Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CareOregon is a healthcare organization seeking a Project Manager III to lead large-scale, complex projects and enterprise-wide programs. The role manages projects throughout the lifecycle, frequently with a technology focus, while coordinating stakeholders, overseeing implementation, managing risks and costs, and supporting process and systems improvements.
Responsibilities
- Develop project plans that outline components, communications, milestones, priorities, needs and resources
- Organize, facilitate, and participate in meetings of stakeholder groups to identify needs and build consensus and collaboration
- Work collaboratively in analyzing business needs to identify potential technical solutions and process impacts to inform business case and project proposals and project plans
- Apply expert skills in leading stakeholders; act as a resource to project team members
- Monitor and regularly communicate project status to Sponsors, Business Owners and other stakeholders, helping to ensure progress toward completion
- Make formal and informal presentations and reports, providing updates and other relevant information on the status of projects
- Represent the organization regarding project status and alignment with strategic plans; facilitate and work effectively to develop consensus within divergent groups and/or groups with divergent viewpoints
- Identify potential difficulties and/or barriers to project goals and take steps to mitigate or avoid them
- Ensure compliance with all applicable standards, policies, laws, rules and regulations outlined in the project plan
- Employ advanced change management techniques to facilitate the adoption of the project
- Track program and/or large-scale project costs and identify variances from project plans
- Develop and recommend operational processes and/or process improvements including supporting information systems
- Maintain appropriate records, information, documentation and reports
- At the time of project completion, close files and review records to ensure documentation is appropriate and complete
- Facilitate the evaluation of progress and challenges following implementation, identifying potential system or process improvement opportunities
- Provide subject matter expertise and guidance for implementation, configuration and on-going support of internal systems, technology, and analytics
- Actively participate in business unit planning and performance metrics
- Recommend and draft policies and procedures for departmental or organizational application
- Participate in functional discussions and initiatives across departments
Skills
- NOTE: This is a remote/WFH position, and you must reside in Oregon or SW WA
- * Minimum 7 years' related experience, including minimum 5 years managing projects; experience should include:
- + Independent leadership of a variety of medium and large-scale projects, as well as leadership on occasional enterprise-wide, complex projects
- + Minimum 5 years' experience leading information systems projects, including some at a complex level
- * Thorough knowledge of principles, methods, and techniques of project management and effective organizational change management
- * Working knowledge of policies, principles, and practices of healthcare and health insurance
- * Advanced understanding of multiple health plan functions and system implications
- * Advanced knowledge of multiple project management frameworks, specifically variations of both agile and waterfall development methods
- * Ability to integrate process improvement and redesign principals and techniques such as Lean, PDSA, or Six Sigma
- * Expert ability to develop a formal and detailed project plan aligned with established timeline and budgetary guidelines
- * Advanced ability to lead and motivate peers, cross-functional partners and management toward project goal attainment
- * Excellent ability to manage multiple activities, matrixed teams, organization communications, and frequently competing priorities to implement change as necessary within time and budget constraints
- * Excellent skills in Microsoft Office, collaboration and project planning systems
- * Highly skilled at resource planning and negotiating with resource managers for needed skills and time from team members throughout the project/program lifecycle
- * Excellent communication skills, including listening, verbal, written, documentation, meeting facilitation, and presentations
- * Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in working with internal and external business partners
- * Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups
- * Ability to learn, focus, understand, and evaluate information and determine appropriate actions
- * Ability to accept direction and feedback, as well as tolerate and manage stress
- * Ability to see, read, and perform repetitive finger and wrist movement for at least 6 hours/day
- * Ability to hear and speak clearly for at least 3-6 hours/day
- Travel: May include occasional required or optional travel outside of the workplace; the employee's personal vehicle, local transit or other means of transportation may be used
- * Scrum, Agile, and/or Project Management International (PMI) Project Management certification
- * 3 or more years' experience in health plan operations
- * Minimum 2 years' experience in the health care or managed care industry
- * Expertise with information systems in the health insurance or related industry preferred
Benefits
- Remote/work-from-home position for employees residing in Oregon or Southwest Washington
- Bonus opportunity: SIP target of 5% annually
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health savings account
- Flexible spending account(s)
- Lifestyle spending account
- Employee assistance program
- Wellness program
- Employee discounts
- Supplemental benefits, including voluntary life, critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, pre-tax parking, pet insurance, and 529 College Savings
- Retirement plan with employer contributions
- PTO for benefits-eligible employees, accrued based on hours worked/scheduled hours and the primary work state
- Paid State Sick Time
- Paid holidays, depending on eligibility
- Volunteer time, depending on eligibility
- Jury duty leave, depending on eligibility
- Bereavement leave, depending on eligibility
- 401(k) contributions for non-benefits-eligible employees
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