$112,000 conversion rate for CERTIFIED Project Manager

NOT APPROVED STATES (must live outside of these states but within US): Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming, Washington DC

Experience working in any of the following industries as a PM: Financial, Health Services, Insurance

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for collaborating with staff to plan, develop and execute large, complex projects in response to priorities set by portfolio governance oversight and the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO). This position organizes and leads project teams by working collaboratively with the authorizing sponsor and stakeholders to meet project objectives. This position begins project work prior to initiation, working with leadership to develop business case and cost benefits analysis, facilitating approval through Navitus EPMO governance oversight. The Senior Project Manager leverage industry best practices, business acumen, and experience to ensure successful and timely delivery of high-quality projects with return on stated benefits. Responsible for adhering to HIPAA and Confidentiality Guidelines.

Job Responsibilities:

o Prepare project schedules, including identification of major milestones, for overseeing, controlling, communicating, and managing all activities required to complete project.

o Establish and maintain budget; provide validation, tracking and documentation for all related spend with proper approvals. Maintain accurate forecast and provide analysis reporting on project spend. Evaluate and analyze budget to actual to forecast; work with leadership to facilitate spend-specific decisions.

o Ensure project delivery is customer focused, results orientated, performance driven and in compliance with all applicable internal and external requirements.

o Consult with project team during plan development to ensure that issues and risks are identified and addressed.

o Document all key decisions. Analyze project decisions for impact across the enterprise portfolio; work collaboratively to resolve conflicts and ensure communication across the appropriate channels and stakeholders.

o Work with the team to identify dependencies and interactions between projects and their impacts on an integrated plan.

o Conduct project communication planning, facilitate project teams, and provide oversight team, stakeholder, and sponsor updates.

o Document issues, risks, and statuses; ensure reporting is maintained accurately to leadership. Escalate issues and risks while targeting the appropriate stakeholder(s) to quickly gain resolution.

o Leverage available project management software tools and resources to help plan and manage projects or programs to successful completion. Assists and holds team members accountable for their sections of the overall work plan.

o Collaborate with appropriate subject matter experts to design solutions to meet the requirements of the project.

• Facilitates the development of project business cases and cost benefits analysis. Works with leaders to map key stakeholders and prepare change management plans (following Navitus change framework).

o Works with project leaders to identify project metrics and measures; works to establish methods to monitor progress towards achieving stated benefits.

o Ensure project decisions are not only documented and communicated, but also aligned with the goals and objectives of the project benefits case.

o Prepares initial project budget. Works with leaders to understand resource needs and creates project resource plans.

• Act as liaison between various areas and departments on a given project, ensuring effective integration and communication.

o Ensure timely and orderly decision-making regarding projects among a diverse group of people with differing attitudes and objectives.

o Ensure that good communication flows between the project team and stakeholders. Promptly address project issues.

o Serve as main contact for external project partners or vendors. Understand full scope of work and related costs; manage to contract. Set and monitor quality expectations for partner / vendor deliverables. Establish communication channels to maintain active engagement and monitor priorities.

o Identify, catalog, and communicate milestones, critical paths, risk areas, action items, issues, decisions, and contingency plans.

• Mentor project managers, team members and Navitus leaders to develop and grow an understanding of Navitus project management methodologies. Provide leadership and best practices in program, project, change management techniques and methods. Provide leadership in methodologies including, but not limited to, Waterfall, Iterative, Agile, Lean Six Sigma.

• Promote innovation, continuous improvement, and best practices within the EPMO and to related areas within the organization for project management. Generates and contributes to ideas and innovative approaches to enhances processes within Navitus. Create awareness of, and urgency around the need for change. Communicate proposed changes in a way that drives acceptance and ownership by stakeholders and removes barriers to successful and sustainable implementation. Actively maintain team policy and procedure documentation.

Essential Background Requirements:

Experience:

• A minimum of four (4) years relevant work (6-8 years preferred) executing successful project management from business case development through implementation

• Experience managing projects leveraging both waterfall and Agile methodologies

• Health insurance or pharmacy benefits management industry experience

Licenses or Certifications Required

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or similar project management certification which provides the same functional project management training and practice standards.

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Company Profile:

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.

Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

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