Senior IT Project Manager

Centene Corporation

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility. Position Purpose: Responsible for managing and overseeing all aspects of a technology project to ensure it is completed on time and within budget. Has overall responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing, vendors, and contractual deliverables. Develops detailed project plans. Monitors project milestones and generates periodic status reports. Evaluates and manages risk. Incorporates quality measures and standards to project deliverables. Manages multiple medium to large sized projects Works with project stakeholders to develop an objective-based comprehensive project plan as per allocated time and budget Establishes, builds rapport, and maintains relationships with stakeholders, third parties and vendors to ensure their coordination with internal resources Creates, builds, and updates project schedules, project charters, status reports and work breakdown structures Tracks and reports on financial data, performance, and status of multiple projects by leveraging project management tools and techniques; continually reviews and makes recommendations to ensure adequate availability of resources Identifies key project risks and manages them to ensure the delivery of business goals; escalates issues to management as needed Facilitates and determines the resolution of project-related conflicts including necessary corrective action(s) Ensures consistency and adherence to corporate operational standards and processes Ensures proper project closure including lessons learned Works with consultant staff performing a wide-range of project controls functions. Prepares information technology project status reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends. Provides ad hoc project support to team members and/or departments Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all policies and standards

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree and 4 – 6 years of related experience. Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.
Experience with Microsoft Office
Project Management
Root Cause Analysis
Sourcing
Stakeholder Management
Vendor Relationship Management
Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to work independently
Demonstrated analytical skills
Demonstrated project management skills
Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management
Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Agile Software Development
Scrum (Software Development)
Software Development Life Cycle
Knowledge / proficiency in Service Now, Jira Align, and Smartsheets
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI preferred

Responsibilities

Managing and overseeing all aspects of a technology project to ensure it is completed on time and within budget.
Managing scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing, vendors, and contractual deliverables.
Developing detailed project plans.
Monitoring project milestones and generates periodic status reports.
Evaluating and managing risk.
Incorporating quality measures and standards to project deliverables.
Managing multiple medium to large sized projects
Working with project stakeholders to develop an objective-based comprehensive project plan as per allocated time and budget
Establishing, building rapport, and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, third parties and vendors to ensure their coordination with internal resources
Creating, building, and updating project schedules, project charters, status reports and work breakdown structures
Tracking and reporting on financial data, performance, and status of multiple projects by leveraging project management tools and techniques; continually reviews and makes recommendations to ensure adequate availability of resources
Identifying key project risks and manages them to ensure the delivery of business goals; escalates issues to management as needed
Facilitating and determines the resolution of project-related conflicts including necessary corrective action(s)
Ensuring consistency and adherence to corporate operational standards and processes
Ensuring proper project closure including lessons learned
Working with consultant staff performing a wide-range of project controls functions.
Preparing information technology project status reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends.
Providing ad hoc project support to team members and/or departments
Performing other duties as assigned
Complying with all policies and standards