You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.Position Purpose: Provides overarching leadership and guidance on related large programs and projects (both waterfall and agile) with a view to improve the project performance and consistency of delivery. Sources project managers and scrum masters and provides oversight and remediation to troubled projects. Delivers, measures, and manages project performance in addition to providing input and collaboration on interdependencies within the projects and other programs. Assists with coordinating work and status from other Project Managers
Plans, controls, and manages the delivery of multiple large, complex enterprise IT programs to meet the agreed business needs, acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources
Plan, manage, and implement programs from initiation to final operational stage including lessons learned
Evaluate, align, and integrate technical and business requirements and project plans to establish the program framework
Manages multiple project scopes and successful execution within technical, schedule, cost, and quality commitments
Provides direction to the project teams in areas of customer concerns, potential changes in scope, and risk assessment
Coordinates program management reviews, preparing and publishing program management metrics and reports; maintain metrics for projects' quality, technical performance, and delivery, including regular project health status reports
Coordinates all risks and requirements of the projects by planning, controlling, and integrating all projects and measuring all elements to ensure the requirements and goals are successfully achieved
Provide insight and recommendations during project execution and implementation to remediate issues
Review and assess vendor statements of work and estimates
Determines, monitors, reviews, and reports on all program attributes including program costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources, quality, and risks
Provides periodic project updates (Program Status Report) of current situation relating to milestones and problem/high risk areas (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule); provide updates to the IT leadership team and the business units
Shares knowledge and develops team capabilities to strengthen understanding of IT and enterprise industry and business issues and best practices
Identifies areas for improvement, share lessons learned across the firms’ IT project teams, and encourage others to do the same
Communicates regularly with functional and IT leaders to ensure enterprise alignment and support
Establishes client relationships
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Education/Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree and 4 – 6 years of related experience.Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.Technical Skills:One or more of the following skills are desired.
Experience with Microsoft Office
Experience with Project Management and Project Management tools and methodologies
Experience with Risk Management
Experience with Other: developing, monitoring and managing project budgets and schedules
Soft Skills:
Intermediate - Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
Intermediate - Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Intermediate - Ability to work independently
Intermediate - Demonstrates analytical skills
Intermediate - Demonstrates a collaborative spirit and focuses on building trusted partnerships
Intermediate - Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
Intermediate - Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
Intermediate - Ability to communicate effectively and make recommendations to upper management
Intermediate - Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
License/Certification:
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI preferred
Pay Range: $98,900.00 - $183,100.00 per yearCentene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives.Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.