Project Manager

Job Id: SC-13896

Hybrid/Local Healthcare PM (PMP/Medicaid/Healthcare Delivery Systems) with SharePoint, MS Project experience

Location: Columbia, SC (SCDHHS)
Duration: 12 Months

Work Location: Hybrid (4 days in office, 1 days remote).
Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident. No relocation allowed.

Skills:
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
3+ years of experience in project management
3+ years of project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment.
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
Medicaid or Healthcare Delivery Systems
Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)
REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:
PMI Certification
ADDITIONAL SKILLS/DUTIES:
Project planning experience, including effort estimation on technical tasks and resource allocation.
Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to give presentations to executive management. Strong proficiency in English is required.
Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.
Job Decsription:
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a consultant to
act as Project Manager on multiple IT projects. This position will work under the
direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or designee.
General Duties:

• Assists with developing business requirements;
• Building a project plan and executing to that plan;
• Managing project risks and issues;
• Ensuring that all deliverables and activities are completed with high quality and in
  a timely fashion;
• Reporting on project status and strategies orally and in writing;
• Other related duties as assigned
  The Project Manager will interact with staff, other team members, all levels ofmanagement and internal and external organizations, including vendors performing

  outsourced work, in the compilation and management of information needed for project

  plans, portfolio/program plans, metrics, reports and project management documentation.

  A successful project manager in this role will embed themselves in the business being

  managed in order to understand the details of the projects, not just management of a

  project schedule.

  Desired Skills and Experience:

• Experience working with SharePoint and other typical project management tools,
  including Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project, Word, Access and Excel
• Experience working with risk management, including risk triggers and managing
  risks to project plan tasks.
• Ability to create and document key project management documents and artifacts
• Superb communications skills (written and oral)
• Effective listener
• Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations;
  ability to get people with competing, diverse interests to work together
• Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects
  preferred, but not mandatory
• Must be able to manage multiple high profile, high priority projects at one time