IT - SCDHHS - Enterprise Project Manager - Consultant

Elite WorkForce•Columbia, SC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), the Medicaid Agency for SC, is seeking a consultant to act as a Project Manager on multiple high priority IT projects. This position will work under the direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or designee. The Project Manager will interact with staff, other team members, all levels of management, and internal and external organizations, including vendors performing outsourced work, in the compilation and management of information needed for project plans, portfolio/program plans, metrics, reports, and project management documentation. A successful project manager in this role will embed themselves in the business being managed to understand the details of the projects, not just management of a project schedule.

Requirements

Project management skills
People skills
Strong background in project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment
Project planning experience, including effort estimation on technical tasks and resource allocation
Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to give presentations to executive management
Strong proficiency in English is required
Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis
Must be able to manage multiple high profile, high priority projects at one time
Experience working with SharePoint and other typical project management tools, including Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project, Word, Access and Excel
Experience working with risk management, including risk triggers and managing risks to project plan tasks
Ability to create and document key project management documents and artifacts
Superb communications skills (written and oral)
Effective listener
Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations; ability to get people with competing, diverse interests to work together
Candidate MUST be a SC resident

Nice To Haves

Medicaid or Healthcare Delivery Systems
Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)
Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects preferred, but not mandatory

Responsibilities

Assists with developing business requirements
Building a project plan and executing to that plan
Managing project risks and issues
Ensuring that all deliverables and activities are completed with high quality and in a timely fashion
Reporting on project status and strategies orally and in writing
Other related duties as assigned