Senior Project Manager

About the Position

ELEKS Project Management Office is looking for a Senior Project Manager in the USA, with a preference for candidates located in Minneapolis or Chicago.

About the Project

Our client is one of the world’s leading British-American insurance brokerage firms, providing risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and investment banking solutions.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of a complex, long-term Fixed Price project – from setup through delivery – accountable for scope, timeline, budget, and quality
• Establish governance, processes, and communication at project start; translate the SOW into an executable delivery plan
• Build stakeholder relationships and drive alignment across internal and customer departments
• Maintain project plans, budgets, resourcing, and financial metrics; proactively address deviations
• Manage scope and Change Requests, risks, and dependencies (identify → mitigate → escalate)
• Provide transparent communication with the customer on status, risks, and decisions
• Lead distributed teams and handle complex negotiations and escalations
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Architecture, BA, QA, Delivery, and Account Management
• Use AI tools to automate routine work and improve overall process efficiency

Requirements

• 5+ years in IT Project Management (software development/IT services), with proven end-to-end ownership of complex Fixed Price projects (scope, budget, timeline, profitability, change control, contractual commitments)
• Experience with enterprise customers and multiple stakeholder groups, including senior/executive level
• Experience setting up projects from scratch – team formation, governance, delivery processes, reporting
• Strong project financial management (budgeting, forecasting, cost control) and scope/change management skills
• Strong risk, dependency, and escalation management skills
• Experience managing cross-functional, geographically distributed delivery teams
• Strong client-facing, negotiation, and communication skills; good understanding of SDLC (Agile/Waterfall/hybrid)
• Experience leveraging AI-powered tools to improve PM efficiency
• Financial Services/Insurance domain experience is a plus
• Advanced English
• Willingness to travel to Minneapolis and London as required

We Offer

• Close cooperation with a customer
• Challenging tasks
• Competence development
• Team of professionals
• Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy

About the Company

ELEKS is a custom software development company. We deliver value to our clients, thanks to our expertise and experience gained from working as a software innovation partner since 1991.

Our 2000+ professionals located in the Delivery Centers across Eastern Europe and sales offices in Europe and North America, provide our clients with a full range of software engineering services. These include product development, QA, R&D, design, technology consulting and dedicated teams.