Project Manager- Provider Operations

HealthFirst•New York, NY

About The Position

The Project Manager manages small to large enterprise-level projects that have department or enterprise-level importance, moderate to high risk and risk interdependencies, several interrelationships, and moderate to high costs associated with delivery. The Project Manager supports projects of major complexity as part of a program team in support of higher-level project or program managers. Job Description Duties and Responsibilities: Organizes and leads the project team through the entire project life cycle. Works with internal and external teams as applicable to ensure business needs are clearly understood and the technology implemented meets the needs and expectations of the business Conducts project estimate sessions with project stakeholders to drive project estimates and challenges estimates where appropriate to ensure accurate effort estimates by functional areas Creates and maintains a detailed project plan for all aspects of the project based on delivery methodology and project impacts to secure tasks and dates Manages project execution, resource deployment and overall coordination efforts to ensure projects are completed on schedule and to budget Creates and manages the artifacts required for governance approval for medium to large-scale projects Establishes and actively manages all project and key stakeholder expectations and relationships Manages deliverables from all functional teams ensuring they meet the defined timeline and quality based on project guidelines Deploys project management principles and techniques to establish and maintain control of the project Tailors the use of specific project management techniques to each assignment (e.g. emphasizing risk management, or change management) Reports status to the Project Sponsor, and escalates changes, issues, risks for resolution as needed Collaborates with resource managers to acquire the resources necessary to produce the project on time and within budget Achieves project objectives in conformance with Healthfirst project management methodologies and standards. Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or equivalent work experience
HS Diploma or GED from accredited institution
Experience managing cross-functional projects that yielded meaningful results
Experience engaging and communicating with key stakeholders including senior-level leadership
Experience with project change management, portfolio risk management, project communication management and organization change management
Experience using an enterprise project management system such as MS Project Server and MS Project

Nice To Haves

Provider Operations experience
Master’s degree from an accredited institution
Certifications such as PMP, Six Sigma Green Belt or LEAN
Experience working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
Experience in managing or working on projects across multiple departments using an SDLC methodology and Agile/Scrum methodology
Experience in managing a team of people and/or in leading a team to achieve results
Knowledge and/or experience with multiple Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pair Programming, Automated Testing
Experience with application and/or systems implementations or upgrades
Industry work experience in healthcare such as hospital, managed or long-term care, insurance, government or other healthcare agency
Experience working with one or more Medicaid managed care plan products, such as Family Health Plus (FHP), Eastern Benefits System (EBS) and/or Federal Employee Program (FEP)
Knowledgeable of Department of Health (DOH) and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations
Experience leading teams focusing on professional growth and development and organizational goals

Responsibilities

Organizes and leads the project team through the entire project life cycle.
Works with internal and external teams as applicable to ensure business needs are clearly understood and the technology implemented meets the needs and expectations of the business
Conducts project estimate sessions with project stakeholders to drive project estimates and challenges estimates where appropriate to ensure accurate effort estimates by functional areas
Creates and maintains a detailed project plan for all aspects of the project based on delivery methodology and project impacts to secure tasks and dates
Manages project execution, resource deployment and overall coordination efforts to ensure projects are completed on schedule and to budget
Creates and manages the artifacts required for governance approval for medium to large-scale projects
Establishes and actively manages all project and key stakeholder expectations and relationships
Manages deliverables from all functional teams ensuring they meet the defined timeline and quality based on project guidelines
Deploys project management principles and techniques to establish and maintain control of the project
Tailors the use of specific project management techniques to each assignment (e.g. emphasizing risk management, or change management)
Reports status to the Project Sponsor, and escalates changes, issues, risks for resolution as needed
Collaborates with resource managers to acquire the resources necessary to produce the project on time and within budget
Achieves project objectives in conformance with Healthfirst project management methodologies and standards.
Additional duties as assigned.