IT Project Manager

About us

ERGO Technology & Services India (ET&S India) is the newest part of the ERGO Technology & Services Management the main outsourcing provider of IT for ERGO worldwide. It is backed up by ERGO an 18 Billion Euro Organization with presence in 15+ countries has a charter to provide technology services to the ERGO countries in multiple countries.

ETS India will be fueling the Digital aspirations of ERGO world in years to come. With ambitious plan to build a large offshore development centers in multiple cities of the country ETS India shall be at the forefront in developing capabilities and providing career opportunities to employees in diverse technologies across domains of Insurance.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Leading large and complex projects mainly in financial/regulatory environments by facilitating communication, coordination, planning and execution across ERGO teams and business partners.
• Planning and follow-up on assigned projects including time scheduling, cost planning, resource management, quality assurance etc.
• Ensuring project roles and responsibilities are clear, and ensure alignment across all ERGO contributors
• Collaborating with internal ERGO partners to troubleshoot project planning issues
• Facilitating design, planning and implementation workshops with internal and external stakeholders
• Managing proactively project risks and issues; developing effective mitigation/treatment plans
• Managing project meetings, schedules, milestones and delivery
• Preparing project correspondence and presentations, as needed, for status reports, executive updates, meetings, annual planning, etc
• Setup and manage project governance structure according to ERGO IT Delivery framework
• Implementation of a variety of programmes, project types as well as project phases incl. requirements elicitation or implementation of RFP / RFI phases
• Working with SCRUM teams to measure the impact of projects and ensure scalable solutions within a growing company
• Building and maintaining successful relationship with teams and business partners
• Coaching of young project managers with regard to ERGO-wide IT project management procedures
• Some travel to our European locations of ERGO may be required
• Strong track record of delivering IT projects in a large, complex environment. (7 years), especially experience in the implementation of financial and regulatory requirements in the CFO context in Group-wide systems and their integration
• Proven 7 years experience as a PM
• Completed university or technical college studies with a focus on insurance, organisation, mathematics, economics/information technology or computer science or comparable completed training in one of the aforementioned areas.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Excellent project planning, budget, scoping, costing and scheduling ability
• Ability to build and maintain business relationship with stakeholders
• Experience working with agile and classic project management methods (certifications like PMI are an advantage)
• Experience in managing distributed teams and able to work in a matrix set up
• Excellent communication and presentation skills also at management level
• Ability to work independently in an international environment
• Agile mindset & multitasking is a must
• Proactivity and can-do attitude
• Entrepreneurial thinking and leadership
• Strong resilience and conflict management skills

Behavioral Skills:

• Good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills relevant to the role.
• Willingness to learn and quickly adapt to changing requirements.
• Proactive approach to identifying issues and presenting solutions and options
• Ability to direct and guide teams as relevant