Job Description

Job Title: Enterprise Project Manager
Job Location: Columbia, SC
Should be open to 20% remote work
Position Type: W2 Contract
positions: 2 Openings

Primary Skills: Project management, business requirements development, project planning and execution, risk and issue management, project status reporting, project management tools (SharePoint, Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project, Word, Access, Excel), project management documentation and artifacts, stakeholder engagement, vendor management, portfolio/program planning

Preferred Skills: 3+ years of project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment, Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects, public sector/government experience

Position Overview

A state health agency 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. The PM will be assigned to high priority projects and will interact with multiple business units and vendors. Candidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects will find this position attractive. The agency seeks experts in Project Management of medium to complex projects.

General Duties

• Assist with developing business requirements

• Build a project plan and execute to that plan

• Manage project risks and issues

• Ensure that all deliverables and activities are completed with high quality and in a timely fashion

• Report on project status and strategies orally and in writing

• Perform other related duties as assigned
  The Project Manager will interact with staff, other team members, all levels of management 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.

1. 3+ years of experience in project management

2. 3+ years of project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment

1. 3+ years of project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment

2. Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects

3. Public sector/government experience (viewed as a plus)

• 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

• Must be able to manage multiple high profile, high priority projects at one time

• 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.

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