Description:

• Project Managers are responsible for the overall direction, management, communication, coordination of status reports, and accountability of project oriented work efforts and success of their projects across the organization. PMs create scope documents and project plans (work breakdown structures); track key milestones and adjust project plans, budget requests and/or resources to meet the needs of customers. Project Managers ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations.
• Partner with IT and Business Sponsor to ensure the design accomplishes both business and technical requirements.
• Accountable for managing and monitoring project performance, internal and external dependencies, multiple scopes, including: providing guidance to Leadership and core team which consist of Business/IT and external entities. Manages Issues, Risk, Dependencies and Change Request following the established PMO guidelines.
• Identifies, negotiates, communicates and manages project changes. Reports status of project, including project risks, to customers, project team, supervisor, planned costs versus actuals incurred.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Required:

• 5+ or more years of Project Management work experience
• Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field or equivalent work experience
• Ability to manage tasks independently and take ownership of responsibilities
• Ability to communicate business and technical information clearly and articulately
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• Understanding of and SDLC disciplines
• Broad knowledge of IT functions
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of labor, cost management and project tracking
• Ability to lead and facilitate project team status meetings to obtain schedule, issues, risk , and dependency update
• Ability to document meeting minutes, action items from project status meetings
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload
• Strong PC skills specifically utilizing the MS Office Suite products (e.g., MS Project, MS Word, MS Excels,).
• Strong Communications (written and verbal)
• Agile Experience
• STARs HEDIS knowledge a plus

​Preferred:

• PMP certification