Project Manager Healthcare

GoAhead Solutions has a great opportunity in Detroit, MI (Remote) for an IT Deliver Lead / Project Manager. This would be a Twelve month contract to start out.

Job Description:

Seeking an Agile and Waterfall IT Delivery Lead/Project Manager who will work independently within guidelines, be responsible for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing application and system implementation projects using a formal project management process.  Work will consist of a mix of complex and medium sized projects. Duties and Responsibilities:
-Create and maintain detailed work plan and schedule for agile and / or waterfall projects.
-Coordinate with resource managers to ensure the teams have provided the appropriate resources with available capacity to perform the work expected for the project.
-Track all project financials (budget, actuals, forecast, earned value).
-Track, manage and escalate all risks, actions/changes, issues and decisions in appropriate project logs.
-Facilitate all project change requests and coordinate approvals.
-Coordinate and participate in all project related meetings.
-Prepare and communicate weekly detailed project status.
-Adhere to project governance policies, procedures, and methodologies.
-Responsible for ensuring all project artifacts/deliverables/approvals are obtained and stored in the project documentation repository within defined project deadlines. Top Four Required Skills /Experience:
-Strong Agile Project Management skills.  Excellent analytical, logical reasoning, organizational, verbal and written communication skills and attention to details a must.   Must be able to exhibit in relation to data integration and management
-3-5 years’ experience with, Data Integration and Management solutions
-Excellent consultative skills and must demonstrate ability to understand business needs, identify solutions based on those needs and build relationship with business partners and IT team.  Self-starter and independent.  Willing to do what it takes.

-PMP Certification. Required Skills/Experience: 

-Proven experience managing projects at various levels of complexity using different project management methodologies.
-Excellent analytical, logical reasoning, organizational, verbal and written communication skills and attention to details a must.  Must be able to exhibit in relation to data integration and management.
-Must demonstrate ability to understand business needs, identify solutions based on those needs and build relationship with business partners and IT team.
-Experience leading a matrix project team to define, establish, and ensure completion of all program milestones while adhering to timelines and budgets.
-Prior experience with data movement and integration or BI solutions.
-Experience in creating and managing detailed project plans for small to high complexity projects.
-Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements. Preferred Skills/Experience: 
-Prior experience in healthcare or payer industry is preferred  buts candidates with this experience will be reviewed first.
-Distributed application development experience.
-System Analysis experience preferred.
-MS Project or similar project management tools, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Visio.
-Jira

Education/Certifications
-Bachelor's Degree in related field preferred.
-Minimum five (3) years’ experience in a delivery and consulting role leading data movement and integration related initiatives (system integration, data warehouse build, data mart build, or similar) is required.
-PMP certification preferred.