[Remote] Senior Project Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sapiens is seeking a Sr. Project Manager (SNAP) to join their North America Team. The role involves leading end-to-end delivery of enterprise software projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards while maintaining strong client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage all facets of software development projects to ensure schedule, budget/profitability and quality goals are met
• Achieve client satisfaction, by managing and meeting or exceeding expectations
• Ensure project meets all contractual obligations
• Develop project plans, schedules, and objectives
• Proactively communicate project status and plans to client, project team and Sapiens Management
• Obtain written acceptance for all deliverables
• Create and maintain successful alliances with key stakeholders, both internal and external
• Assess and track risks, develop risk mitigation plans
• Manage budgetary items associated with project expenses, capital purchases and contract resources
• Develop or provide key input into business cases for proposed projects
• Ensure project is executed using best practices and Sapiens’ methodologies
• Develop and coordinate project controls and associated metrics to measure success
• Build and maintain positive team morale
• Ensure team conduct themselves and carry out their work in a professional manner
• Provide project team feedback to their managers for semiannual and annual performance reviews

Skills

• Minimum seven plus years experience in managing software development projects
• Minimum of five plus years external project management experienced required
• Minimum five years' experience with software development methodologies and of the overall iterative software development lifecycle
• Broad understanding of insurance industry
• Strong proficiency in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and MS Project
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and analytical skills
• Good problem-solving, issue resolution, negotiation, and diplomacy skills
• Travel to client sites will be required and will vary with project assignment. Expected travel up to 25% of the time
• PMI Certification Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred

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