Program Manager III

Centene Corporation

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About The Position

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members. Centene is transforming the health of our communities, one person at a time. As a diversified, national organization, you’ll have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, or CPT. Position Purpose: Promote increased program efficiency, service levels, and value by capturing and monitoring performance, and then identifying opportunities for improvement and strategies to realize those opportunities. Plan, organize, monitor, oversee and lead multiple, concurrent resultant projects utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet company strategic objectives. Identify opportunities to increase efficiency, improve service levels and to ensure regulatory compliance through enhanced operations Develop strategies to realize improvement opportunities, and ensure organizational prioritization and resource alignment Utilize corporate and industry standard project management tools and techniques to effectively manage projects Maintain detailed project documentation as needed including action items, issues lists and risk mitigation plans Provide leadership and effectively communicate project status to all stakeholders, including executive summaries and presentations Negotiate with project stakeholders to identify and secure resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks Lead cross-functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and company’s objectives Provide functional and technical knowledge regarding overall program requirements and operations Oversee product and initiative tracking by monitoring usage, status, access/enhancement requests, and ensuring dashboards, repositories, and reports are accurate and up to data Ensure reliable, high quality initiative data by managing Smartsheet Data Shuttle integrations, validating data integrity, and driving outreach for incomplete, at risk, or outcome deficient initiatives

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years project implementation, product or program management experience.
• Managed care or prescription benefit management experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Smartsheet and PowerBI strongly preferred.
• Experience in project management and risk tracking highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promote increased program efficiency, service levels, and value by capturing and monitoring performance, and then identifying opportunities for improvement and strategies to realize those opportunities.
• Plan, organize, monitor, oversee and lead multiple, concurrent resultant projects utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet company strategic objectives.
• Identify opportunities to increase efficiency, improve service levels and to ensure regulatory compliance through enhanced operations
• Develop strategies to realize improvement opportunities, and ensure organizational prioritization and resource alignment
• Utilize corporate and industry standard project management tools and techniques to effectively manage projects
• Maintain detailed project documentation as needed including action items, issues lists and risk mitigation plans
• Provide leadership and effectively communicate project status to all stakeholders, including executive summaries and presentations
• Negotiate with project stakeholders to identify and secure resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks
• Lead cross-functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and company’s objectives
• Provide functional and technical knowledge regarding overall program requirements and operations
• Oversee product and initiative tracking by monitoring usage, status, access/enhancement requests, and ensuring dashboards, repositories, and reports are accurate and up to data
• Ensure reliable, high quality initiative data by managing Smartsheet Data Shuttle integrations, validating data integrity, and driving outreach for incomplete, at risk, or outcome deficient initiatives

Benefits

• competitive pay
• health insurance
• 401K and stock purchase plans
• tuition reimbursement
• paid time off plus holidays
• a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules

What This Job Offers

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