Delivery Lead / Project Manager

Open position: Delivery Lead / Project Manager

Location : Remote

Need w2 profiles and must have healthcare payer experience.

Job Description:

Currently seeking an Agile and Waterfall IT Delivery Lead/Project Manager within the Informatics department. This Delivery Lead/Project Manager 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.
Essential Company 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 Three 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
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.
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
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
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