Project Manager

Overview: Tek Ninjas is a global software consulting and digital services company built for speed, scale, and innovation, headquartered in Carrollton, Texas.

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Springfield, MA 1111

Duration: 12 months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Job Description:

Mandatory skills:

• 8+ years of project management experience delivering technology programs; insurance domain experience required. Strong understanding of insurance products and operations. Demonstrated success managing cross-functional delivery with multiple workstreams and vendor/onshore/offshore teams. Strong governance discipline (RAID, action/decision logs, dependency management) and ability to operate with minimal direction. Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to produce concise, leadership-ready updates. Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methods; comfort operating in ambiguity and evolving priorities.
• Highly proactive and action-oriented; does not require repeated follow-ups. Owns outcomes end-to-end and escalates risks early with options and recommendations. Strong stakeholder presence; communicates clearly, calmly, and consistently. Disciplined progress reporting and transparent status; no surprises.
• Preferred tools exposure - Jira, Confluence (or equivalent backlog/documentation tools), MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent planning tools, Microsoft Teams and standard collaboration tools.
• Lead day-to-day delivery for the Worksite program by driving schedule, governance, and cross-functional execution. This role requires strong stakeholder management, proactive risk and dependency handling, and crisp reporting.
• The ideal candidate is a self-directed, action-oriented project leader who creates clarity, removes blockers, and keeps teams accountable.
• Own and maintain the integrated delivery plan (milestones, dependencies, sprint/release calendar, and key deliverables).
• Run delivery governance: workstream syncs, RAID management, decision and action tracking, and release readiness cadence.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies; drive mitigation plans and escalations with recommended actions.
• Coordinate across product, business, engineering, QA, and environment/release teams to ensure aligned execution.
• Manage scope alignment and change control by documenting impacts to timeline, cost, and deliverables.
• Produce executive-ready status reporting (weekly status, milestones, KPIs, forward look, and support requests).
• Facilitate stakeholder communications and ensure timely decisions to avoid delivery delays.
• Support cutover and go-live planning (readiness checklists, runbook coordination, and go/no-go inputs).

Minimum years of experience

• 10 years

About TekNinjas

TekNinjas is a global IT staffing partner placing skilled professionals with leading enterprises and system integrators across the US, Canada, UK, India, and the EU. We focus on the right fit - not just the fast fill - and stay engaged with our consultants well beyond the start date.

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TekNinjas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.