Job Summary:
This role will be part of the Portfolio and Program management team that for IT solutions that support the business functions related to Medicare & Medicaid domain. This role will be responsible for managing all the projects in the portfolio as well as ensure the project delivery commitments are met. Management of the projects includes project financial management, risks & issues management, resource management, vendor management and status reporting. This role will also contribute to the development of the IT strategy to support the Business Strategy.
Essential Functions:
- Manages large complex programs or national strategic initiatives.
- Total managed project budget is over $20M.
- Project Complexity can be Multiple Sites and up to 40 integrated Work Tracks.
- Develops strategies and approaches for organization for large complex programs.
- Provides leadership to program and project team members in developing program frameworks, and facilitates with business partners on utilization of shared PMO structures.
- Ensures alignment across multiple IT and business stakeholders on overall program schedule, budget, deliverables, and ensures alignment is maintained for duration of program.
- Leverages knowledge, expertise and experience of change management process and consults with project/programs.
- Responsible for accurate time reporting across multiple programs or a mega-program.
- Manages the interdependencies across multiple program tracks within enterprise programs.
- Partners with business partner on development of financial materials and supports presentation of budget requests to appropriate funding.
- Directs the quality/testing strategies for the project. Evaluatesbest practice recommendations and trade-off scenarios to enhance.
- Sustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during projects.
- Participate in project team and staff performance appraisals, career planning and succession planning.
- Manages the executive vendor engagement relationship with IT Procurement.
- Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives and project functional trends.
- Participate in Business strategic planning.
- Sets the standards and frameworks for ensuring program wide communication plan is in place and followed by project/program track leads.
- May manage 7- 9 project managers.
- Effectively manage cross-functional team members.
- Develop, coach & mentor others.
- Manages a combined project team of up to 300 resources.
- Leverages knowledge across the project/program arena to develop robust client solutions.
- As an expert in the field of project management, uses professional concepts in developing resolution to critical issues and broad matters in relevant areas.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum4 years of equivalent work experience.
- A minimum of 10 years of ITProgram/Project Management experience.
- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.
- Demonstrates deep understanding and knowledge of IT methods and project management and applies this in all stages of project/program.
- Requires advanced knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and working knowledge of multiple related functions.
- Recognized as a leader in project and program management.
- Ability to influence others and build strong partnership with others.
- Team and Service oriented.
- Understands funding mechanisms including relationship between project/program budgets, multi-year plan, regional budgets, long-range financial plan, and member rates.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking skills.
- Ability to deal with people dynamic with minimal guidance.
- Ability to resolve conflict with minimal guidance.
- Requires a broad range of highly complex decision-making.
- Requires the persuasion, presentation and/or negotiation of functional strategies, philosophies, policies, and/or opinions in order to substantially impact the function.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Healthcare industry knowledge.
- Information technology experience.
- Should have managed project budgets of over $20 million.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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