Program Manager II - Vendor Management

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members. Centene is transforming the health of our communities, one person at a time. As a diversified, national organization, you’ll have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.
 

Position Purpose: Plan, organize, monitor, and oversee programs utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet business needs and strategic objectives.

• Support business department initiatives that promote, quality, safety and cost of care opportunity.
• Provide vendor coordination, vendor management communication, and oversee programs utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet business needs and strategic objectives.
• Manage the full project life cycle including requirements gathering, creation of project plans and schedules, obtaining and managing resources, vendor invoicing, and facilitating project execution, deployment, and closure.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to solve data discrepancies to help drive informed business decisions
• Develop and maintain project plans and dashboards/reports and present findings to leadership
• Provide data-driven recommendations to support decision-making processes
• Create and monitor all department deliverables to ensure adherence to quality standards including clinical reporting documents, related reference materials, and policy and procedure documentation.
• Ensure vendor/internal IT data accuracy and integrity
• Work closely with vendors to maintain detailed project documentation including meeting minutes, action items, issues lists, and risk management plans
• Establish vendor performance standards and conduct vendor audits
• Utilize corporate and industry standard project management tools and techniques to effectively manage projects
• Identify resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks.
• Identify requirements, procedures and problems to improve existing processes
• Follow up with stakeholders based on due dates of tasks and effectively communicate project health to all stakeholders
• Coordinate/lead cross-functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and business objectives
• Manage projects through the full project life cycle
• Provide leadership and effectively communicate project status to all stakeholders
• Negotiate with project stakeholders to identify and secure resources, resolve issues and mitigate risks
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of project management.
• Health care experience preferred.
• Intermediate Excel strongly preferred.
• Data analysis experience strongly preferred

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or …