Remote PM - Life & Annuity Mergers & Ops

Eliassen Group; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 103,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) with match

Sick time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager with Life & Annuity and Service Operations to support a large-scale merger planning and integration initiative.

This role partners with business and operational stakeholders to drive strategic planning, operational readiness, process alignment, and execution across life insurance and annuity operations. Strong PM leadership and insurance domain knowledge are required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Project Management experience leading large-scale transformations.
• Direct experience within Life Insurance and/or Annuity operations.
• Strong understanding of insurance service operations and policy administration.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, or organizational change.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
• Strong proficiency with PM methodologies, tools, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate merger planning activities across life insurance, annuity, and service operations functions.
• Partner with business leaders, operations teams, and project stakeholders to define integration strategies, priorities, and timelines.
• Drive project governance, status reporting, risk management, issue resolution, and executive communications.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops and planning sessions to identify operational impacts, dependencies, and integration opportunities.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, and critical path activities to ensure successful execution.
• Support operating model assessments, process harmonization efforts, and organizational readiness planning.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, meeting cadences, action-item tracking, and stakeholder communications.
• Collaborate with business, technology, compliance, and operational teams to ensure alignment throughout the integration process.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies to support successful business outcomes.

Skills

Project management

Life insurance ops

Stakeholder comms

Governance

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager with Life & Annuity and Service Operations to support a large-scale merger planning and integration initiative.

This role partners with business and operational stakeholders to drive strategic planning, operational readiness, process alignment, and execution across life insurance and annuity operations. Strong PM leadership and insurance domain knowledge are required.