Lead IT Project Manager

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: In the Digital Experience and Engagement space, leads the management and oversight of 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.

• Leads multiple medium to large sized projects
• Leads development and execution of division project initiatives
• Owns, track, and report on key performance metrics for leadership
• 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.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree and 5 – 7 years of related experience.

Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Technical Skills:

One or more of the following skills are desired.

• Experience with Jira or other Agile/Scrum related platforms
• Experience with large-scale digital and/or operational transformations
• Experience in healthcare, wellness, or digital health
• Experience with service design and operations (digital and physical)
• Experience with both B2C and B2B products and/or services
• Experience with Adobe Platforms, Salesforce, or AWS
• Experience with Microsoft Office; Project Management; …