Own budget and commercial health
Manage delivery to the fixed schedule including tracking hours used, estimate to complete, estimate at completion and variance reporting.
Forecast overruns early and bring the Sr. Director a recommendation, not just a number.
Maintain the SOW assumptions baseline, identify change-order triggers, and draft and negotiate change orders with the carrier.
Manage risk and dependencies
Own the RAID log and the query log of open carrier questions; review weekly and drive aging items to closure.
Anticipate cross-workstream and client-side risks and dependencies and develop mitigation plans before they block delivery.
Escalate early and clearly when a risk threatens milestones, budget or the relationship.
Coach others on the team in issue management.
Own reporting, documentation and metrics
Produce the weekly internal briefing and manage content for client-facing status deck, with objective Schedule, Scope, Quality and Budget ratings.
Track decisions and action items through to closure.
Own detailed program documentation and dashboards.
Establish and refine program success metrics and run post-launch evaluations.
Tailor communication to each audience, from unit leads to executives.
Lead the client relationship day-to-day
Serve as the primary delivery counterpart to the carrier's program and project leads, running weekly status meetings and providing detailed metrics for Sr. Director managed steering committees.
Build trust with carrier program and project stakeholders and spot expansion opportunities for the Sr. Director.
Coordinate across Sureify
Drive collaboration across multiple internal and external teams, aligning Scrum Masters, BAs, engineering, QA and support around shared milestones.
Route base-product gaps to Product and track them as program dependencies.
Manage third-party integration vendors and their timelines.
Drive quality through go-live
Own acceptance gate readiness, UAT planning, migration readiness, cutover and hypercare.
Recommend go/no-go decisions and run a clean handoff into managed services.
What you bring
6 to 10 years of project delivery experience in SaaS or insurtech, including complex client engagements.
A track record of leading multi-year engagements valued at up to $10M, with direct accountability for budget, margin-relevant hours and change orders.
Experience running 2 or more concurrent workstreams (for example configuration, integrations, data migration and vendor deliverables) under one integrated plan.
Strong financial management: work-order or SOW budget tracking, estimate-to-complete forecasting and variance reporting on fixed-price and time-and-materials contracts.
Skill in scope and change control, including identifying the need for change orders with Sureify leadership.
Experience working with Agile delivery teams and Scrum Masters and bridging sprint-level progress to program-level milestones.
Communication tailored to every audience, from unit leads to executives: clear status reporting, steering committee facilitation and calm escalation.
Proven ownership of RAID management, UAT, cutover and go-live for enterprise software implementations.
Working knowledge of Jira or similar delivery tooling.
Experience establishing success metrics and running post-launch evaluations.
PMP or equivalent certification preferred; Agile certification (CSM or SAFe) recommended.
Nice to have
Deep knowledge of an enterprise insurance SaaS platform, with the confidence to guide technical tradeoffs.
Experience in life insurance, annuities or broader financial services, especially digital new business, e-application, underwriting or policy administration.
Familiarity with carrier systems of record, ACORD standards (such as TC103), and e-signature and forms workflows.
Experience delivering platform upgrades or legacy-to-modern migrations for enterprise clients.
Comfort using AI-assisted delivery tools for status reporting, meeting notes and risk tracking.
Base annual salary
$155,000—$180,000 USD
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