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SalaryWho We Are:
At the intersection of health plans and providers, Apixio is creating a leading Connected Care platform to minimize reimbursement inaccuracies and high-quality patient care so they can thrive as the industry moves toward value-based reimbursement models.
The combination brings together healthcare expertise, AI/machine learning technology and data-driven analytics solutions to deliver innovative solutions and value to our customers and the healthcare ecosystem. We aim to accelerate the shift toward alternative payment models, while enhancing efficiency and supporting better patient outcomes.
About the role:
We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to join our dynamic software engineering organization. As a TPM, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of complex Technical Projects within our organization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development, excellent leadership abilities, and exceptional project management skills. Additionally, the candidate should be adept at managing multiple projects simultaneously, possess technical expertise in Atlassian Jira and Agile/Scrum methodologies, and be capable of assisting Engineering managers with resource allocation and forecasting. This role will collaborate with Product and Engineering Managers to define project milestones and methods to track them with a strong emphasis on forecasting accuracy and delivery.
Who you are:
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
- Professional experience in backend, database, and data pipeline projects preferred.
- Ability to manage projects across multiple, technical teams.
- Inquisitive mindset, quickly grasping business objectives.
- Ability to assist teams establishing measurable, attainable milestones that can be reported on a weekly basis.
- Employs open, constructive communication to aid prioritization; tracking ambiguity to mitigate project risks
- Ability to identify or set up team processes that pertain to project status and roadmaps.
- You lead by example and enjoy championing, mentoring, implementing best practices where needed.
What you bring to the table:
- PMP Certification or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Expertise in Atlassian Jira and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- PMP or PRINCE2 certification is advantageous.
- Proven experience managing multiple complex development projects concurrently in a software engineering environment.
- Ability to establish project milestones and KPIs, reporting project summaries at an executive level.
After 3 months you will have accomplished:
- Clearly understand organizational business goals, assigned project requirements, and can explain how they correlate.
- Understand each team's responsibilities to ensure project dependencies are addressed.
- Have a clear understanding about the organization's agile process, and how work items track in Jira.
- You're actively engaged with Project Team Managers on a regular schedule.
- You ensure a backlog cadence is established and actively maintained.
- You've defined a set of milestones for each project/team at least 3 months out forecasted with estimates and team member assignments.
- You're established KPIs, providing a bi-weekly status report for assigned projects with defined metrics and milestones.
After 1 year you will have accomplished:
- You're engaged with Engineering Directors and the associated Product Management
- Directors with a 6-month roadmap.
- Assisting Product Management with resources allocation between teams, and communicating/reporting major changes/risks/releases across the organization.
- You understand how to onboard new projects or requests from multiple teams, escalate to dispersed team managers.
- Assist teams with generating high-level, annual roadmaps and identifying resourcing / timeline conflicts.
We recognize that people come with experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Your skills and background may be more translatable to this role than you initially thought. Allow us the opportunity to get to know you. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.
What Apixio can offer you:
- Meaningful work to advance healthcare
- Competitive compensation
- Exceptional benefits, including medical, dental and vision, FSA
- 401k with company matching up to 4%
- Generous vacation policy
- Remote-first & hybrid work philosophies
- A hybrid work schedule (2 days in office & 3 days work from home) (Note: If the position is designated as REMOTE it will stay REMOTE)
- Modern open office in beautiful San Mateo, CA; Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; Austin, TX and Dallas, TX
- Subsidized gym membership
- Catered, free lunches
- Parties, picnics, and wine-downs
- Free parking
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