Senior Project Manager

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Purpose:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, and managing large-scale or complex projects to ensure successful delivery of objectives, on time and within budget. The role involves engaging and motivating cross-functional teams, identifying and mitigating risks, and ensuring seamless end-to-end leadership for implementations, integrations, business readiness, and communications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and initiate project resources, prepare budgets, monitor progress, track schedules, and mitigate risks. Sequence and oversee complex initiatives from start to finish.
• Provide end-to-end project management support, including deliverable tracking, reporting, and documentation. Act as a liaison across all areas to ensure effective communication of goals, scope, progress, and project completion.
• Provide direction and motivation to project teams in a matrixed environment. Foster a collaborative culture, manage relationships with key stakeholders, and lead project execution.
• Evaluate the implications of current or proposed projects, programs, processes, and policies to recommend improvements.
• Perform advisory consulting with a strategic focus, aligning project outcomes with corporate goals.
• Synthesize complex topics into concise executive-level presentations and influence decision-making.
• Collaborate with IT to translate business needs into actionable technology-related plans.

Qualifications:

• Education:
• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business, or a related field.
• In lieu of a degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.
• Experience:
• Minimum 5 years as a project manager or team lead managing large budgets.
• Preferred:
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Knowledge of Agile Scrum projects, methodologies, and principles.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

• Expertise in project planning and life cycle development.
• Ability to manage staff onboarding and offboarding throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strategic thinking with an understanding of corporate goals and functional integration.
• Strong data synthesis and executive-level presentation skills for complex topics.
• Advanced stakeholder management, including facilitating high-level meetings with executives.
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate across all levels, including C-Suite.
• Proficiency in identifying strategic opportunities with significant organizational impact.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and variable workloads.
• Must demonstrate strong customer service skills for internal and external stakeholders, even under challenging conditions.
• Incumbent must disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other events that make them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs.