Project Manager

Clarus

$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of project management experience in IT delivery, consulting, or related roles.
  • Proven experience coordinating cross-functional teams.
  • Familiarity with agile or hybrid methodologies.
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills, with a focus on detail.
  • Ability to juggle multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
  • Adept at communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Manage projects within IPH's insurance and enterprise transformation portfolio.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and milestones.
  • Coordinate day-to-day execution across business, technology, and vendor teams.
  • Facilitate meetings and document actions for follow-through.
  • Track project progress, risks, and issues, providing recommendations.
  • Support agile activities, including sprint coordination and planning events.
  • Assist with vendor coordination and deliverables tracking.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive full medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Basic life insurance provided at no cost to employees.
  • Company-paid short-term and long-term disability.
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave at 100%.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) available.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) offered.
  • Retirement savings plan included.
  • Personal Paid Time Off (PTO) provided.
  • Paid holidays and Wellness Day off.
  • Volunteering paid time off.
  • Pet-friendly office environment.
  • Commuter benefits available.
  • Group pet insurance offered.
  • On-the-job training and skills development programs.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provided.
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
  • Coordinateday 6to 6dayexecution 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 involvingcross 6functionalbusiness and technology teams
  • Workingexperience andknowledge of agile and/or hybrid delivery methodologies
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills with attention to detail andfollow 6through
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in afast 6pacedenvironment
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills, with comfort interacting with both technical andnon 6technicalstakeholders
  • 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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