Technical Program Director

Elevance Health • Chicago, IL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Program Director will be responsible for the leadership of our central Data Science teams and AI platform, overseeing various use cases and models. This includes aligning AI services with KPIs related to adoption, efficiency, and value, and maintaining an integrated delivery roadmap to track progress. Provides leadership for multiple large/strategic enterprise-wide programs made up of multiple projects. Manages projects of at least $20M+ in size or equal complexity.

Requirements

• Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 15 years of enterprise project management experience in broad-based information systems managing increasing project size and complexity that are transformational in nature for the organization, full life-cycle application development and/or building enterprise applications; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in effective team environment, building strong relationships, negotiation, solving problems and issues, resolving conflicts, managing resources in a matrix environment, communicating and influencing effectively at all levels of an organization required and/or data warehouse planning and development is strongly preferred.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring project team members strongly preferred.
• Experience using portfolio management applications and Rational tools is strongly preferred.
• Project management certification (PMP) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic planning analysis to ELT concerning staffing needs on short to long term basis based on program projections.
• Provides strategic direction for developing enterprise project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risk, contingency plan and allocation of resources.
• Provides expert knowledge of project management methodology approaches, techniques and tools to senior management.
• Directs system analysts, software designers and programmers to determine best methods to achieve project objectives.
• Coaches and mentors project team members; mentors other project managers around project management methodology; determines project scope.

Benefits

• In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).
• We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees