Company: iter8 Inc.
Status: Full Time Employee
Relevant Work Experience: 5 to 7 Years
Education Level: Post secondary education or business equivalent
Location: Toronto
Job Category: Information Technology
Career Level: Staff position
About Us
iter8 Inc. provides dynamic, creative software solutions to the Property and Casualty Insurance Industry. iter8 products are designed to increase profitability and growth by solving problems centered on Agent Connectivity, Agent Portals and Underwriting Operating Excellence.
iter8 solutions have been adopted by North American Insurers ranging from multinational companies to highly profitable niche firms. It is an exciting time at iter8 where growth and market expansion are opening new opportunities. iter8 is seeking a Project Coordinator to continue and accelerate the path to excellence.
Job Description
The iter8 Project Coordinator works with the iter8 Project Manager and the Customer Project Manager. He or she is responsible for coordinating activities and resources in support of technical projects that could impact multiple departments, systems, or work-flows with moderate to high risk and complexity or multiple projects simultaneously with less risk and complexity. The Project Coordinator exhibits a broad knowledge of project control and scheduling. He or she updates project plans and project status to Customer and iter8 Project Management. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of IT project coordination experience with demonstrated skills in planning and execution. Property and Casualty Insurance experience would be useful. The candidate should have excellent communication skills and the ability to understand the big picture.
Key Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains a detailed project schedule which includes scheduling deliverables, showing schedules, personnel assignments, and administrative tasks for all stakeholders involved in the project.
- Coordinate meetings, including travel arrangements and expense reports.
- Participation in R&D Team Meetings including the preparation of agendas, minutes and status presentations
- Assisting the iter8 Project Managers with Customer and third party Project Managers in the planning and execution of implementation projects.
- Reviewing project objectives and requirements.
- Advising Customer and Management of the project status, of significant developments, and of potential problems which could adversely affect the contractual or organizational commitment.
- Responsible to take input from the Business Consultants, Technical Consultants, Development resources, and QA Resources to develop and maintain the detailed schedule
- Responsible to track project changes and produce updates to schedule as agreed with project resources and project management.
- Files all project documents (hard and soft copies)
Qualifications
- Post secondary education or equivalent experience in business and information technology.
- Knowledge and experience in project management processes and techniques, as defined in the Project Management Institute PMBOK. PMP certification is a nice to have.
- Strong knowledge and extensive experience with the Microsoft suite of products, most particularly MS Project and Excel.
- Experience in Property and Casualty Insurance projects would be useful.
- Experience in a vendor environment would be useful
- Ability to effectively write documentation and correspondence, verbally communicate, and actively listen.
If you would like to apply to this position, please send your resume to Human Resources hr@iter8.com, or fax it to (416)364-9681.
We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity, however only applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted.