Application Delivery Lead

Application Delivery Lead Location Hybrid remote in Schaumburg, IL :

Zurich North America is currently hiring an Application Delivery Lead and this person will report to a Project Leader Manager II, Enterprise Underwriting Solutions. This person will work at the Schaumburg, IL Zurich North America HQ.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the delivery of large-scale IT underwriting implementations
• Develop and execute delivery plan, outlining scope, timeline, milestones, resources and cost. Gain buy-in on plan from key project stakeholders. Evaluate impact of changes, making adjustments to delivery plan as required.
• Organize and facilitate cross-functional stakeholder reviews, including creation of agenda, presentation content and meeting minutes
• Understand customers' processes and products and how technical solution fits within the goals of the function or business unit
• Collaborate across the organization to ensure technology is aligned with process and operating model changes
• Serve as a Scrum Master for the implementation, tracking deliverables, managing dependencies and resolving blockers across the various work streams
• Create resource plan based on project estimates, track resource allocations and make adjustments as necessary to ensure efficient resource utilization
• Develop cost / benefit analysis, manage implementation budget and provide visibility into financial forecast
• Conduct risk assessments, develop mitigation strategies, and manage risks through full project lifecycle
• Support, review and validate the documentation of functional specifications
• Engage with the solution architect in the reviews and validation of the detailed technical design for business applications provided by the supplier to ensure alignment with business requirements; validate suppliers estimates
• Estimate Rough Order of Magnitude for the level of effort/cost of new application functionality
• Perform quality review checks on project deliverables
• Make recommendations for application performance and implementation improvements
• Act as liaison between Business and IT
• Perform impact analysis of application changes across various components holding an end-to-end view of the system
• Manage vendor resources on/offshore

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 7 or more years of experience in the information technology area OR
• Zurich Cybersecurity Technician Apprentice, including Associate Degree and 8 or more years of experience in the information technology area OR
• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 9 or more years of experience in the information technology area AND
• MS Office experience
• Experience in information technology operations
• Project management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in communicating and syndicating IT topics with business leadership and to a range of technical and non-technical staff
• Strong relationship management skills with experience in partnering and building credibility with senior leaders
• Experience in Using Agile Tools, methodologies, and practices in delivering large transformation program / project
• Functional and or technical knowledge of Commercial insurance industry business processes esp., Underwriting process
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or Agile Scrum Certification
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Customer service experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong consulting and influencing skills
• IT vendor / service management experience

As a condition of employment at Zurich, employees must adhere to any COVID-related health and safety protocols in place at that time (

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