Job Description

Project Manager Job Description: Embrace Pet Insurance is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Project Manager to join our team. The Project Manager will lead projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, and stakeholder expectations are met. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and delivery discipline across technical and business initiatives. Key Responsibilities: • Lead project planning, scope definition, scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management to deliver projects on time and within budget. • Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, maintaining regular communication, status reporting, and escalation management. • Coordinate cross-functional teams (development, engineering, QA, vendors) to ensure alignment and remove impediments. • Manage change control, track dependencies, and ensure acceptance criteria are met for project deliverables. • Track financials and budgets, forecast resource needs, and report on cost variances and benefits realization. • Establish and maintain project documentation: plans, schedules, RAID logs (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies), meeting minutes, and lessons learned. • Facilitate project ceremonies (kickoffs, stand-ups, retrospectives, steering committee meetings) and decision-making forums. • Implement and enforce delivery processes, quality gates, and compliance requirements. • Drive continuous improvement by analyzing delivery performance and applying lessons learned. • Proven experience managing medium-to-large projects in IT, software delivery, or business transformation. Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills • Experience leading and managing several teams