Munich Re is one of the world’s largest reinsurers providing solutions for complex risks to 40 million clients in over 30 countries.

Munich Re Automation Solutions are the market leader in providing new business processing and underwriting automation solutions to the life insurance industry. The Automation Solutions division of Munich Re delivers exceptional solution-based expertise that enables straight through processing (STP), increases sales and reduces costs for life insurers worldwide.

Munich Re Automation Solutions have enabled STP and “instant issue” for insurers and banks globally, who are now able to auto-assess the majority of new applications at the point of sale for a variety of life insurance products across the full spectrum of distribution channels. This has been accompanied by a significant reduction in new business acquisition costs.

Headquartered in Dublin Ireland, the Automation Solutions division of Munich Re also has offices in Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore and Chicago.

Overall Purpose

The IT Project Manager will work across multiple departments, from an Agile engineering organisation, Product department, business teams to Legal department, and everything in between, planning, tracking, driving & facilitating the delivery of mission critical projects.

Responsibilities

 

  • Drive the execution of digital business opportunities and solutions together with the business stakeholders with the background of organisational change and transformation
  • Plan projects in cooperation with various IT/Biz units and the clients and stakeholders
  • Working with the Tech lead and Product Owner to provide leadership to the cross functional project team
  • Manage project scope in conjunction with the product owner & sponsor.
  • Ensure that projects are delivered in a quality manner, on time and within budget.
  • Agile project plans are developed with appropriate milestones and interdependencies are noted and tracked. Be an advocate for the agile mindset and continuous improvement.
  • Manage external providers in accordance with contractual agreements.
  • Manage, track and resolve project issues & risk.
  • Facilitate workshops / review meetings / core team meetings / Agile ceremonies with the product owner
  • Identify and ensure that all PM processes and procedures are completed, quality standards are met: Create a project document library (to manage schedules, budgets, registers, progress reports, change requests, close outs etc.)
  • Track & managing project budgets
  • Review agile teams’ progress with product managers/sponsors, including sprint plans, burndown charts, epics and user story execution and milestone achievements
    • Timely reporting and tracking across teams, and making statuses public/visible
    • Facilitate the creation and maintenance of a public and living project tracking process with the PMO to promote transparency.
    • Identify any other key KPI’s to be reported on for each project
    • Data - Ensure that projects goals include as a priority, data security, improved data access and reporting

 

Education

  • Hands-on project management experience – 4+ years
  • PM Qualification such as PMP/ Prince2 etc a plus
  • Agile/Scrum master training/qualification/certification/experience

Technical / Professional Skills

  • Deep understanding of IT project management

·       Agile methodology qualifications and/or experience (inc Agile ceremonies, artefacts etc)

·       Pro-active, professional, articulate, and reliable with strong communication skills including the ability to engage independently with multiple stakeholders within MRAS

·       Commercial and financially literate with a good understanding of budgeting, cost control and ROI.

·       Data Literate - Able to synthesize data and analytics to formulate sound project objectives and goals

·       Experience of AHA, JIRA, Tempo, Azure Dev Ops reporting, or other similar tracking tools is desirable

·       Expertise in planning through MS project or other tools

·       Strong PowerPoint skills

 

Learn more at: www.munichre.com/automation-solutions.

MRAS celebrates diversity and is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion within the recruitment process and throughout the workplace. We thrive to create a workplace that is enriched by including the full diversity of society including race, ethnicity, gender, age, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and culture and welcome applications from members of these communities.


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These candidates include those but are not limited to, those with disabilities, people with long term conditions, neurodiverse candidates, those with caring responsibilities, expecting parents or who require pregnancy-related support.

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