Manager, DTS Project Management

Cambia Health Solutions • Portland, OR

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Build a career with purpose. Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system. Who We Are Looking For: Every day, Cambia’s dedicated team of Managers are living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. As a member of the IT and AI Management team, the Manager, DTS Project Management is responsible for leading a team of project managers to ensure successful on time on scope and on budget delivery of projects for a technology organization. As a people leader, you are willing to learn and grow, understanding that leadership is a craft that is continuously honed as you support your team and the lives that depend upon us. Do you thrive as part of a collaborative, caring team? Then this role may be the perfect fit.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10 years’ experience in project management or enterprise business analysis
• at least 6 years in a project management leadership role.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required
• Demonstrated portfolio of successful, progressive project management leading to the execution of large-scale, concurrent projects.
• Demonstrated ability successfully managing a team of project managers and/or building a PMO.
• Demonstrated experience in budgeting, change management, client management, project management methodology, business life cycle, mission/vision/strategy, project planning and organization, risk management and resource management and issue management
• Experience with structured analysis and design methodologies and processes as executed on large application development/enhancement projects
• Experience conducting performance appraisals and assisting employees in professional development and demonstrated success at mentoring and developing project management skills in others
• Demonstrated success in establishing specific deliverables for staff assigned to large scale, complex projects.
• Strong coaching skills with demonstrated ability to motivate employees and resolve conflicts
• Demonstrated ability to deploy resources to achieve evolving corporate goals.
• Demonstrated success at meeting project budget, timelines, requirement targets and managing variances.
• Demonstrated experience working proactively with business sponsors and partners to identify and implement solutions
• Experience with multiple types of software development lifecycles and related methodologies required.
• Working knowledge of project management principles such as those defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
• Ability to manage and direct the work of a highly creative and analytic team in developing and applying new approaches, processes and methodology.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communications skills (both oral and written) with a customer service orientation, and a demonstrated ability to effectively interact with senior DHS management.
• Proven problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to think out of the box and generate creative solutions.
• Ability to collaborate with other managers and team members inside and outside the division, work with ambiguity and build successful relationships.
• Ability to negotiate for competing resources and to generate consensus among multiple priorities.
• Skilled in the identification, assessment and contingency planning for risk factors.
• Desire to work in fast-paced, multi-tasking, fluid environment with ever-changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivering projects to successful completion; accountable for the quality and timeliness of all defined projects, and for issues (goals, resource allocation, release planning, technology architecture, etc.) within the projects.
• Minimizes delivery execution duration and cost per delivery project component launched
• Acts as primary interface with senior management, various boards and steering committees, and business function managers to ensure the project achieves the intended business results
• Ensures portfolio project definition, selection and staging are complete and meet the intended business case
• Maximizes aggregate project portfolio outcomes relative to corporate strategies and objectives, within the constraints of current delivery workloads, priorities and resources
• Supervises portfolio level schedule and cost variance reporting, issues management and change control to effectively manage inter-project impacts
• Facilitates portfolio level project integration, risk management and sustainment transitions for optimal outcomes.
• Plans, directs, coordinates and reports project management activities in accordance with policies and standards.
• Contributes to the development of, and ensures adherence to company adopted project management methods.
• Manages and reports project management activities and deliverables for assigned staff.
• Provides staff development and coaching, performance monitoring, management oversight, administrative reviews and detailed expectations for each member of assigned staff.
• Directs and coordinates activity of assigned staff, assigns individual responsibilities, identifies appropriate project resources and provides guidance and direction to project team members.
• Assesses skills development needs.
• Ensures staff is appropriately trained for current and future business.
• Ensures that assigned staff members understand and use project management methods, process, procedures and tools.
• Tracks project management and analyst staff performance, including collecting and acting on, customer feedback regarding project management and analyst staff performance.
• Completes performance evaluations for all direct reports (to include on-going coaching and corrective action if necessary) and provides ongoing coaching to project management staff and conducts ongoing one-on-one sessions with each employee.
• Responsible for aligning tactical support resources with organizational strategy.
• Fosters collaborative relationship with business units; acts as liaison between customers and project management staff to continuously improve service and enhance effectiveness.
• Deliver portfolio performance results consistent with DTS leadership direction through decreasing variance from scope, schedule and budget expectations.
• Minimize delivery execution duration through decreasing the average duration for execution of project delivery work components.
• Manage and maintain enhanced portfolio performance monitoring and control capabilities via robust portfolio variance reporting, issues management and change control, as assessed by leadership.
• Actively manage inter-project dependencies and portfolio risks and sustainment forecasts.
• Manage integrated project plans.
• Prepare and present plans, performance, issues and status to portfolio project governance and sponsor leadership.
• Plan, direct, coordinate and report project management activities in accordance with the DTS policies and standards.
• Responsible for project outcomes through effective project planning, task definition, scope management, resource allocation and negotiation, risk mitigation, cost management, and stakeholder communication.
• Assemble project team, assign individual responsibilities, identify appropriate project resources and provide guidance and direction to project team members.
• Define, collect and analyze metrics to ensure projects are on target.
• Proactively recommend courses of action to maintain cost effectiveness.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members, including mental health benefits.
• Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.
• Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure in addition to 10 company-paid holidays.
• Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period).
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave).
• Award-winning wellness programs that reward you for participation.
• Employee Assistance Fund for those in need.
• Commute and parking benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager