Engagement Type
Contract
Short Description
Typical Experience: 84+ months
Complete Description
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading complex, high-impact, and confidential business operations projects across several domains including finance, contracts, staffing, and external communications. The role works closely with internal staff, external vendors, and other state agencies to ensure business operations alignment with the strategic program priorities. This role requires expertise in applying recognized project management methodologies.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
Project Management
Serve as the project
manager for all components of business operations.
Develop comprehensive and
time-sensitive project management plans, including scope, requirements,
acceptance criteria, risk management, communication plans, change
management, and detailed project schedules.
Apply appropriate project
management methodologies for project delivery, ensuring effective
monitoring and control of scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
Implement formal change
management processes for identifying, documenting, tracking, and
incorporating changes to projects.
Manage project resources
and team activities, providing feedback and ensuring project performance
aligns with plans.
Provide regular project
reporting, including progress, risks, and blockers, for internal and
external stakeholders.
Utilize domain knowledge
in finance, contracts, and staffing to support and align projects and
processes across the organization.
Stakeholder and Vendor Coordination
Coordinate closely with
internal and external partners, including internal staffing external vendors, and other state agencies.
Provide project
management oversight of vendors to ensure alignment across business operations and contractual requirements.
Facilitate efficient
coordination and planning by serving as a central point of contact across organizations.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor s degree in
computer science, a related IT field, business administration, project management, or a closely related degree from an
appropriately accredited institution, and 3-5 years of experience managing Medicaid or health IT technical projects; related work; or an equivalent
combination of education and experience.
Demonstrated ability to
develop, manage, and monitor integrated master schedules and project budgets.
Considerable knowledge of
vendor management and ensuring contract deliverables are met.
Experience leading
projects using methodologies such as waterfall, agile, or hybrid models.
Experience using a wide
variety of project management software, including Microsoft Project and other web-based platforms such as Jira, Asana,
Smartsheet, Workday, or Monday
Required/Desired Skills
| Skill | Required/Desired | Amount | of Experience |
| Apply finance, contracts, staffing, and communications expertise to clarify requirements, surface dependencies, and advance process maturity. | Required | 7.0 | Years |
| Provide project management oversight of vendor implementation projects to ensure compliance with contractual requirements. | Required | 7.0 | Years |
| Develop integrated project plans and manage scope, schedule, requirements, risks, communication, and change control. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Provide regular project reporting, including progress, risks, blockers, and decisions for stakeholders. | Required | 3.0 | Years |
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