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Agile Project Lead

2 months ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Definity Full time
About Us

At Definity, we're committed to making insurance better for everyone. We're a company that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we're actively seeking talented individuals to join our team.

We offer a range of benefits to support our employees' well-being and career growth, including:

  • Hybrid work schedule for most roles
  • Company share ownership program
  • Pension and savings programs, with company-matched RRSP contributions
  • Paid volunteer days and company matching on charitable donations
  • Educational resources, tuition assistance, and paid time off to study for exams
  • Focus on inclusion with employee groups, support for gender affirmation surgery, access to BIPOC counsellors, access to programs for working parents
  • Wellness and recognition programs
  • Discounts on products and services

Our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive work environment. If you're passionate about making a difference in the insurance industry, we encourage you to apply.

As a Project Manager at Definity, you'll have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects that align with our company's goals and values. You'll be responsible for leading cross-functional teams, managing project timelines and budgets, and ensuring that project goals are met with high quality.

Some of the key responsibilities of this role include:

  • Defining project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
  • Developing full-scale project plans and associated communication documents
  • Managing the delivery and governance of projects, including IT solutions, to agreed success factors and KPIs
  • Creating and presenting status messaging to a variety of stakeholders, including senior leaders and C-suite executives
  • Ability to simplify technical complex processes into simple business language
  • Expert knowledge and experience with Project Management tools, including Jira/Confluence and Microsoft Project
  • Responsible for development of an Integrated Project/Sprint Plan and successful delivery of confirmed scope on time and on budget
  • Collaborating with Technology Leads, Developers, QE Leads, and DevOps to mitigate risks and develop solution options for issues, reporting back to Leaders
  • Management and understanding of project financials
  • Proactively managing risks, issues, and change to support teams and ensure successful project and delivery of backlog items
  • Facilitating daily standups, scrum of scrums, product owner synchronization, sprint planning, sprint review, sprint refinements, sprint demos, and sprint retrospectives
  • Working closely with the Product Owner to ensure the backlog is well-maintained and prioritized for maximum delivery
  • Participating in prioritization meetings and quarterly planning to understand pricing priorities and the tie back to business plan to effectively manage multiple streams of work at one time
  • Providing technical guidance and support to the team, leveraging your understanding of software development lifecycle, practices, and tools
  • Ensuring the development team is practicing the core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
  • Identifying and managing risks/issues, impediments, and blockers by engaging the required team(s) to remove the blockers/impediments and manage the resolution of the same
  • Coaching the team to focus on productivity and effective delivery with highest quality while adhering to Agile practices
  • Engaging cross-functional teams on interdependent stories, managing dependencies to remove obstacles, and ensuring successful delivery
  • Reporting on teams' velocity, capacity, blockers, and impediments
  • Building a trusting and safe environment where problems/issues are addressed in a timely and effective manner
  • Effectively communicating project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
  • Liaising with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis
  • Estimating the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals, planning and scheduling project timelines and milestones
  • Ensuring project deliverables meet quality standards and are completed on time and within budget
  • Promoting continuous improvement practices within the team, encouraging experimentation and innovation to improve project outcomes

We're looking for a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager to join our team. If you have a proven track record of successfully managing projects from inception to completion, using Agile principles and practices, we encourage you to apply.

Some of the key qualifications for this role include:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, or related field
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or similar Agile certification required (Scaled Agile – SAFe certified)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) required
  • Over 5 years of Project Management and Technical Delivery experience, with an emphasis on governance, communication, risk management, financial management, and stakeholder management
  • Demonstrated experience in Agile methodologies, with a deep understanding of Agile principles, frameworks, and tools
  • Experience working in the Property and Casualty Insurance industry for a minimum of 3 years
  • Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and guide teams to achieve project goals
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders
  • Ability to influence and effectively negotiate with stakeholders and vendors
  • Exceptional planning, organizational, prioritization, and presentation skills
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
  • Proficient in project management tools, methodologies, and best practices
  • Team-oriented
  • Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices
  • Prior technical background as a software developer or engineer is a plus
  • Experienced with Guidewire Cloud platform (Policy Center, Billing Center & Claims Center) is an asset
  • Demonstrated stakeholder engagement and management
  • Understands business needs and guides scrum team to deliver on appropriate epics and stories
  • Experienced in working on Insurance programs with multiple delivery streams
  • Must be able to demonstrate the ability to relay complex technical concepts and solutions to business partners and stakeholders
  • Experienced in working across Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, and other methodologies
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction