PMO Lead

Req ID: 54779

Location:

Holon, IL

Location: Holon (Hybrid)

About us:

Sapiens is a global leader in the insurance industry, delivering its award-winning, cloud-based SaaS insurance platform to over 600 customers in more than 30 countries. Sapiens’ platform offers pre-integrated, low-code capabilities to accelerate customers’ digital transformation. With more than 40 years of industry expertise, Sapiens has a highly professional team of over 5,000 employees globally.

What you’ll do:

Leading PMO Team:

- Lead and mentor a team of 3-4 PMO professionals, fostering their growth and ensuring high-quality project management practices.
- Requires proven experience of having served as a PMO and previously managing PMOs, demonstrating leadership in establishing and overseeing project management standards and practices.
- Establish and maintain project management standards, methodologies, and best practices across the organization.
- Oversee multiple implementation projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
- Collaborate with senior management to align project objectives with the company's strategic goals
- Drive continuous improvement of project management processes and tools.
- Facilitate communication and knowledge sharing across project teams.
- Assistance to operations on project estimations.

PMO Hands-On:

· Project planning and tracking responsibilities:

o Resource plans, analysis, timelines, releases, and sprints.

o Scope, resource, and budget management (work plans, project Dashboards, plans vs. actual analysis, invoice lifecycle etc...).

· Comprehensive understanding of the project:

o Integral part of the project, with an overall understanding of the technical, financial, legal, and marketing aspects of the whole program.

o Holistic view from the customers' perspective.

o Ability to shift attention and focus to the areas they are most needed, be it hands-on or by connecting the right people at the right time.

· Make sure our planning and analysis tools bring the most value, for all stakeholders – be the first level of support for project management systems to all internal users’ needs and constraints and adjust accordingly.

· Learn and teach – ramp-up fast on new tools and methodologies and train internal and external users with system functionality worldwide.

· Take an active part in developing new planning tools and modules – implement, define, and test new capabilities.

· More would follow, things are changing fast all the time – continuous learning is a key aspect of this job.

Must have Skills:

· B.Sc. degree in Information Systems/ Industrial Engineering / Economics (or equivalent).

- Experience in financial aspects in project management - Knowledge / Experience with P&L.
- Excel is a friend - Deep knowledge.

· At least 5 years of experience in PMO activities such as Planning & Control and 2+ years of managerial experience.

· Experience in global project management of technological projects.

· Presentation skills - Ability to create & deliver presentations effectively.

· Ability to work across time zones (Travels are optional).

· Excellent communication skills.

- Fluent English and Hebrew.

Good to have Skills:

· Experienced with using different project management tools - e.g., MS Project, Jira, Sciforma.

· A PMP or Agile certification (CSM, PMI-ACP is preferred)

· Experience in insurance companies.

Sapiens is an E-Verified & Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V.