Senior IT Project Manager

• Responsible for leading the implementation of enterprise healthcare technology initiatives focused on CMS interoperability and prior authorization compliance requirements.
• The role involves managing complex cross-functional projects, driving collaboration across business and IT teams, and ensuring successful delivery of healthcare data platform solutions aligned with organizational and regulatory objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end project management for large-scale Prior Authorization system implementations.
• Ensure compliance with CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule requirements.
• Drive project execution across initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure phases.
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to support delivery of standardized integration solutions.
• Oversee resource planning, stakeholder engagement, risk management, issue resolution, and change control activities.
• Provide regular project updates, dashboards, milestone tracking, and executive-level reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams in a matrixed enterprise environment.
• Track technical and development-related issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure project deliverables align with organizational healthcare data platform strategies.

Requirement/Must Have:

• 7+ years of IT project management experience.
• Proven experience delivering complex initiatives in healthcare environments.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams within enterprise organizations.
• Strong understanding of healthcare operations including claims, eligibility, and provider data.
• Strong leadership, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to present project updates and status reports to senior leadership.
• Strong technical background with ability to understand development challenges and technical dependencies.
• Experience with project management methodologies and governance processes.

Should Have:

• Experience working with healthcare data systems and enterprise healthcare platforms.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Direct experience managing Prior Authorization system projects.
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as MS Project, SmartSheet, Jira, Confluence, and SharePoint.

Skills:

• IT project management.
• Healthcare systems and operations.
• Prior Authorization systems.
• CMS interoperability compliance.
• Resource planning and stakeholder management.
• Risk and issue management.
• Change management.
• Executive reporting and communication.
• Agile and project governance methodologies.
• MS Project.
• SmartSheet.
• Jira.
• Confluence.
• SharePoint.
• Leadership and team collaboration.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, Business, or related field preferred.
• PMP certification strongly preferred.