Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CalOptima is a mission-driven, community-based healthcare organization serving members with excellence and dignity. The Project Manager II supports the full lifecycle of multiple small to medium technology and business-related projects, managing scope, schedules, resources, quality, costs, risks, vendors, stakeholders, and project reporting.
Responsibilities
- Participates in a mission-driven culture of high-quality performance, with a member focus on customer service, consistency, dignity and accountability
- Assists the team in carrying out department responsibilities and collaborates with others to support short- and long-term goals/priorities for the department
- Ensures that projects are delivered with quality, agreed upon timelines and minimal disruptions due to issues or risks
- Manages multiple small to medium sized projects simultaneously with minimal oversight
- Creates project charters that include scope and objectives, project resources, known issues and risks, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical and business feasibility and regulatory compliance when appropriate
- Develops detailed project plans or tasks with resource assignments, due dates and tracks progress with minimal supervision
- Identifies and manages with key project stakeholders any changes to project scope, schedule, and resources using appropriate negotiation skills and escalations as necessary
- Manages internal resources and third parties/vendors for the execution of projects
- Measures project performance and proactively works to resolve issues and risks with key project stakeholders
- Develops relationships with all stakeholders and works to ensure collaboration amongst the project team
- Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation such as status reports, risk/action/issue/decision logs and responds to inquiries about projects
- Completes other duties as projects as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree PLUS 2 years of experience managing projects with low to medium complexity, duration, organizational impact and costs required; an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the position such as those listed above may also be qualifying
- Develop rapport and establish and maintain effective working relationships with CalOptima Health's leadership and staff and external contacts at all levels and with diverse backgrounds
- Work independently and exercise sound judgment
- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Work a flexible schedule; available to participate in evening and weekend events
- Organize, be analytical, problem-solve and possess project management skills
- Work in a fast-paced environment and in an efficient manner
- Manage multiple projects and identify opportunities for internal and external collaboration
- Motivate and lead multi-program teams and external committees/coalitions
- Utilize computer and appropriate software (e.g., Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and job specific applications/systems to produce correspondence, charts, spreadsheets, and/or other information applicable to the position assignment
- Ability to visually read information from computer screens, forms and other printed materials and information
- Ability to speak (enunciate) clearly in conversation and general communication
- Hearing ability for verbal communication/conversation/responses via telephone, telephone systems, and face-to-face interactions
- Manual dexterity for typing, writing, standing and reaching, flexibility, body movement for bending, crouching, walking, kneeling and prolonged sitting
- Lifting and moving objects, patients and/or equipment 10 to 25 pounds
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- 2 years of experience working with health care delivery systems and/or in a public agency serving the related population
Benefits
- This position has been approved to be Full Telework.
- If the position is Telework, it is eligible in California only.
- A comprehensive benefits package.
- CalPERS pension program and additional retirement packages.
- A generous PTO program.
- A quality work life balance.
- Various wellness programs.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Career development opportunities.
- Flexible scheduling.
- The satisfaction of knowing your work directly impacts and improves healthcare access for thousands of individuals and families.
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