Project Manager TPA

at  Allianz Partners

As a Project Manager, you will lead and oversee strategic projects from inception to completion. Responsibilities include planning, executing and closing projects, managing resources, coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring timely delivery within the budget. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential for effective stakeholder engagement and project success.

• Acts as a focal point for all new initiatives and leads/opportunities/prospects, being the pivotal fulcrum between project management team, internal parties (mainly – but not limited to – Operations, IT, Legal, Finance) and external parties.
• Coordinates and executes business case / plan analysis, risk and technical, operational and economical feasibility assessment
• Clearly understands the project objectives, challenges, assumptions and ensures the projects are on scope, time and cost
• Develops the statement / scope of work, budget, project plan and schedule and communicate them effectively
• Plans resource requirements and ensures optimum use of shared resources, as per project plan.
• Leads projects in a transparent and productive way, applying standard project management practices and company standards.
• Effectively communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. This includes regular team updates on project execution, such as project status meetings, monthly project reviews, steering committees and other collaboration opportunities, both internal and external.
• Integrate best practices, project standards, procedures, and quality objectives, including metrics for assessing progress into projects and provide feedback for improvement.
• Manages handoff between Projects and the end-users, ensuring smooth implementation and troubleshooting with least operational downtime.
• Ensures proactive risk analysis and assessment of impact leading to mitigation actions
• Is accountable for deliverables within the overall program, and can prepare strong recommendation for Senior Management
• Facilitates change management process within the business to ensure project benefits are ascertained.
• Continuous support to clients during the initial run phase navigating the impact and make certain a smooth transition achieving the promised KPIs/SLAs
• Demonstrates an ongoing commitment to professional growth in project/program management and other key areas.
• Coach and mentor less experienced colleagues across functional project management teams and within project teams.
• Support senior management in strategic topics leading to global business expansion and growth in operational markets including the creation and update of the relevant support documents
• Engage and lead continuous improvement initiatives to optimize daily tasks
  Support the manager to plan budget and resources relying on the project pipeline