IT Project Manager (Insurance, 70k)

As an IT Project Manager, your main responsibilities will include:

• Manage and maintain project artefacts including project plans, schedules, status reports, risk and issue logs, change records, and meeting documentation.
• Develop clear and concise materials for project forums, management updates, and steering committee meetings.
• Ensure project documentation and governance requirements are consistently met and maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
• Plan and facilitate project meetings, workshops, and working sessions across business, technology, and vendor teams.
• Monitor action items, deliverables, and dependencies, proactively following up to ensure commitments are met.
• Act as a central point of coordination to ensure consistent communication, alignment, and transparency across stakeholders.
• Track delivery progress against approved schedules, milestones, and scope baselines.
• Prepare and maintain project dashboards, KPIs, and periodic status reports for management and governance bodies.
• Identify emerging risks, issues, or delivery concerns and escalate them appropriately with supporting analysis and recommendations.
• Coordinate onboarding and ongoing engagement of vendor and external resources.
• Oversee alignment of vendor deliverables with project plans and timelines.
• Support resource planning, allocation, and scheduling to enable efficient project execution.
• Maintain and manage risk and issue registers, supporting impact assessment, mitigation planning, and resolution tracking.
• Support structured change control by documenting change requests, assessing impacts, and tracking approved changes through to implementation.
• Monitor project costs, support budget tracking, and contribute to financial reporting and forecasting activities.