16yrs Project Manager with PMP & health exp - Onsite

GoIntellects Inc.•Washington, DC

10h•$85 - $90•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager leads highly complex projects from start to finish, overseeing project portfolio processes and coordinating project management activities across business and technology teams. The role manages scope, schedules, status and executive reporting, dependencies, risks, issues, communications, project controls, and alignment with business goals. It also ensures that project deliverables are completed and approved on schedule, that business readiness and training are in place, and that applicable CMS and FNS requirements are followed. The position works with business leaders, project teams, external stakeholders, and other project managers, and represents projects in executive and governance forums. This is an onsite contract position in Washington, DC.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience in health-related projects is indicated in the posting headline.
Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly desired.

Nice To Haves

Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, maintenance, integration, and alignment of project portfolio and project management processes.
Manage program scope and schedules, project status and executive reporting, dependencies, issues, risks, and project communications.
Build working relationships across the organization and communicate effectively with cross-functional groups.
Promote open communication, engagement, and ownership within project teams.
Ensure business and technology partners produce and obtain approval for project deliverables, including requirements, design documents, and test plans, according to project schedules.
Drive project workstreams by developing, executing, tracking, and monitoring plans, resolving blockers, and maintaining alignment with program priorities.
Coordinate with business leaders, project leaders, and external stakeholders to assess readiness for change.
Ensure compliance with CMS and FNS requirements and applicable organizational processes.
Coordinate stakeholder communications, manage expectations, resolve issues, and support a positive experience with the PMO team.
Represent projects in executive presentations, governance meetings, and inter-departmental meetings.
Maintain project schedules and ensure task-specific schedules are incorporated into the integrated master schedule.
Ensure business readiness, including required training and business process updates.
Define project goals and the benefits to be realized in support of business objectives.
Lead periodic reviews of the project portfolio, realized business benefits, key performance indicators, and gaps.
Identify, develop, and quantify corrective action plans and ensure effective project controls are in place.
Collaborate with business partners and program management on LTC practices, policies, guidelines, and operational processes.
Communicate and present information to employees, managers, and internal customers; respond to questions and complex inquiries; influence leaders and facilitate work at functional and strategic levels.
Monitor and direct day-to-day operations of assigned tasks to ensure policy and procedure compliance and achievement of contract and client goals.
Drive execution discipline across teams, ensuring deviations from standards and metric targets have action plans and follow-up.
Develop project schedules, cross-functional deliverables, and timelines, and manage project priorities and cross-project dependencies.
Lead other project managers on highly complex projects.
Formulate systems scope and objectives based on user needs and understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems, analyze business and user needs, document requirements, and translate them into system requirements specifications.
Provide consultation on complex projects as a top-level contributor or specialist in systems analysis, considering the business implications of technology for current and future environments.