Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CalOptima is a mission-driven, community-based organization serving member health with excellence and dignity. The Project Manager II supports technology and business-related projects throughout their lifecycle, managing scope, schedules, resources, quality, costs, risks, stakeholders, vendors, and project reporting across multiple small- to medium-sized initiatives.
Responsibilities
- 90% - Project Management
- 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
- 10% - Other - completes other duties as projects as assigned
Skills
- - If telework is approved, you are required to work within the State of California only and if Partial Telework, also come in to the Main Office in Orange, CA, at least two (2) days per week minimum
- - 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 is approved for Full Telework (If the position is Telework, it is eligible in California only)
- CalPERS pension program and additional retirement packages.
- A generous PTO program
- Various wellness programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Professional development opportunities
- Career development opportunities
- Flexible scheduling
- And the satisfaction of knowing your work directly impacts and improves healthcare access for thousands of individuals and families.
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