Infrastructure Project Manager

Our opportunity

 

We are looking for a positive, open-minded and assertive person with strong communication skills, who will be working intensively with our stakeholders, suppliers and the other teams within the IT Service Operations organisation. You will take on the operational management of smaller and medium distinct local projects, sub-projects or work streams of a larger international projects. You will also ensure that the overall project objectives are clearly defined, tracked and met.

Your role

 
In your role you will be responsible for managing infrastructure related projects in the area of Shared IT Operations Services for Global Corporate and General Insurance Functions business applications.
 
As an Infrastructure Project Manager your main responsibilities will involve:
* Successful implementation of small, or low/medium complexity local projects, sub-projects or phases of a larger projects
* Selecting appropriate processes required to meet the project objectives
* Able to adapt to and apply different delivery methodologies including SCRUM, Waterfall
* Establishing and maintaining appropriate communication and engagement with stakeholders
* Complying with requirements to meet stakeholder needs and expectations
* Balancing the competing constraints of scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, and risk to produce the specified results
* Ensuring change readiness of receiving organization

 

Your Skills and Experience
 
As an Infrastructure Project Manager your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
* Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)
* 2 or more years are required in the field of IT Project Management ideally in a multi-supplier environment including relationship management
* Experience based on best practice frameworks such as ITIL or COBIT and SCRUM
* Above average skills of Microsoft Office suite, including MS Visio and MS Project
* A hands-on personality with the proven ability to influence and affect change
* English: Fluent spoken and written, working language (meetings and conferences, technical explanations, documentation)
* Preferred Certification    
• Certified in Project Management (CAPM, PmP, Prince2) or equivalent
• ITIL Foundation/Intermediate Certification or equivalent

 

Additional Information
 

Primary work location is Bratislava. The role may require occasional travelling. If you value an exciting and varied working environment and meet the above requirements, then we are looking forward to receiving your application.

 
Who we are
 

Zurich is one of the world’s leading insurance groups, and one of the few to operate on a global basis. Our mission is to help our customers understand and protect themselves from risk. With about 55,000 employees serving customers in more than 170 countries, we aspire to become the best global insurer as measured by our shareholders, customers and employees. We help individuals, small and medium sized companies and global corporations around the world understand and protect themselves from risk by offering a wide range of insurance products, solutions and advisory services.

 

Zurich Insurance has the policy to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to attract and retain the best qualified individuals available, without regard to criteria such as race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.