IT Project Management Senior Advisor

IT Project Management Senior Advisor

We are seeking a talented IT Project Management Senior Advisor to provide enterprise support services with our team in Nashville! This individual has the profile of a collaborative professional who excels in dynamic, sometimes ambiguous, complex, high-stakes, enterprise-level activities by taking ownership, driving action, and ensuring results. Able to take direction and respond quickly to both planned and unplanned activities, acting as "right hand" to department leadership, ensuring delivery and kept promises to matrixed business partners and IT. The successful candidate will work directly with colleagues at all levels of the Enterprise, and will be adept at navigating corporate structures and team dynamics; developing executive level communications; and producing actionable output from communicated direction and vision.

Major Duties:

The IT Project Management Senior Advisor will direct complex, critical program efforts. Manages, within a matrix environment, other project and resource specialists while providing both high level and detailed planning and guidance. Must be able to expect and embrace change, if the change helps to maximize the benefits of the program for the company. Acts as change agent and advocate to ensure team wide alignment with IT standards for SDLC and TWWGWD. Always views the program from a holistic view, while still managing the details. Provides Program governance to align with Cigna-HealthSpring Business Management standards. Able to handle common program management issues including dependencies between projects; prioritization among projects and aligning with the strategic goals and objectives of the organization. Manages conflict resolution and the political aspects of the Program by interacting seamlessly with project team members; stakeholders and governance boards. Provides over all leadership and vision. Success measurements include ROI, benefits and new capabilities provided by the program.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent years of experience is required.

• 7 years experience in a project management role with demonstrated skills in relationship building, negotiation, conflict resolution, and project management of projects consisting of a medium to high degree of complexity required.

• Experience managing program or project budgets consisting of responsibility for people labor cost of $5M

• Project management certification preferred, training  the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Methodology.

• Experience leading IT Application Development efforts required.

• Familiar with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology

• Familiar with the Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC) methodology

• 2 years experience working in a Lean SAFe Agile or Agile (Scrum) environment.

• Strong communication and organizational skills required.

• Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications, particularly Word, Outlook, Excel, Visio, PPT and SharePoint are critical; demonstrated ability to produce crisp, professional documents imperative

• Exceptional oral and written communication and presentation skills.

• Negotiation and decision making skills required.

• Has a successful track record of completing projects on time and on budget.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading and managing efforts in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology preferred

• Must be detailed oriented, but able to pivot and communicate at a high-level to leadership teams.

• Understanding of key components of SDLC and PM critical components (scope, time, costs, quality, HR, communications, risk mitigation, integration, etc.)

• Experience managing delivery of IT and Business impacting projects

• Strong analytical and administrative skills; formal Business Analysis experience preferred

• Proven track-record in managing multiple assignments simultaneously

• Desired skills include Project Management experience, business and technical analytics.

• Consistently dependable, self-motivated, flexible, and highly driven individual

• Must have a good attitude and know how to make work enjoyable; curiosity imperative

• Consultative mentality with formal consulting experience highly desirable

• Dash-boarding and management-level reporting

Additional Responsibilities:

• Manages and coordinates the development, approval, implementation and compliance of on-going programs; develops program budget; ensures program meets its stated objectives; provides subject matter expertise in response to day to day program related issues.

• Guide and oversee resources in a matrixed organization for the development of program delivery strategies ensuring alignment with TWWGWD (The Way We Get Work Done), and influence the standards representing Corp IT needs and processes.

• Assist resources in formulating plans, and all required adjustments to project scope, timing, and budgets as needed by applying established governance mechanisms, best practices, and CIGNA's project management principles.

• Develop communication plans and interfaces with matrix teams, IT leadership, business leadership, and external vendors/partners.  Track and monitor the progress of key projects/programs and their associated milestones and recommend adjustments as necessary.

• Ability to work independently or in a team setting, set priorities and meet deadlines on a minimum of one to two projects.

• Can demonstrate expert knowledge of project management methodology and its practical application towards completing work.

• Has demonstrated outstanding negotiation, presentation, and facilitation skills.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About Cigna Healthcare

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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