IT Project Manager - Vendor and Agile Delivery

Title: IT Project Manager – Vendor & Agile Delivery

Location: 100% Remote (EST)

Duration: 18 months Contract

Type of Hire: W2 only (GC/USC)

Industry Experience: Insurance/Financial Services

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to support a critical vendor engagement within the Commercial Underwriting organization. This role will serve as the primary point of coordination between external vendors, internal development teams, and cross-functional business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery across distributed teams in a remote-first environment.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience managing enterprise IT projects, vendor relationships, Agile delivery processes, and stakeholder communication within complex environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead coordination across external vendors, internal engineering teams, business stakeholders, and leadership teams
• Drive project execution, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple workstreams
• Facilitate project meetings, status reporting, risk reviews, and stakeholder communications
• Manage vendor deliverables to ensure alignment with business, technical, quality, and security expectations

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• Track and mitigate project risks, issues, blockers, and escalations
• Maintain project documentation, action items, decisions, and knowledge-sharing processes
• Support Agile delivery activities including sprint coordination, SDLC tracking, and Jira management
• Identify operational gaps across teams and proactively drive resolution to support continuous delivery
• Collaborate effectively in a fully remote, distributed team environment

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT Project Management experience within enterprise environments
• Proven experience managing vendor or third-party integration projects
• Strong background leading cross-functional and distributed teams
• Experience working within Agile and SDLC environments
• Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices related to project delivery and integrations
• Hands-on experience with Jira and Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills

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• Ability to work independently while driving collaboration across teams

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or related project management certification
• Experience within insurance, underwriting, or financial services environments
• Familiarity with AI concepts or AI-enabled business/technology initiatives

Ideal Backgrounds:

• Enterprise IT Project Management
• Technical Program Management
• Vendor Management / Third-Party Integrations
• Insurance Technology Delivery
• Agile Project Delivery
• Underwriting Systems or Commercial Insurance Platforms