- Senior
- Bureau à Jersey City
Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) is one of the world’s leading providers of legacy reinsurance solutions. They work with the world’s leading insurance companies to help them execute comprehensive, transformational solutions for legacy Life & Annuity and P&C lines. Fortitude Re manages a general account of approximately $111 billion across life, annuity, and property & casualty insurance products. The company takes a long-term view on growth and is proud to be backed by a consortium of sophisticated institutional investors led by The Carlyle Group and T&D Insurance Group. Incorporated under the laws of Bermuda on January 1, 2017, Fortitude Re’s roots in the insurance industry and the experience of their leadership go back many decades. Fortitude Re’s leadership team has an average industry tenure of over 20 years, and an impressive track record of successfully managing the most complex legacy liabilities. Their deep insurance experience and proprietary risk modeling capabilities allow them to structure bespoke transactions that benefit both insurance companies and their policyholders. Fortitude Re continues to strengthen its ability to pursue further growth and provide innovative solutions for the global insurance industry. Click here for more information about Fortitude Re.
Position Summary
The AVP, Project Manager oversees and directs the strategy for the planning, execution and implementation of projects. Facilitate across a multi-disciplinary team with a key focus on program delivery, risk monitoring, scope management, budgetary tracking and management reporting.
What You Will Do:
- Manage project roadmap that documents key milestones, timeline, and areas of risk across a given portfolio.
- Provide transparency to stakeholders into progress towards project goals.
- Ensure comprehensive documentation of requirements and project assumptions are established.
- Liaise with product owners and risk and control partners on review and approval of content impacting a project.
- Enable appropriate escalation of any item that may impact timely delivery or cause a change to the agreed scope of project.
- Develop senior management program dashboards that articulate project status and timeline.
- Collaborate with business partners and project stakeholders to gain commitment on project milestones.
- Develop and measure goals and metrics that align the PMO charter with the goals of Fortitude-Re.
What You Will Have:
- Bachelor's degree; PMP encouraged.
- 7+ years of experience of process improvement, business analysis, product management and/or project management experience.
- Self-starter with proven ability to manage delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives.
- Ability to identify problems and provide a path for solution or escalation.
- Proven experience developing partnerships with and successfully coordinating across various stakeholders, including senior leaders and executives.
- Strong listening and verbal/written communications with ability to tailor message to audience.
- Ability to work independently, proactively and possess a strong sense of accountability/ownership.
- Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from team members, stakeholders, and peers.
- Demonstrated team-building skills with both technical and non-technical teams.
- Proven experience leading experienced project managers and developing junior resources.
- Eagerness to learn the business and understand detailed technical requirements.
- Ability to use desktop tools to develop presentations for senior management.
- Proficiency with a project management tool; Wrike preferred.
- Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project and SharePoint.
The base salary range for this role is listed below and will be commensurate with candidate experience. Pay ranges for candidates may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. In addition to base salary, all employees are eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual performance as well as a generous benefits package.
At Fortitude Re, our strength has always come from our people. Our success is deeply rooted in our ability to embrace the unique attributes, perspectives and experiences of every individual within our company. Fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging where everyone—regardless of background, race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity—feels valued and respected is a foundation of our culture.
We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, diversity of thought and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
To all recruitment agencies: Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Fortitude Re, please do not forward any resumes to Fortitude Re employees. Fortitude Re is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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