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Program Manager
Zurich Insurance Group
Woodland Hills, CA, United States
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Description
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Join a team of diverse professionals at Farmers to acquire skills on the job and apply your learned knowledge to future roles at Farmers. Farmers Insurance also offers extensive training opportunities through the award winning University of Farmers named by Training magazine amongst top 10 corporate training units in the world. Start your career at Farmers today!
Job Summary
• Manages staff, including other program managers
• Plans and controls day to day project activities and budgets
• Implements IT governance. Manages customer relationships, enabling commitment
• Works with business unit to define needs and arranges appropriate resources
• Coordinates delivery of work from all suppliers for multiple projects / programs, including risk, quality, change management, schedule, and financial management
• Accountable for work development of work orders/cost estimates to/from suppliers,
• Acceptance Criteria and User Acceptance Testing
• Monitors and manages achievement of SLA with suppliers and ISP
• Coordinates communication, escalation, and financial impact management, when SLAs are not met.
Essential Job Functions
• Large Scale System Delivery Experience with Policy Administration Systems.
• Experience with Guidewire or similar Policy Administration system required.
• Experience in managing large Business transformation program through all phases of the project lifecycle from planning, requirements gathering, technical design, development, testing and maintenance.
• Guidewire Configuration or Integration certification is preferred.
• Hands on experience specifically related to Integration of complex legacy applications.
• Experience delivering using Agile methodology.
• Strong background with Java, Gosu and open source frameworks.
• Experience with Enterprise Service Bus and middleware technologies.
• Knowledge of Dev Ops tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Sonar cube is a must.
• Ability to work independently and drive development teams to deliver tasks on time.
• Manage day to day interactions with business partners, suppliers and other technical teams
• Experience delivering Large Scale programs involving multiple vendors
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
• Coordinates delivery of work from all suppliers involved in a small scale / sub-project
• Facilitates issue resolution. Reviews and approves vendor invoices/expenditures Works with business unit to define critical business needs and arranges appropriate resources
• Is accountable for work request evaluation and authorization, development and submission of work orders, as well as review of cost estimates from the suppliers
• Is accountable for Acceptance Criteria and execution of Acceptance Testing at program level Is responsible for project level planning, monitoring and reporting on project performance Signs off on project deliverables
• Performs internal project close down; Conducts Post-Implementation Reviews Liaisons with the Application Architecture team, ISP, third parties, as necessary Performs as the team lead / supervisor, where assigned Position specific Key Tasks for
• Is responsible for the delivery of large scale projects to the business including risk, quality, and change management, system dependency touch points, schedule and financial management
• Performs as the administrative manager of retained staff including business analysts, Subject Matter Experts, and Support Services staff Position specific Key Tasks for Position
• Is responsible for the delivery of multiple projects / programs to the business including risk, quality, and change management, system dependency touch points, schedule and financial management Monitors and manages achievement of SLAs with suppliers and ISP, as they pertain to his/her respective area(s); Coordinates communication, escalation, and financial impact management, when SLAs are not met
Physical Actions
Required job duties are essentially sedentary work consisting of occasional walking, standing and lifting and/or carrying 10 lbs. maximum, and seeing.
Physical Environment
Required job duties are normally performed in a climate controlled office environment.
Education Requirements
Bachelors degree or equivalent or specific Relevant experience
Experience Requirements
Level III: 5 years in an IT environment, including 2 years in a managerial role or 1 year as a Program Manager II
Special Skill Requirement
May require occasional traveling regionally or globally Excellent written and oral communication skills in local language Able to actively take part in meetings and conferences and communicate effectively. Capable of composing reports and technical explanations.
Farmers is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of a diverse workforce.
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