8-11 Project Manager

About the role

This position is up to 12 months, with the option of extension, and is in Columbia, SC.

Responsibilities

• Aids in developing business requirements
• Builds a project plan and executes to that plan
• Manages project risks and issues
• Ensures all deliverables and activities are completed with high quality and in a timely fashion
• Reports on project status and strategies orally and in writing
• Interacts 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

Requirements

• 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
• 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

Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Skills

• Medicaid or Healthcare Delivery Systems
• Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)