Senior Project Manager
Health Care Service Corporation
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $90,900 - $164,200 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Responsible for leading large complex projects or a program with a number of sub-projects
- Being accountable for end-to-end delivery of a project or program, including managing the cost/budget, schedule & dependencies
- Ensuring the project scope is aligned with the stated business objectives
- Providing a blend of technical and business acumen to drive the design, development, and implementation of strategic IT projects
- Building a sufficient level of knowledge of IT products and line of Business to enable targeted probing of delivery feasibility and conflicts with other projects
- Setting and managing customer expectations; managing and escalating issues and changes
- Developing and maintaining relationships with project stakeholders to obtain project objectives while working in a matrix project environment
- Driving deliverables and activities with Project Delivery Lead and IT product managers or their program manager by removing barriers, and escalating risk/issues
- Must have a thorough understanding of systems development life cycle and project management and enterprise processes
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years project management experience OR 7 years project management experience
- Familiarity and experience with Project Management Methodologies (i.e. Project Management Institute – PMBOK)
- Experience in project delivery and management of large and/or complex projects
- Understanding of project financial tracking including monitoring and reporting on budget expenditures
- Experience in negotiations, managing conflict, and organizational / political savvy
- Verbal and written communication skills, as well as meeting facilitation skills
- Ability to work independently and within a team environment
- Analytical thinking and problem solving skills; agility and flexibility to adapt to constantly changing priorities
- Ability to create integrated, milestone-driven critical path project plans
- Ability to multi-task and balance multiple competing priorities while meeting deadlines
- Ability to influence (direct / indirect reports, project stakeholders, and leaders), and manage in a matrix organization
- Structured, organized and methodical in execution, takes ownership and accountability for outcomes
- Drives for results and drives certainty in delivery; able to manage multiple parallel efforts and deliver quality deliverables on schedule
- Develops trusted relationships and demonstrates deep Interpersonal skills
- Experience with the entire software development lifecycle from inception to development to testing to production
- Deployment and maintenance; deep understanding of HCSC delivery models – OWF, Scrum, XP
Benefits
- Health and wellness benefits
- 401(k) savings plan
- Pension plan
- Paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Disability insurance
- Supplemental life insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Other incentives
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementproject deliverybudget trackingnegotiationanalytical thinkingproblem solvingmilestone-driven project planssoftware development lifecycledeploymentHCSC delivery models
Soft skills
communication skillsmeeting facilitationindependent workteam collaborationagilityflexibilityinfluenceownershipinterpersonal skillsorganizational savvy
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree