Senior Project Manager Life & Annuities

Summary: The Senior Project Manager for Life & Annuity Solutions will lead the delivery of complex digital initiatives, managing cross-functional teams to ensure timely and budget-compliant project execution. This role requires a hybrid approach, combining project management and solution architecture to align business needs with technical solutions. Regular travel to the Pennsylvania office is mandatory for stakeholder engagement and project milestones. The position is remote but involves significant collaboration with various teams and vendors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex Life & Annuity digital initiatives, including policyholder, agent, and servicing portals, from concept through production and post-launch stabilization.
• Manage cross-functional project teams spanning business stakeholders, solution architects, development, QA, vendor partners, and operations to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Serve as a hybrid Project Manager and Solution Architecture partner, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Successfully plan and execute implementations of vendor platforms (including Sureify) as well as highly customized, insurer-specific solutions.
• Oversee Sureify portal implementations, including configuration, customization, data integration, user experience alignment, and coordination with Sureify product and technical teams.
• Drive requirements definition, solution design reviews, integration strategy, and implementation planning for core systems, policy admin systems, CRM, document management, and third-party services.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, risk registers, and dependency tracking across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Actively manage scope, schedule, budget, and resource allocation while proactively identifying and mitigating delivery risks and issues.
• Facilitate executive-level and steering committee communications, providing clear status reporting, decision support, and issue escalation.
• Coordinate system integrations and data flows across internal platforms and external vendors, ensuring security, compliance, and performance standards are met.
• Lead vendor selection, contract execution support, and ongoing vendor performance management.
• Partner with business leaders to align digital transformation initiatives with strategic objectives, regulatory requirements, and customer experience goals.
• Support change management activities, including stakeholder readiness, training coordination, and production rollout planning.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, Agile, or hybrid delivery methodologies and promote continuous improvement in delivery practices.
• Travel regularly to Pittsburgh to support on-site project execution, stakeholder engagement, and critical delivery milestones.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience in project management and solution architecture within the Life & Annuity sector.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage cross-functional teams.
• Expertise in digital transformation initiatives and vendor platform implementations.
• Knowledge of SDLC, Agile, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to develop detailed project plans and manage risks effectively.
• Experience with data integration and system coordination.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements in the insurance industry.
• Willingness to travel regularly to support project execution.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Pittsburgh

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other