Senior Project Manager II - Austin, United States - HireBlazer

Description

Job Description

Job Description


Title:
Senior Project Manager II

Duration: 12+ Months

Location:

Austin, TX (The primary work location(s) will be at 4601 W Guadalupe St, Austin, Texas Position will be 4 days remote with 1 day (Tuesdays) required to be onsite at the location listed above.

Program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL ONLY.)

The Worker is responsible for overseeing large-scale projects with significant information technology components and for driving the delivery of strategic and transformational change by providing leadership and direction to assigned projects.

The Worker will develop and maintain high-level timelines for the assigned portfolio in coordination with cross functional teams, as well as a detailed timeline for each project, to include an integrated project schedule, when needed.

The Worker will lead and facilitate meetings and report regularly to leadership on project status, including budget, scope, schedule, resources, issues, and risks in collaboration with the project team.

The Worker will have knowledge and skill of both waterfall and agile project management methodologies.
The Worker will be responsible for delivering quality products that meet the state's desired operational and technical requirements.

The Worker will have considerable latitude to use their experience and judgement to ensure successful completion of their assigned tasks.

The Worker will be required to multi-task, analyze priorities, communicate clearly, and set expectations for the implementation of various Medicaid Technology Modernization efforts.

The Worker will be responsible for communicating with multiple internal and external stakeholders including program and technical staff, and other contracted and vendor resources.

The Worker will participate in meetings, track deliverables and schedules, and alert management of any issues that may impact the implementations.

The services to be provided include, but are not limited to the following:
Provide overall leadership, guidance, and management of all aspects of the projects
Follow and ensure compliance with established project roles and responsibilities.
Identify and plan for needed resources.
Assist with developing and manage project timelines, including the sequence and cadence.

Develop, maintain, store and archive project plans, artifacts, and required documentation for each procurement project in the portfolio in coordination with the project team.

Serve as the primary point of contact for project communications and status reporting.
Coordinate stakeholder participation in project planning, execution, control, and closure, maximizing involvement during each.
Assist with contract management to ensure compliance with the statement of work requirements.
Perform risk management, to include identifying and documenting risks, and recommending and employing risk-mitigation strategies.
Documents action items and business decisions.
Facilitate meetings and/or presentation tasks as needed.
Manage schedules for deliverables as established. Monitor, manage, and report on the critical path dependencies between Modernization projects
Perform other duties as assigned as required to complete each project.

Required Skills:

7 Years of Required Experience in management of large-scale projects with significant technology components, including system integration, resource management, procurement transition and vendor management.

7 Years of Required Experience overseeing the planning and execution of major projects, including facilitation and documentation of high-level critical path dependencies across multiple projects.

5 Years of Required Demonstrated ability to identify problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions; to develop and evaluate policies and procedures; to prepare reports; and to plan, assign, and supervise the work of others.

5 Years of Required Demonstrated ability to deliver projects on tight deadlines
5 Years of Required Experience successfully leading meetings and facilitating discussion between multiple stakeholder groups, including vendors.

5 Years of Required Ability to establish project goals and objectives that support the State and HHS strategic plans as well as federal directives.

5 Years of Required Proven ability to work successfully with technical and non-technical groups and manage multiple responsibilities.

5 Years of Required Experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals and independently perform a variety of complicated tasks; a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

5 Years of Required Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and coordination skills.
5 Years of Required Excellent oral and written communication skills
5 Years of Required Experience managing projects using Agile methodologies.

Preferred Skills:
4 Years of Preferred Experience with Medicaid Enterprise Systems, including Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).
2 Years of Preferred Experience with Texas Health and Human Services programs.
1 Year of Preferred PMI ACP, PMI PMP, or SAFe Agile Certification
Company Description HireBlazer provides our clients with the very best technical staff. In fact, our motto, "The Best of the Best", is how every candidate is screened.

Company Description

HireBlazer provides our clients with the very best technical staff. In fact, our motto, "The Best of the Best", is how every candidate is screened.
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