Project Manager - Reinsurance
Description
Role Overview:
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with a background in reinsurance or financial services to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution and delivery. The role requires strong project governance, stakeholder management, and the ability to coordinate multiple teams and workstreams within a matrix organisation while ensuring timely and effective delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of cross-functional projects.
- Establish project plans, timelines, milestones, governance frameworks, and reporting mechanisms.
- Coordinate multiple teams, workstreams, and dependencies to ensure alignment and timely execution.
- Engage with stakeholders across business and functional teams to drive accountability, facilitate decisions, and manage expectations.
- Identify delivery risks, issues, and blockers, and drive timely resolution through appropriate escalation and recommendations.
- Facilitate project discussions, reviews, and working sessions to track progress and address challenges.
- Monitor project performance, communicate progress, and ensure adherence to agreed timelines and deliverables.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of project management experience, preferably in reinsurance or financial services.
- Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives end-to-end.
- Strong understanding of project planning, execution, governance, and reporting.
- Experience coordinating multiple teams, workstreams, and dependencies in a complex matrix organisation.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to drive accountability without direct authority.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, facilitation, and organisational skills.
- Experience in Life & Health (Re)insurance and client data or data-driven business initiatives will be an advantage.
- Project or change management certifications such as PMP, PROSCI, or Scrum are preferred.