Program Manager – Insurance

Connect Tech+Talent; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Tech+Talent in Pennsylvania seeks an experienced Insurance Program Manager to lead and manage complex technology and business transformation programs for a leading insurance organization. Hybrid work arrangement requires 2–3 days onsite per week.

The ideal candidate will have deep insurance domain expertise, outstanding program management capabilities, and a proven track record guiding large cross-functional initiatives across business, technology, product, operations, and vendors.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in program/project management for large enterprise programs.
• Strong insurance industry experience, P&C preferred.
• Understanding of policy, claims, billing, underwriting, and customer/agent operations.
• Experience managing large, cross-functional technology programs.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication.
• Experience with Agile or Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Must be able to travel/commute to Pennsylvania, 2–3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex programs within the insurance domain.
• Manage program roadmaps, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate across business, technology, product, operations, and vendor teams.
• Partner with senior leadership and business stakeholders to drive program priorities and strategic objectives.
• Manage multiple projects and workstreams while ensuring alignment with overall program goals.
• Identify risks and delivery challenges and proactively drive mitigation and resolution.
• Provide executive-level program reporting, status updates, and governance.
• Drive stakeholder alignment across geographically distributed teams and third-party partners.
• Support transformation, modernization, and technology implementation initiatives.

Skills

Program management

Insurance domain knowledge

Stakeholder management

Agile/Waterfall

Vendor management

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Hybrid – Must be able to work onsite, Pennsylvania, USA, 2–3 days per week

Experience: 10+ years preferred

Visa: USC, GC, GC-EAD, H4- EAD

Contract

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Insurance Program Manager to lead and manage complex technology and business transformation programs for a leading insurance organization. The ideal candidate will have strong insurance domain expertise, excellent program management capabilities, and experience managing large-scale, cross-functional initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex programs within the insurance domain.
• Manage program roadmaps, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate across business, technology, product, operations, and vendor teams.
• Partner with senior leadership and business stakeholders to drive program priorities and strategic objectives.
• Manage multiple projects and workstreams while ensuring alignment with overall program goals.
• Identify risks and delivery challenges and proactively drive mitigation and resolution.
• Provide executive-level program reporting, status updates, and governance.
• Drive stakeholder alignment across geographically distributed teams and third-party partners.
• Support transformation, modernization, and technology implementation initiatives.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of experience in Program/Project Management, preferably managing large enterprise programs.
• Strong experience in the Insurance industry; Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance experience is highly preferred.
• Good understanding of insurance business processes such as Policy, Claims, Billing, Underwriting, and Customer/Agent operations.
• Proven experience managing large, complex, cross-functional technology programs.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Strong experience with Agile and/or Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple vendors, teams, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• PMP, SAFe, Scrum, or similar certifications are a plus.
• Must be able to travel/commute to Pennsylvania, 2–3 days per week.