Director of Project Management
W.R. Berkley
Director of Project Management
W.R. Berkley
Commercial insurance underwriting, reinsurance, and investments
We provide a foundation of stability and predictability that gives employees the confidence to succeed.Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation has grown from a small investment management firm into one of the largest commercial lines property and casualty insurers in the United States.Along the way, we’ve been listed on the New York Stock Exchange, become a Fortune 500 Company, joined the S&P 500, and seen our gross written premiums exceed $15 billion.Today the Berkley brand comprises 60 businesses worldwide and is divided into two segments: Insurance and Reinsurance and Monoline Excess. Led by Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, W. Robert Berkley, Jr., W. R. Berkley Corporation is well positioned for long-term success and future growth.
The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.
The Director, Project Management leads end-to-end delivery of strategic initiatives and complex transformation programs across W.R. Berkley Corporation. This role drives enterprise impact by shaping, aligning, and executing cross-functional programs, managing internal and external partners, and ensuring disciplined execution that delivers measurable business outcomes.
• Lead complex initiatives from design through delivery, ensuring achievement of measurable outcomes.• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop business cases, perform strategic business analyses, and serve as a liaison between the leadership team and key stakeholders.• Identify, document, and follow up on key management issues and factors blocking or delaying decisions, driving closure or creative solutions to maintain project team productivity.• Develop executive-level communications and presentations that drive alignment and decision-making across senior leaders.• Lead steering and governance forums that enable timely decisions and maintain forward progress on EPMO-led initiatives.• Plan, direct, coordinate, and support specific high-impact projects and initiatives from initiation through delivery in support of the overall strategic plan.• Support and manage critical relationships with internal and external business partners.• Contribute to developing company-wide standards for scoping, designing, and putting new initiatives into production.• Apply expert knowledge of core technology and/or functional areas to coordinate program design and launch within schedule, scope, budget, and quality constraints.• Report status and manage communications and escalations related to all EPMO-led initiatives.• Mature project and program management methodologies necessary for effective solution delivery.• Develop and empower EPMO staff with the skills and abilities necessary to lead high-performing teams and provide thought leadership to the business.• Communicate EPMO successes at strategic intervals to build credibility and further influence adoption of standards.• Provide leadership, direction, and assistance in direct support of the team lead and other executive team members, as needed.• Partner with stakeholders across WRBC to develop recommendations that advise management on high-priority, high-impact decisions.
Qualifications:
• 7–10+ years of experience in strategy and operations consulting, enterprise transformation, or program leadership.• Experience managing organizational change and/or Target Operating Model transformational projects in a large enterprise environment.• Proven experience leading large-scale, cross-functional programs in a complex, matrixed environment.• Expertise in project management fundamentals, including creating and maintaining detailed project plans and schedules in Lean Six Sigma or Agile/Waterfall environments.• Strong leadership capabilities with the ability to influence staff and management of internal and external IT partners.• Working knowledge of AI tools and ability to use them to support project management activities and identify opportunities to accelerate projects (desirable).• Able to travel 25–75%.• Lean Six Sigma qualification preferred.• PMP Certification preferred.
Education Requirement
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, IT, or a related field.
Commercial insurance underwriting, reinsurance, and investments
W. R. Berkley Corporation underwrites commercial property and casualty insurance and provides reinsurance globally. It operates two segments: Insurance, with 53 units worldwide and lines such as excess and surplus, commercial auto, and workers’ compensation; and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess, offering reinsurance and excess coverage to other insurers and self-insured entities. It earns money from premiums and from its investment portfolio. The company differentiates itself with a broad multinational underwriting platform and a dual focus on underwriting profitability and investment management, serving clients from small businesses to large corporations across many industries. Its goal is to deliver risk transfer and financial protection to customers while generating steady underwriting results and investment returns for shareholders.
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