Senior IT Project Manager – Insurance Technology

@ Long Finch Technologies
Long Finch Technologieslongfinchtechnologies.com

Senior IT Project Manager – Insurance Technology

West Springfield, Massachusetts
Posted 1 day ago

About the job

Our company specializes in insurance technology solutions. The role focuses on leading complex IT projects, managing teams, vendors, and executing delivery plans to ensure successful implementation and stakeholder communication.

Requirements

  • 8+ years project management experience
  • Insurance domain knowledge
  • Managing multiple workstreams
  • Vendor and offshore team experience
  • Knowledge of project governance

Qualifications

  • Strong communication skills
  • Experience with Agile, Waterfall
  • Ability to manage ambiguity
  • Leadership and team management

Full job description

We are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager with 8+ years of experience delivering technology programs, with strong insurance domain experience. The ideal candidate will be a proactive, action-oriented project leader who can manage multiple workstreams, drive governance, remove blockers, and ensure successful delivery across business, product, engineering, QA, and vendor teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain the integrated delivery plan, including milestones, dependencies, sprint/release calendars, and key deliverables.
  • Lead delivery governance activities, including workstream meetings, RAID management, action/decision tracking, and release readiness.
  • Identify and proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies, including mitigation plans and escalations.
  • Coordinate execution across product, business, engineering, QA, environment, and release teams.
  • Manage scope alignment and change control, assessing impacts to timelines, costs, and deliverables.
  • Prepare executive-level status reports covering milestones, KPIs, risks, forward-looking activities, and support needs.
  • Facilitate stakeholder communications and drive timely decisions to prevent delivery delays.
  • Support cutover and go-live planning, including readiness checklists, runbooks, and go/no-go activities.
  • Manage cross-functional teams, including vendor and onshore/offshore resources.

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of project management experience delivering technology programs.
  • Insurance domain experience is required.
  • Strong understanding of insurance products, processes, and operations.
  • Proven experience managing multiple workstreams and cross-functional teams.
  • Experience working with vendor and onshore/offshore teams.
  • Strong knowledge of project governance, including RAID logs, action/decision tracking, and dependency management.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to create concise, leadership-ready status reports.
  • Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid project delivery methodologies.
  • Ability to work independently and effectively manage ambiguity and changing priorities.
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