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Healthfirst Project Manager - Operations in Hybrid, New York
** This position Hybrid NY or Hybrid FL
Duties and Responsibilities:
Organizes and leads the project team through the entire project life cycle.
Works with internal and external teams as applicable to ensure business needs are clearly understood and the technology implemented meets the needs and expectations of the business
Conducts project estimate sessions with project stakeholders to drive project estimates and challenges estimates where appropriate to ensure accurate effort estimates by functional areas
Creates and maintains a detailed project plan for all aspects of the project based on delivery methodology and project impacts to secure tasks and dates
Manages project execution, resource deployment and overall coordination efforts to ensure projects are completed on schedule and to budget
Creates and manages the artifacts required for governance approval for medium to large-scale projects
Establishes and actively manages all project and key stakeholder expectations and relationships
Manages deliverables from all functional teams ensuring they meet the defined timeline and quality based on project guidelines
Deploys project management principles and techniques to establish and maintain control of the project
Tailors the use of specific project management techniques to each assignment (e.g. emphasizing risk management, or change management)
Reports status to the Project Sponsor, and escalates changes, issues, risks for resolution as needed
Collaborates with resource managers to acquire the resources necessary to produce the project on time and within budget
Achieves project objectives in conformance with Healthfirst project management methodologies and standards.
Coaches and mentors Project Managers and Coordinators
Additional duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors degree from an accredited institution or equivalent work experience
Certifications such as PMP, Six Sigma Green Belt or LEAN
Experience managing cross-functional projects that yielded meaningful results
Experience engaging and communicating with key stakeholders including senior-level leadership
Experience with project change management, portfolio risk management, project communication management and organization change management
Experience using an enterprise project management system such as MS Project Server and MS Project
Preferred Qualifications:
Masters degree from an accredited institution
Experience working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
Experience in managing or working on projects across multiple departments using an SDLC methodology and Agile/Scrum methodology
Experience with application and/or systems implementations or upgrades
Industry work experience in healthcare such as hospital, managed or long-term care, insurance, government or other healthcare agency
Experience working with one or more Medicaid managed care plan products, such as Family Health Plus (FHP), Eastern Benefits System (EBS) and/or Federal Employee Program (FEP)
Knowledgeable of Department of Health (DOH) and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations
Experience with Health Plan Provider Directories
Compliance & Regulatory Responsibilities: N/A
License/Certification: N/A
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
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