8-11 Project Manager

Job description

Job Details:

This job is 100% on-site in Columbia, SC; Our direct client has an opening for a Project Manager 10979-1; This position is up to 12 months, with the option of extension, and is in Columbia, SC.

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 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.

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.

REQUIRED SKILLS

(RANK

IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

): Project management skills; People skills; Strong background in project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment; 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; Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.

PREFERRED SKILLS

(RANK

IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

): Medicaid or Healthcare Delivery Systems; Project Management Professional Certification (PMP).

Rate Details:

Rate Card Class:

Enterprise Project Manager

• Consultant
• Enterprise Project Manager
• Consultant;

Level:

Consultant.

Qualifications:

Microsoft Office Suite Yes 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 2

• 4 Years; Microsoft No 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 2
• 4 Years; Program Management Experience with managing the implementation of major (multi-million dollar) projects Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2
• 4 Years;

EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF LARGE ENTERPRISE LEVEL PROJECTS WITH PROVEN IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS

Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 4

• 6 Years; Project planning experience, including effort estimation on technical tasks and resource allocation Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 1
• 2 Years; Release Management Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2
• 4 Years; Resource management Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2
• 4 Years;

SOFTWARE PROJECT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2

• 4 Years; Change Management No 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 2
• 4 Years; Experience working with risk management No 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 2
• 4 Years; Large-scale production system implementation experience No 1 Expert Currently Using 4
• 6 Years; Project Management Professional (PMP) certification No 1 Intermediate Currently Using 1
• 2 Years; Strong background in project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment No 1 Expert Within 6 Months 4
• 6.

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