data Marketplace is a top priority, transformational initiative, and a flagship for the Global Data Office Organization. Our goal is to bring in the critical data into our Global Data Platform and make it available via Data marketplace for broader adoption of the platform and democratize data. We are looking for colleagues who are passionate about data and who enjoy building data solutions from the ground up and/ or migrate from existing data platforms. Also be equally comfortable working with business partners to understand requirements as you are developing and delivering robust solutions that meet the highest standards. Last, thrive and excite to learn new technologies and working in the cloud.The managed projects typically exhibit complexity, risk, and impact on the company and a multi-stakeholders matrix to be managed. The individual is expected to continue developing both their expertise in project management methodologies and, whilst this is not a technical role, a further appreciation of our underlying enterprise data architectures, processes and technologies in particular Cloud platforms.This incumbent manages the project lifecycle, and applicants must have practical expertise in successful delivery. The remit encompasses: stakeholder engagement, project initiation including the capture and communication of project goals and objectives; vendor engagement and work estimation based on the optimal mix of resources and rates at the appropriate time; project planning at a level of detail sufficient to identify dependencies, resources, timelines and cost breakdowns; plan execution and tracking of delivery and quality against requirements, milestones and budgets; management of the resource profile and utilisation; progress reporting to business stakeholders; risk and issue management and contingency planning.In summary, the individual will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of large and complex projects in accordance with customer expectations, quality commitments and delivery schedules.It is expected that the candidate has a very pro-active and positive attitude, is open to feedback, have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, good leadership skills.Responsibilities:

Ensure projects have defined objectives and goals which are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely
Ensure projects follow appropriate governance and compliance processes and any deviations are captured, communicated and approved via the appropriate channels
Ensure projects deliver the benefits on time, to budget and with the appropriate level of quality
Ensure that the Chubb Development methodology is followed by all staff on the project, and that any variations to the standard process are authorised by the PMO.
Ensure that resources providing project governance are aware of their roles and responsibilities.
Ensure that progress is measured against the schedule, that corrective action is taken and that project governance is operated via fortnightly status reporting and monthly steering group meetings. Manage trade-offs between scope, quality, time and cost in accordance with the Critical Success Factors as the project progresses.
Manage production of required project deliverables as defined in the project plan.
Identify and manage changes to the project's scope, ensuring that impact assessments are undertaken, that appropriate authorisation is secured and that adjustments to plans are made and communicated to all stakeholders.
Implement clear escalation procedures, identify and manage project issues and risks, and ensure that contingency plans are prepared and actioned in a timely fashion. Where issues will take the project outside of project or stage tolerance, prepare an exception plan for approval by the steering group and, upon approval, action the plan in a timely manner.
Increase the accuracy of project estimates after the initiation phase, ensure that correct contingency levels are applied and adjusted throughout the project, and that the contingency budget is managed rather than consumed.
Ensure that the appropriate communication is in place to the relevant individuals/parties as identified in the communications plan.
Ensure that all projects and project deliverable are documented in sufficient detail to facilitate internal and external audits.
Understand vendor resource profiles and rates and ensure the work is structured in such a way as to maximise the benefits of the offshoring model and the Chubb ratecards.
Identify, plan and manage cross project dependencies, particularly where there is resource contention and apply release management in conjunction and cooperation with the other project managers.

Qualifications:Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent from a recognised university
At least 3 years' experience of working as a Project manager and managing data projects
Excellent written and spoken communication skills
Good understanding of Data design principles and methodologies
Clear articulation and presentation skills
Self-starter and ability to run business workshops and user training sessions
Experience in project management methodologies and the use of such approaches (more specifically Agile/SAfE and SDLC),
A recognised PM qualification is desirable but not mandatory.
Ability to manage stakeholders personalities; ability to persuade, influence and direct the business community and keep key users onside and bought-in
Highly organised, extremely goal oriented mindset; logical, thorough and detail-oriented.
Appreciation understanding of multiple aspects of data warehousing, data architecture, data modelling, modelling, master data management, ETL.
Expertise in understanding and communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience
Understanding the role of data in delivering business benefit and a
Strong knowledge of MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word required

Desirable

Prior Exposure to global insurance business
Exposure to working with Offshore development teams
Experience in global and distributed environments and business consolidation efforts.
Good knowledge of an enterprise portfolio management tool e.g. Clarity and Jira are preferred
Experience of delivering cross functional projects in accordance with formalised project methodologies covering both Waterfall and Agile approaches
Technical expertise, ideally gained via the developer route, covering design, estimation, development and implementation.
Experience of project delivery over (or including a component of) one or more of the following:
enterprise data environments, management information, statutory reporting, analytics
Experience of the financial services Insurance sector
Experience of working with outsource providers with an on/offshore model
Experience in a similar role for a blue chip organization

Our team makes a difference, every time. For this reason, we offer in return!We offer hybrid working model, explicit, structured career development, a competitive salary package, annual bonus, private medical cover, monthly allowance for lunch, continuous learning experiences, work in a fun, lively environment with mentoring from our ground-breaking senior mentors.Integrity. Client Focus. Respect. Excellence. TeamworkOur core values instruct how we live and work. We're an ethical and honest company that's wholly committed to its clients. A business that's engaged in mutual trust and respect for its employees and partners. A place where colleagues perform at the highest levels. And a working environment that's collaborative and encouraging.Diversity & InclusionAt Chubb, we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness, and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances. We strive to achieve an environment where all colleagues feel comfortable performing to their full potential and are recognized for their contributions.Many voices, One Chubb!#LI-Hybrid

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