Project Manager

:Role & responsibilities

Lead, plan, and drive the delivery of software projects for Cogitate's insurance clients, ensuring scope, schedule, quality, and client satisfaction targets are consistently met. The Project Manager owns day-to-day delivery execution, team coordination, and stakeholder communication across the full project lifecycle

• Manage and own the full project lifecycle initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and post-production support for software delivery projects
• Lead cross-functional coordination across engineering, QA, product, and client stakeholders to drive aligned delivery
• Develop and maintain project plans, risk registers, resource plans, and milestone schedules; keep all artefacts current and accessible
• Communicate proactively with clients managing expectations, surfacing risks early, and ensuring consistent satisfaction across engagements
• Own internal and external status reporting weekly and monthly updates to management and clients
• Identify, document, and escalate risks and issues with clear impact assessments and recommended mitigations
• Manage resource allocation and utilisation within the project team; flag capacity constraints before they become blockers
• Ensure all project documentation and processes adhere to Cogitate's SDLC and quality standards
• Track and report project performance metrics velocity, delivery rate, defect trends, SLA adherence and client health indicators
• Build AI maturity across the team by sharing tools, use cases, and best practices with engineers and QA leads
• Use AI tools to automate routine reporting drafting status updates, meeting notes, and action logs using Copilot or equivalent
• Apply AI-powered risk scanning to track project health indicators and surface early warnings before they escalate
• Leverage AI scheduling tools to optimise sprint planning and resource allocation across the team
• Use LLM tools to draft client communications and change request documentation then review and refine before sending

Preferred candidate profile

• BE / B.Tech / MCA / B.Sc. IT or equivalent
• 5- 10 years of project management experience in software delivery
• Full-lifecycle delivery for client-facing software projects
• Strong working knowledge of Jira, Redmine, or equivalent
• Clear, confident client and stakeholder communication
• Experience in monitoring and tracking key project metrics.

GOOD TO HAVE

• P&C Insurance domain (US markets)
• PMP Certification
• Agile / Scrum / SAFe delivery experience
• Familiarity with AI-assisted PM tools (Copilot, Notion AI)
• CSM or PRINCE2 certification