Project Manager

Birlasoft; Woodbridge Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Birlasoft is seeking an experienced Project Manager with strong Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance domain expertise to lead technology implementations in Iselin, New Jersey. This is a hybrid role with three days per week on client site.

You will own end-to-end delivery across policy administration, underwriting, claims, billing, and product and rating, coordinating with business and IT leaders, SI partners, and distributed delivery teams to ensure predictable, high-quality results.

Qualifications

• 12 to 15+ years of IT experience.
• 5+ years of project management within Property & Casualty Insurance.
• Experience delivering insurance technology implementations, modernization, or transformations.
• Strong client-facing and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project delivery including scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, and quality.
• Lead large-scale P&C insurance implementations, modernization, upgrades, enhancements, and transformation initiatives.
• Drive project planning, sprint execution, milestone tracking, dependency management, and release management.
• Establish and maintain project governance, RAID logs, delivery metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate business, functional, technical, QA, data, integration, DevOps, and infrastructure workstreams.
• Manage Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Partner with stakeholders across policy administration, underwriting, claims, billing, renewals, product/rating, and agent/broker distribution.
• Serve as a key on-site client-facing point of contact for business, IT, and leadership stakeholders.
• Lead steering committees, governance meetings, status reviews, and executive-level communications.
• Coordinate cross-functional, offshore/nearshore, and multi-vendor teams.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, escalations, and mitigation plans.
• Oversee testing governance, defect management, UAT readiness, production readiness, cutover, deployment, and post-production support.
• Track project financials, including budget, actuals, burn rate, resource utilization, and forecasts.
• Manage scope changes and support commercial/vendor discussions as required.

Skills

Project management

P&C Insurance domain

Stakeholder management

Client-facing

Agile/Scrum/Waterfall

Jira/Confluence/Azure DevOps

MS Project

Release management

Vendor management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with strong Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance domain expertise to lead complex technology implementation, modernization, and transformation initiatives for a leading client in Iselin, New Jersey.

Work Model: Hybrid, its 3 days/week from the client office in Iselin, NJ (Mandatory)

Experience: 12 to 15+ years of overall IT experience

P&C Insurance Experience: 5+ years managing projects/programs in the P&C insurance domain

As a P&C Insurance Project Manager, you will own the end-to-end delivery of technology programs across core insurance functions, including Policy Administration, Underwriting, Claims, Billing, Product & Rating, Integrations, Data Migration, and Digital Transformation.

You will work closely with client business and IT leadership, system integrators, vendors, and geographically distributed delivery teams to ensure predictable, high-quality, and cost-effective project delivery.

• Own end-to-end project/program delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, and quality.
• Lead large-scale P&C insurance implementations, modernization, upgrades, enhancements, and transformation initiatives.
• Drive project planning, sprint execution, milestone tracking, dependency management, and release management.
• Establish and maintain project governance, RAID logs, delivery metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate business, functional, technical, QA, data, integration, DevOps, and infrastructure workstreams.
• Manage Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Partner with stakeholders across policy administration, underwriting, claims, billing, renewals, product/rating, and agent/broker distribution.
• Serve as a key on-site client-facing point of contact for business, IT, and leadership stakeholders.
• Lead steering committees, governance meetings, status reviews, and executive-level communications.
• Coordinate cross-functional, offshore/nearshore, and multi-vendor teams.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, escalations, and mitigation plans.
• Oversee testing governance, defect management, UAT readiness, production readiness, cutover, deployment, and post-production support.
• Track project financials, including budget, actuals, burn rate, resource utilization, and forecasts.
• Manage scope changes and support commercial/vendor discussions as required.

12 to 15+ years of overall IT experience

5+ years of project/program management experience within Property & Casualty Insurance

Strong understanding of the P&C insurance lifecycle

Experience delivering insurance technology implementation, modernization, enhancement, or transformation programs

Strong knowledge of Policy Administration, Underwriting, Claims, Billing, and Renewals

Experience with integrations, data migration/conversion, and enterprise system dependencies

Proven experience managing cross-functional, geographically distributed, and multi-vendor teams

Strong client-facing, stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation skills

Experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, or similar tools

Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum/Waterfall or hybrid delivery models

Preferred / Good to Have

• Experience with **Guidewire InsuranceSuite

About Birlasoft

Birlasoft combines deep domain expertise, enterprise technologies, and digital innovation to help organizations reimagine business processes and accelerate transformation. As part of the CK Birla Group, Birlasoft's 12,500+ professionals continue a 162-year legacy of innovation and excellence.