IT Project Manager

We are currently seeking a talented IT Project Manager to join our team. The IT Project Manager is responsible for planning, overseeing and leading projects from ideation through to completion within an Agile/Scrum environment. This is a senior role and requires interaction with a range of internal and external stakeholders, most often managing several moving project parts simultaneously.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Consults with product owners and project stakeholders to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations, and procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of resources
• Develops project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources.
• Formulates and defines technical scope and objectives of project.
• Identifies and schedules project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks.
• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement
• Facilitates discussions and consensus among various project stakeholders, such as analysts, application developers and business units
• Directs and coordinates activities of project team to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget.
• Establishes standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation
• Prepares project status reports and keeps executives, stakeholders, project team, and others informed of project status and related issues.
• Confers with project team to provide technical advice and resolve problems.
• Coordinates and responds to requests for changes from original specifications.
• Develops business processes that ensure developed application meets all project requirements.
• Coordinates project activities with software development team, product owners, and business units to ensure goals and requirements are met.
• Prepares and presents the statement of work and proposals for identified clients in conjunction with account management.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering or Computer Science.
• Five or more years of experience in a Project Management role, with at least two years working in an Agile environment.
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively.
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices.
• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful.
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline.
• Strong Communication skills and tech expertise.
• Capacity to manage high stress situations.
• Leadership skills.
• Big-picture thinking and vision.

Benefits to Full Time Employees:

• Generous paid time off package
• Medical & Dental Plans
• 401k Retirement Plan with employer match
• Company paid STD/LTD
• Company paid life insurance

About American Access Casualty Company:

American Access Casualty Company AACC is a fast-growing, highly successful private passenger automobile insurance company located in the western suburbs of Chicago. We’re ‘driven to do the right thing at every turn’. We’re proud of the values that we hold dear. We believe these values are what separates us from the competition, and what allows us to best serve all of our customers and business partners.

We STRIVE every day to live these values.

Service

Going the extra mile for our teams and customers no matter the obstacles

Teamwork

Bringing out the best in each other and knowing how our role impacts others

Respect

Walking in each other’s shoes to appreciate their perspective

Integrity

Delivering on our promises without shortcuts

Vision

Seeing a better future through innovation

Excellence

Knowing that good enough is not enough

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