Agile Portfolio Manager Insurance Industry

• Develop agile delivery best practices and collaborate with project managers and business stakeholders to maintaining standards for project management and embed good agile delivery principles
• Evaluate delivery processes and practices to find and support the best ways of delivery for the business

People goals

Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with diverse leaders

• Proven experience managing effective programmes in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and/or other agile delivery
• Strong ability to design and implement dashboards; ability to analyze data and present it in a way that tells a story
• Comfortable with ambiguity, can handle the unexpected with flexibility
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to work with a collaborative approach and build trust with others
• Negotiation skills
• Analytical skills
• Microsoft Office skills
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Planning and organizing skills
• Conflict management skills

Competencies & Behaviours

Actively live the company values

• Analytical thinker
• Self-Starter
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Customer/ Stakeholder commitment
• Drive for results
• Collaboration
• Impact and Influence
• Exploring possibilities
• Making decisions
• Managing tasks
• Developing strategies
• Resolving conflict
• Articulating information
• Meeting timelines

Experience and Qualifications

Qualifications

• Relevant B-degree or Diploma (essential)
• Relevant M-degree (desirable)
• Relevant Project Management Certification (desirable)
• Knowledge of relevant Project Management software and tools
• Knowledge of Project Management lifecycle, from conception to close-out
• Knowledge of agile methodology
• Knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Knowledge of products administered by the business unit will be an advantage

Experience

• 7+ years’ experience in a dedicated project management position (essential)
• Experience with managing large-scale programmes from conceptualization to close-out (essential)
• Experience with managing a portfolio of work
• 3 – 5 years in a senior management position (desirable)
• Business experience – understanding of business and business processes
• Proficient understanding of the Insurance industry

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