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SalaryWhat are important things that YOU need to know about this role?
- Government Medicaid/Medicare Dental Third-Party Administrator Implementation Experience is strongly preferred
- Dental and/or healthcare insurance industry experience preferred
- This position is eligible to be fully remote
- Possible travel up to 5% may be required
- Core Working Hours: 9am to 3pm CST with additional hours required around those core hours
What will YOU be doing for us: Responsible for organizing, initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing out projects both internal and external facing within the established timeframe.
What YOU will be working on every day:
- Lead and manage multiple large scale corporate projects simultaneously while effectively managing scope, schedule, quality, resources and risk.
- Define and manage project scope, goals and risk to provide guidance and direction throughout project lifecycle.
- Develop full scale project plans and ensure understanding and follow through on all deliverables throughout all project lifecycle phases including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control and close out.
- Assess and analyze business requirements to guide through design and delivery of technical solutions.
- Facilitate communication and solutions through various mediums of communication.
- Coordinate communication and priorities of all members of the project team.
- Provide direction as needed to project team members and ensure follow through on deliverables.
- Initiate and maintain relationships with internal colleagues to ensure proper resources are available to execute project appropriately.
- Track project progress and provide status updates.
- Manage key stakeholder communication and escalate for significant concerns and issues related to current projects.
- Work collaboratively with Director in designing practices and tools to be used by the department.
- Serve as mentor to other peers in the Project Management Office (PMO)
- Assist in the development and implementation of contingency plans.
- Collaborate with external clients and build strong relationships of trust/commitment
Additional Responsibilities:
- Recognize and suggest potential system and process enhancements that could be made to increase effectiveness or efficiency of the project and/or PMO.
What qualifications do YOU need to have to be GOOD candidate?
- Required Level of Education, Licenses, and/or Certificates
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or other related years of industry experience
- Required Level of Experience
- 7-10 years in project management.
- Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to plan for contingencies and anticipate problems.
- Ability to effectively listen and respond to customers’ needs (both internal and external).
- Ability to effectively convey and receive ideas, information, and directions.
- Ability to build and maintain work relationships and contacts needed to effectively address issues and obstacles.
- Ability to display strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to remain organized despite multiple interruptions.
- Ability to solve complex problems/issues with root cause analysis
- Ability to manage through ambiguity
- Ability to negotiate
- Work independently in a fast paced environment
- Competencies
- Disseminating Information: The ability to ensure that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed as well as ability to deliver ‘bad news’ to a variety of stakeholders.
- Interpersonal Skills: The ability to notice, interpret, and anticipate others' concerns and feelings, and to communicate this awareness empathetically to others.
- Influencing Others: The ability to gain others' support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions.
- Building Collaborative Relationships: The ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships with others inside or outside the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support.
- Diagnostic Information Gathering: The ability to identify the information needed to clarify a situation, seek that information from appropriate sources, and use skillful questioning to draw out the information even when others are reluctant to disclose it.
- Forward Thinking: The ability to anticipate the implications and consequences of situations and take appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies.
- Decisiveness: The ability to make difficult decisions in a timely manner.
- Detail Oriented: Ensuring that one's own and/or others' work and information are complete and accurate; carefully preparing for meetings and presentations; following up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled.
- Fostering Innovation: The ability to develop, sponsor, or support the introduction of new and improved method, products, procedures, or technologies.
- Independence: Work in a fast-paced, demanding environment with changing goals/priorities with limited oversight.
What qualifications do YOU need to have to be GREAT candidate?
- Preferred Level of Education, License, and/or Certificates
- PMI Certification
- SCRUM
- Preferred Level of Experience
- Experience in healthcare, dental, vision and/or software industry
- Experience with managing external client relationships
- Experience with software implementations
- Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of commonly used project management tools (Microsoft Project Plan, Zoho)
- Experienced with Visio to flow out any processes as necessary
- Knowledge of building out a Project Management Office (PMO)
The salary range and midpoint is listed below for your reference. Please keep in mind that your education and experience along with your knowledge, skills and abilities are taken into consideration when determining placement within the range.
Compensation Range:
$91,829.00 - $137,744.00Compensation Midpoint:
$114,787.00
