Job Description
We are Hiring
PROJECT MANAGER - IT
Sri Lanka Insurance General is backed by decades of industry expertise and the country's most experienced insurance sector technical knowledge base. Join a team of highly qualified and most experienced professionals in the country to experience unparalleled opportunities for career growth and personal development opportunities within a performance-driven culture.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Plan and manage IT projects from initiation to completion within approved scope, budget, timelines and quality standards.
- Develop project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, resources and risk management plans.
- Coordinate business requirements and ensure alignment between business needs and IT solutions.
- Manage insurance-related IT projects including system upgrades, digital transformation, integrations, infrastructure and application development.
- Coordinate IT teams, business users, vendors and consultants to ensure timely delivery.
- Monitor and manage project risks, issues, changes, dependencies and escalations.
- Oversee development, testing, UAT, training, implementation and post-implementation support.
- Manage vendors, contracts, service levels, budgets and procurement activities.
- Maintain project documentation and ensure compliance with IT governance, security, data protection and internal controls.
- Coordinate go-live, business continuity, backup and disaster recovery arrangements, and ensure successful project closure.
Qualifications & Pre-requisites
- Degree/Special Degree / Professional Qualification or Equivalent related to the functional area from a recognized university.
- Minimum 3 years’ IT experience, including experience in managing or coordinating IT projects including 1-2 years experience in similar capacity.
- Professional project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile/Scrum is an added advantage.
- Strong knowledge of project management, governance, risk, change and stakeholder management.
- Good understanding of SDLC, system integration, databases, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity and IT service management.
- Knowledge of insurance processes such as underwriting, claims, finance, reinsurance and digital services is an added advantage.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, negotiation and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with business users, IT teams, management and external vendors.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities while maintaining proper controls and documentation.
- Ability to prepare business cases, project proposals, reports, schedules, management papers and presentations.
- Age should be below 35 years.
If you meet the above qualifications and experience, please email your CV along with the names of two non-related referees to jobs@srilankainsurance.com within 7 days of this advertisement. Kindly mention the post applied for in the subject line of your email.