Project Manager
- Montreal, QC, Canada
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Original job description
- The client is looking for a business project manager for the L1B Underwriting delivery of the APART initiative, which modernizes the individual insurance ecosystem through a software package solution. The delivery is completing its feasibility phase, while L1A entered execution in 2026: the person will arrive as the next stages are being structured and phase gates prepared. The role combines steering and governance: contribution requests to business experts and team leads, status reporting, performance dialogue and plan follow-up, in tandem with the PCO. It also includes a support component, as the person acts in a support and coaching capacity with project teams. The baseline requirement is more than 8 years of IT project management within a recognized methodology, Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid.
- Candidate sought: a project manager with more than 8 years leading IT projects within a formal methodological framework, who has already owned status reports, governance documents and phase gates. A background in life and health insurance on projects over $10M puts the candidate at the top of the list.
Requirements
Required:
- IT project management in a structured environment with a recognized methodology (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
- Command of project management practices, methodologies and tool
- French Speaking
Asset:
- Large-scale project management: over $10M
- Project management in life and health insurance
- Agile (Scrum) management
- Experience in Insurance
- Command of English (not weighted)
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Responsibilities
Lead the L1B Underwriting delivery for the APART initiative, coordinating business experts and team leads while managing governance, status reporting, performance discussions, and plan follow-up alongside the PCO. Support and coach project teams as upcoming delivery stages and phase gates are structured.
Requirements
Requires more than eight years of IT project management experience in a structured environment using a recognized methodology such as Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid, along with strong project management practices and tools. Experience owning status reports, governance documents, and phase gates is sought; large-scale projects over $10 million and life and health insurance experience are assets.
Skills
- IT Project Management
- Project Governance
- Status Reporting
- Governance Documentation
- Phase Gate Preparation
- Project Planning
- Performance Monitoring
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Coaching
- Agile
- Waterfall
- Hybrid Methodology
- Scrum
- Life and Health Insurance
- Underwriting
- Project Management Tools
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Technology
- Finance & Accounting
- Consulting
Keywords
- APART Initiative
- L1B Underwriting
- Individual Insurance
- Insurance Ecosystem
- Software Package Solution
- IT Project Management
- Project Governance
- Status Reporting
- Governance Documents
- Phase Gates
- Project Planning
- Performance Dialogue
- Plan Follow-Up
- PCO
- Project Team Coaching
- Agile
- Waterfall
- Hybrid Methodology
- Scrum
- Life Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Large-Scale Projects
- Project Management Practices
- Project Management Tools
- Business Project Management