Project Scope and Planning: using approved methods and SDLC, is responsible for the planning, documentation and execution of all phases of the project lifecycle; may lead and implement one or more of the following methods or functions: scope management, cost management, resource management, requirements management, work breakdown schedule and timeline management, priority and dependency management, project integration planning, vendor management using RFP, roles responsibilities; will work with the business to create project objectives that reflect the executive level vision and charter; leading and facilitating meetings.
Project Control and Monitoring: Developing detailed work breakdown schedule, project estimate, and resource plan that support scope and risk management; conducting and facilitating effective project meetings, including issue tracking, status reports, and executive communications; implementing a Chang, Quality and Performance Management processes to control scope and monitoring project progress; ensuring problems are effectively escalated and crisis management activated, as needed
Customer Focus and Partnerships: Advocate for the business, by providing first class service through the expert development of the Project Management discipline; lending subject matter expertise and knowledge management to the project team and stakeholders; supporting and taking pride in the assurance of total customer benefit and satisfaction for the product delivery
Quality Management (QA Test): Effectively implementing a Quality Management process that supports qualified Test Planning, QA, CAT, and User Acceptance Testing; ensuring User Training is planned and effectively executed
Mentoring and Coaching: Champion of change, process, and best practices to both the business and technical team members, providing training, leadership and coaching for the Project Management discipline; leading the project team for large development efforts; lending both functional and technical system-specific knowledge throughout the project lifecycle
Perform other duties as assigned to successfully promote the Circle of Excellence for the Project Management Discipline, and the overall project and department success
Job Requirements:
Strong Technical Project Management experience in the Health Insurance Industry
Tactical working knowledge of SAFE Agile methodologies
Strong understanding of current infrastructure concepts with the proven ability to implement Servers, VMware, SANs, networks, Data Centers and Monitoring in a fast paced, high availability, ITIL environment
Coordinating cross-functional teams - Infrastructure, apps development, QA, performance release teams, along with various IT groups for UAT
Experience delivering highly cross-functional programs that cross multiple business capabilities / systems
Exceptional verbal, written, and presenting skills
Strong understanding of current security protection, monitoring and remediation techniques with the proven ability to implement solutions for the network, servers, databases and the desktop
Understanding of disaster recovery, business continuity and high availability concepts from planning to testing
Must be able to work the PST (California) hours
Required profile
Experience
Spoken language(s):
English
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