Project Manager II - SAFe

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

Work with development teams to successfully deliver projects within a specified timeline, budget and project plan. Coordinate resources - across organizational boundaries where necessary - to ensure timely delivery of projects and manage project scope.  Assist development team through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) where necessary, including (but not limited to) activities like acceptance testing and process facilitation, and determining suitable strategies and objectives needed to meet project goals.  Work with Product Manager/Director and customers to clarify project scope.  Maintain project stakeholders expectations to project status and updates.  Elicit, Raise/Identify and help resolve projects roadblocks from the development team to facilitate rapid delivery.  Clearly identify, document, communicate, and mitigate risks to project success.  Assist and coach Product Manager/Director in respect to refining, maintaining the product backlog and prioritization techniques.  Act as liaison to 3rd party vendors.  Coach the teams to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.

Qualifications

• SAFe experience
• BA/BS in business or technical field or equivalent work-related experience and training
• PMI and/or Scrum Master Certification a plus
• 4 years relevant project management and agile development, framework, principals, and practices
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, common diagramming tools (e.g. Visio, Lucid chart), and project/issue management tools (e.g. Project, Jira)
• Proficient with project and development lifecycles
• Ability to manage timeline, integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, communication, risks, procurement, and stakeholders as it relates to projects
• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
• Ability to lead, motivate and energize team members to accomplish project deliverables.
• Strong problem-solving ability

Occasional travel to visit with customers

Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.

Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

Verisk Businesses

Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences