About Patriot: Founded in 2019, Patriot is a growth-focused national insurance services firm that partners with employee benefits and property & casualty agencies across the United States. Patriot's collaborative model delivers resources and strategic support to its agencies, whose leaders continue to operate with a high degree of autonomy in their local markets. Patriot's unique equity model creates true alignment with its partner agencies, and its operating philosophy fosters enhanced career opportunities for its dedicated and professional team. With over 120 offices in 21 states and more than 1,300 professionals, Patriot is a top 50 privately held insurance agency that also ranks in the top-20 amongst privately held employee benefit agencies.

About Safegard: The Safegard Group, Inc. is a regional insurance and risk management broker located in Media, PA. They are a leading, full-service insurance broker and risk management consulting firm, who are well-established with a reputation for honesty, integrity, unsurpassed service and groundbreaking business solutions. The Safegard Group, Inc. is recruiting for a full time Associate Project Manager. Safegard is a growing agency that offers a dynamic work environment for high energy, motivated, team-oriented employees. Salary will be commensurate with successful candidate's background and experience.

Duties

• Build and develop the project team to ensure maximum performance, providing purpose, direction, and motivation
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and project implementation plans, including risk mitigation
• To coordinate internal and external resources, ensuring projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets, in collaboration with project staff from various functional departments
• Analyze project progress and, when necessary, adapt scope, timelines, and costs to ensure that project team adheres to project requirements
• Full cycle for ACH Reporting for all clients yearly
• Establish and maintain relationships with appropriate client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain processes to manage scope over the project lifecycle, setting project quality and performance standards, and assessing and managing risk within, and across, multiple projects
• Structure and manage integrated, multi-track project performance databases for multiple digital, print, social, broadcast, and experiential projects, with an eye on overall progress
• Develop and maintain partnerships with outside resources—including third-party vendors and researchers
• Monitor and assign resources appropriately to streamline project efficiency and maximize deliverable outputs
• Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels as needed—escalating issues as necessary based on project work plans

Skills and Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience
• Desire to obtain the PMP designation is preferred
• Hands-on experience with developing/managing/on-boarding web technologies and software platforms for maximum usability for internal staff and external clients
• Experience with Employee Navigator, Mineral, Zywave, AMS360, BenefitPoint, Freshdesk, Wrap360, Springbuk, ADP, and/or Slack is a plus but not required.
• Intermediate to Expect level knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Proven success working with all levels of management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification—including PMP that can be obtain upon hiring
• Previous success in producing deliverable software platforms
• Strong attention to deadlines and budgetary guidelines
• Experience developing in-house platforms for internal processes
• Experience coaching and educating project teams to strengthen team members’ capabilities and skill sets.

Education

• College Graduate or commensurate experience

Patriot Growth Insurance Services is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, and training. Patriot makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For more information, read through our EEO and DE&I Policy: Patriot's EEO and DEI Policy