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Senior Project Manager

Sapiens Bangalore, India
Posted 3 days ago Permanent Competitive

Senior Project Manager

Sapiens Bangalore, India
Senior Project Manager
Sapiens is on the lookout for a Senior Project Manager - Transformation Office serves as the backbone of our enterprise-wide transformation programme. This is a high-impact, highly visible leadership role responsible for orchestrating complex, cross-functional initiatives from initiation through to successful delivery. The successful candidate will act as the central point of coordination across all business units, ensuring strategic alignment, executive engagement, and relentless focus on outcomes.
Location: Bangalore
Working Model: Our flexible work arrangement combines both remote and in-office work, optimizing flexibility and productivity.
This position will be part of Sapiens CTO - Cloud Services division, for more information about it, click here: www.sapiens.com.

What you'll do:
Programme Leadership
• Own the end-to-end delivery of the transformation programme across all business units and functions.
• Define and maintain a master programme plan, including milestones, dependencies, critical path, and risk register.
• Drive programme governance, ensuring decisions are made at the right level and with the right stakeholders.
• Lead and coordinate programme workstreams, aligning all project managers and stream leads to a unified delivery framework.
Executive Engagement & Stakeholder Management
• Serve as the primary liaison between the Transformation Office and C-suite / executive leadership.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality executive steering committee updates, board-level presentations, and leadership briefings.
• Build trusted relationships across senior stakeholders, navigating competing priorities with confidence and diplomacy.
• Proactively identify executive-level blockers and escalate appropriately, with clear recommendations.
Reporting & Progress Management
• Design and maintain a robust programme reporting cadence - tracking milestones, RAG status, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Produce clear, concise, and visually compelling status reports and dashboards for multiple audiences.
• Hold teams accountable to commitments through structured follow-up, clear action ownership, and deadline enforcement.
Ensure timely escalation of issues that threaten programme delivery or strategic objectives.

Communication & Presentation
• Author, structure, and deliver compelling presentations using PowerPoint and other business communication tools.
• Translate complex programme status and strategic progress into clear, executive-appropriate narratives.
• Facilitate programme workshops, steering committees, town halls, and team syncs with professionalism and clarity.
Champion transparent communication across all teams involved in the transformation

What to Have for this position.
Must have Skills:
Education & Certifications
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Business, Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Project/Programme Management certification strongly preferred: PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or equivalent.
Professional Experience
• 8+ years of experience in project or programme management, with a proven track record of leading large-scale, cross-functional programmes.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with and presenting to C-level executives and senior leadership.
• Prior experience in a transformation, change management, or strategic execution function is a strong advantage.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams and steering diverse stakeholder groups toward shared goals.

Skills & Core Competencies
Leadership & Interpersonal Programme & Delivery
• Strong executive presence and gravitas
• Assertive and confident communicator
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Skilled presenter and storyteller
• High emotional intelligence and resilience
• Influencing without direct authority • End-to-end programme planning & execution
• Risk & issue management
• Milestone tracking and accountability management
• Executive reporting and dashboard design
• PowerPoint / presentation authoring
• Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies

Personal Attributes
The ideal candidate is more than a process manager - they are a driven, ambitious, and highly accountable leader who can be counted on when it matters most. We are looking for someone with:
• A strong personality with the confidence to challenge, push back, and hold people accountable across all levels of the organisation.
• A bias for action - someone who does not wait to be told, but proactively identifies gaps and drives resolution.
• Ambition and drive - hungry to make a tangible impact on one of the most strategic programmes in the company.
• Exceptional organisational discipline - able to manage complexity, multiple deadlines, and competing demands without losing control of detail.
• A calm, composed presence under pressure, with the ability to instil confidence in teams and executives alike.
• Ownership mindset - takes personal responsibility for the outcome of the programme, not just the process.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 6 months, the Senior Project Manager will be expected to:
1 Establish a clear, approved programme plan with full visibility across all workstreams and teams.
2 Build credibility with executive stakeholders through reliable, structured, and insightful reporting.
3 Implement a tracking and accountability mechanism that drives on-time delivery across all programme milestones.
4 Demonstrate proactive risk management - surfacing issues early and owning resolution.
5 Be regarded as the go-to person for programme clarity, direction, and escalation.

AI Expectations
  • Basic understanding of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).
  • Experience using AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, or similar) to improve productivity and project management.
  • Ability to leverage AI for project planning, reporting, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
  • Understanding of responsible AI usage, including data privacy and security when using AI tools.

About Sapiens:
Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS) is a global leader in intelligent insurance software solutions. With Sapiens' robust platform, customer-driven partnerships, and rich ecosystem, insurers are empowered to future-proof their organizations with operational excellence in a rapidly changing marketplace. We help insurers harness the power of AI and advanced automation to support core solutions for property and casualty, workers' compensation, and life insurance, including reinsurance, financial & compliance, data & analytics, digital, and decision management. Sapiens boasts a longtime global presence, serving over 600 customers in more than 30 countries with its innovative SaaS offerings. Recognized by industry experts and selected for the Microsoft Top 100 Partner program, Sapiens is committed to partnering with our customers for their entire transformation journey and is continuously innovating to ensure their success. For More information visit us on www.sapiens.com.
Sapiens is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment that embraces individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Disclaimer: Sapiens India does not authorise any third parties to release employment offers or conduct recruitment drives via a third party. Hence, beware of inauthentic and fraudulent job offers or recruitment drives from any individuals or websites purporting to represent Sapiens. Further, Sapiens does not charge any fee or other emoluments for any reason (including without limitation, visa fees) or seek compensation from educational institutions to participate in recruitment events. Accordingly, please check the authenticity of any such offers before acting on them and were acted upon, you do so at your own risk. Sapiens shall neither be responsible for honouring or making good the promises made by fraudulent third parties, nor for any monetary or any other loss incurred by the aggrieved individual or educational institution.
If you come across any fraudulent activities in the name of Sapiens, please feel free report the incident at sapiens to sharedservices@sapiens.com

We Are

Sapiens International Corporation N.V. is a global leader of AI-centric, SaaS-based insurance software, delivering hyper-relevant experiences that are efficient, compliant, and innovative. With agile intelligence, Sapiens' solutions turn real-time data and human insight into precise action at every moment, across every risk.

The Sapiens platform includes agentic workflows accelerating every capability across policy, underwriting, claims, reinsurance, decisioning, and finance and compliance.

With more than 600 insurers in over 30 countries running on Sapiens, our deep industry expertise is the foundation of our long-term relationships, from initial implementation through to modernization and market transformation.

Sapiens is headquartered in London, serving customers in property and casualty, life, reinsurance, specialty, and workers' compensation from offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

Your Recruitment Journey

We will keep you in the loop, as we focus on providing an inclusive screening and interview process. Each country has a local flavor, but here's what you can expect during our recruitment process:

Apply

Take the first step in our journey by submitting an application that reflects your skills, experiences, and professional aspirations.

1

Review

Your CV will be carefully reviewed by our talent team to explore how your unique skills and potential align with Sapiens' needs and culture

2

Interview

This is your opportunity to shine! Meet with our team, showcase your abilities, and learn more about Sapiens

3

Offer

If there's a great match, we'll extend an offer to welcome you to our team. This is the exciting moment when your new journey begins to take shape

4

Onboard

Once you accept, we'll guide you through a comprehensive onboarding process, introducing you to your new colleagues, roles, and the exciting challenges ahead

5

Disclaimer

Sapiens India does not authorize any third parties to release employment offers or conduct recruitment drives via a third party. Hence, beware of inauthentic and fraudulent job offers or recruitment drives from any individuals or websites purporting to represent Sapiens. Further, Sapiens does not charge any fee or other emoluments for any reason (including without limitation, visa fees) or seek compensation from educational institutions to participate in recruitment events.
Accordingly, please check the authenticity of any such offers before acting on them and were acted upon, you do so at your own risk. Sapiens shall neither be responsible for honoring or making good the promises made by fraudulent third parties, nor for any monetary or any other loss incurred by the aggrieved individual or educational institution.
In the event that you come across any fraudulent activities in the name of Sapiens, please feel free report the incident at sapiens to sharedservices@sapiens.com.
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