Job ID: BL-11615-1 (912690324)
Onsite/Local Govt Healthcare PM (PMP must 15+) with MMIS/Medicaid, risk management and experience
Location: Columbia, SC
Duration: 12+ Months Hrs/Wk:40.00
Remote Work Availability: 0%
**Prior state/government experience would be a plus.**
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.
– Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
– Medicaid or Healthcare Delivery Systems
Skills:
Packaged Applications Microsoft Office Suite Yes 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 2 – 4 Years
Packaged Applications Microsoft No 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 2 – 4 Years
Program Management Change Management Yes 1 Expert 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
Program Management EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF LARGE ENTERPRISE LEVEL PROJECTS WITH PROVEN IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 1 – 2 Years
Program Management Project Management Professional (PMP) certification Yes 1 Intermediate Currently Using 1 – 2 Years
Program Management Project planning experience, including effort estimation on technical tasks and resource allocation Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 1 – 2 Years
Program Management Release Management Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2 – 4 Years
Program Management resource management Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2 – 4 Years
Program Management SOFTWARE PROJECT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2 – 4 Years
Program Management Experience working with risk management No 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 2 – 4 Years
Program Management Large scale production system implementation experience No 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2 – 4 Years
Program Management Strong background in project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment No 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2 – 4 Years
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
South Carolina seeks an expert in Project Management of medium to complex projects.
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a consultant to act as Project Manager on multiple IT projects.
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.
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