Project Manager II

Lead Agile development projects independently with minimal assistance or lead sub-projects with guidance from a Portfolio Manager.

Projects must meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality.

This role is based in our Jersey City, NJ global headquarters which has a flexible hybrid work model.

Project Management

• Serves as project leader of standing agile teams who work across the Data organization from data-engineering, BI, Analytics teams through all functional / shared service areas to plan, coordinate, and execute value delivery of various business and technical initiatives; manages dependencies across teams as needed for successful delivery of cross-team initiatives.

• Manages planning, estimation, and delivery of analytic and technology delivery projects using practices outlined by the ISO Data operations management team

• Drives technology initiative planning and estimation of all sizes, tracking of key milestones and deliverables, and ensures effective communications of projects with stakeholders in ISO including business partners and technology.

Effectively manages expectations of all stakeholders on milestones and deliverables using data where appropriate.

• Works closely with product owners to ensure the team strives to achieve shared understanding of deliverables' scope from the project / release planning level to work item level in the teams' product backlogs.

Also ensures a healthy product backlog that is continuously being refined and prioritized through collaboration with our business partners.

• Leads and oversees data release planning - ensures smooth planning, collaboration, communication, and execution of UAT and Production application deployments of value to customers and users.

• Effectively manages, plans for, and mitigates risk to projects; relentlessly tracks down resolutions to critical issues or escalates when necessary.

• Works with teams to ensure data operations organizational standards, tools, and best practices are implemented appropriately such as status reporting, KPIs and metrics, operational processes, time reporting, project reporting, and team level annual budgeting.

• Where engaged in programs, collaborates with project and portfolio management colleagues in the business to coordinate and effectively manage development deliverable timelines, risks, and issues across the broader organization to manage other non-tech workstreams needed for successful delivery of value to our customers.

Agile & Scrum

• Works with other leaders in data operations, and actuarial to create an environment that encourages team growth, a culture of continuous improvement, and leads teams to towards high levels of performance and delivery excellence.

• Coaches and guides teams on the importance of agile values and principles to build culture of self-organization, collaboration, empowerment, transpa...