Sr. Project Manager (Healthcare)

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple complex and large projects simultaneously.
• Drive project delivery from inception through production release including scope definition, requirements, development, testing, and release phases.
• Manage stakeholder expectations to ensure ownership and success.
• Conduct project planning activities with business and stakeholders to identify scope, desired outcomes, success factors, resource requirements, and implementation plans.
• Proactively identify, track, and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Ensure overall project success by being accountable for all aspects and providing transparency.
• Monitor and control project scope, ensuring proper change control procedures are followed.
• Make and drive significant decisions impacting project delivery.
• Maintain up-to-date project documentation in compliance with enterprise standards and policies.
• Provide high-level executive reports and detailed updates to stakeholders.
• Guide and direct project team members to ensure compliance with standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Collaborate with vendors and suppliers as needed.
• Prepare and maintain effort estimates and detailed project plans for all phases.
• Ensure projects proceed according to scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards.
• Partner with executive leadership to remove barriers to project success.
• Provide strategic leadership for large-scale change initiatives.
• Build and motivate project teams to meet goals and milestones.
• Identify, track, and manage project costs.
• Ensure availability of necessary resources for project completion.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and internal enhancements.
• Perform other EPMO responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required; Masters preferred.
• PMP or advanced project/program management certification required.
• 10+ years' professional business experience, preferably in the Health Insurance industry.
• 8+ years' experience managing large & highly complex projects, including 5+ years' experience in healthcare.
• Ability to manage large-scale IT and non-IT projects involving significant risk.
• Ability to manage multiple large-scale projects and cross-functional teams simultaneously.
• Ability to develop and manage multi-million-dollar budgets.
• Expert knowledge of project management practices.
• Working knowledge of IT operations, systems engineering principles, Mainframe and Distributed systems, systems integration, Web services / eBusiness, and Application Development.
• Experience with Waterfall SDLC methodology, preferably Agile/Scrum.
• Proven ability to work in ambiguous environments and collaborate across multiple areas.
• Decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions, and prioritizing.
• Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal, and presentation), and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with modern work management and collaboration tools, preferably Microfocus PPM.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office tools, specifically MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Flexibility in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities.
• Experience leading the work of outsource partners (multi-supplier environment) preferred.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading the work of outsource partners (multi-supplier environment).

Benefits & Perks

• Requisition ID: 1000002530
• Hiring Range: $92,880-$178,200