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Job Description
About this job:
An expert Project Manager with 10 + years of project management experience, strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of the business, and the ability to lead project management, and drive large, complex projects to successful execution, ensuring that business objectives are realized.
Location:
Zurich, Paris or Dublin
Governance
Lead L&H PMO. Management of L&H BU project management governance framework, portfolio of projects, including overall budgeting, tracking and reporting to key stakeholders across L&H and PartnerRe
Project Management center of excellence (CoE) for the L&H BU
Maintain project management processes and methodologies. Look for opportunities for continuous improvements to ensure relevance with best practices, and ensure these are aligned with other project management offices within PartnerRe
Project Management
Senior Project Manager for the L&H division responsible for providing project management leadership on large, complex projects with global reach. Responsible for leading, overseeing and ensuring effective project delivery
Plan and execute projects, including managing scope, requirement changes, multiple and competing demands and priorities as well as determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk using appropriate fact-based metrics/ assumptions
Partner with business owners and lead subject matter experts to drive issue discovery and design solutions, in support of successful execution
Analyze complex business challenges and develop solutions across the various business disciplines, alongside business subject matter experts
Facilitate and perform business process design/re-engineering and lead process implementation
Develop and deliver communications for projects (including status reports) and special topics to leadership (senior management, ELT and CEO), internal stakeholders, vendors, project team and L&H employees
Facilitate efficient and effective communication with other program/project managers and stakeholders
Provide training and guidance to stakeholders within the Life & Health business unit and PartnerRe on Project Management methodology, processes and tools as required
Competencies/ Experience required
University degree (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Strong project management skills with 10 + years of project management experience
Experience in the L&H reinsurance and or life insurance industry with a good understanding of the operations
Knowledge and experience in L&H reinsurance process design and implementation
Project Management Professional (PMP) designation or relevant experience
Excellent verbal and written English skills. French and German language knowledge would be beneficial
Qualifications
About you:
A business partner who can take on a wide range of business challenges and deliver coordinated and agreed solutions through the ability to problem-solve, conduct structured thinking and analysis
Leads with integrity, passion and sense of accountability; willingness to go the extra mile
Able to be involved in and contribute to the business content
Ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities in an interdisciplinary, collaborative and multi-cultural environment
Strong communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills to work with a variety of stakeholders and senior leaders across the organization
Excellent negotiation, conflict resolution and consensus building skills
Highest degree of professional ethics
Experience working in virtual teams
Demonstrated ability to work independently and lead/ influence others to achieve goals
Additional Information
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