Project Manager

Clarus

$80K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in project management, IT delivery, consulting, or related roles
  • Experience managing projects with cross-functional teams
  • Familiarity with agile and/or hybrid delivery methodologies
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Effective communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field

Responsibilities

  • Manage assigned projects within the insurance and enterprise transformation portfolio
  • Develop project plans, schedules, and milestone tracking
  • Coordinate daily execution with stakeholders, technology teams, and vendors
  • Facilitate project meetings and document actions
  • Track and report on project progress, risks, and issues
  • Support agile delivery activities including sprint coordination
  • Assist with vendor coordination and contractual obligations
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to support integrated solutions
  • Prepare project updates and communication materials
  • Ensure project documentation meets PMO standards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Basic life insurance at no cost
  • Company paid short-term and long-term disability
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Personal paid time off
  • Paid holidays and wellness days off
  • Paid volunteer time off
  • Pet friendly office environment
  • Commuter benefits
  • Group pet insurance
  • On the job training and skills development
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Full Job Description

Job Summary

Independence Pet Holdings (IPH) is seeking aprojectfocused, organized, and collaborative Project Managerto support enterprise initiatives tied to business process optimization and modernization of core insurance and enterprise technology platforms.

The Project Manager willbe responsible formanaging defined projects or workstreams, coordinating activities across business, technology, and vendor teams, and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and withappropriate qualitycontrols. This role is ideal for ahandsondelivery professional looking to grow within atransformationfocusedorganization while working alongside experienced program leaders.

Job Location

Remote or Hybrid 6 Chicago, IL

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage assigned projects or initiative workstreams within IPH9s insurance and enterprise transformation portfolio
  • Develop andmaintainproject plans, schedules, milestones, and dependency tracking
  • Coordinatedaytodayexecution across business stakeholders, technology teams, and external vendors
  • Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and status reviews; document actions and follow through to completion
  • Track and report project progress, risks, issues, and dependencies with clear recommendations andtimelyescalation
  • Support agile delivery activities, including sprint coordination, planning events, and delivery tracking, as applicable
  • Assistwith vendor coordination, including deliverable tracking, invoice validation, and support of contractual obligations
  • Collaborate with architecture, security, data, and platform teams to support integrated solution delivery
  • Support change management and communication efforts by preparing project updates,delivering new workflow & process guidance, project updates,status reports, and stakeholder materials
  • Ensure project documentation isaccurate, current, and aligned with PMO standards

Qualifications

  • 3+yearsof experience in project management, IT delivery, consulting, or related roles
  • Demonstrated experience managing projects involvingcrossfunctionalbusiness and technology teams
  • Workingexperience andknowledge of agile and/or hybrid delivery methodologies
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills with attention to detail andfollowthrough
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in afastpacedenvironment
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills, with comfort interacting with both technical andnontechnicalstakeholders
  • Bachelor9s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries
  • Exposure to insurance or transactional systems (policy administration, billing, claims, customer servicing)
  • Agile, PMP, or CAPM certification (or progress toward certification)
  • Experience working in a matrixed or global organization

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All of our jobs come with great benefits including healthcare, parental leave and opportunities for career advancements. Some offerings are dependent upon the location of where you work and can include the following:

  • Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance

  • Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee

  • Company paid short-term and long-term disability

  • 12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave

  • Health Savings Account (HSA)

  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

  • Retirement savings plan

  • Personal Paid Time Off

  • Paid holidays and company-wide Wellness Day off

  • Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations

  • Pet friendly office environment

  • Commuter Benefits

  • Group Pet Insurance

  • On the job training and skills development

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

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