Delivery Lead

About the role

We are seeking an IT Delivery Lead/Project Manager to work independently within the Informatics department, initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing application and system implementation projects using formal Agile and Waterfall project management processes. This role involves managing a mix of complex and medium-sized projects.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain detailed work plans and schedules for Agile and/or Waterfall projects.
• Coordinate with resource managers to ensure teams have the appropriate resources with available capacity.
• Track all project financials (budget, actuals, forecast, earned value).
• Track, manage, and escalate risks, actions/changes, issues, and decisions in appropriate project logs.
• Facilitate all project change requests and coordinate approvals.
• Coordinate and participate in all project-related meetings.
• Prepare and communicate weekly detailed project status reports.
• Adhere to project governance policies, procedures, and methodologies.
• Ensure all project artifacts, deliverables, and approvals are obtained and stored in the project documentation repository within defined deadlines.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing projects at various levels of complexity using different project management methodologies (Agile and Waterfall).
• Excellent analytical, logical reasoning, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Experience with data integration and management solutions.
• Ability to understand business needs, identify solutions, and build relationships with business partners and IT teams.
• Experience leading matrix project teams to define, establish, and ensure completion of program milestones while adhering to timelines and budgets.
• Prior experience with data movement, integration, or BI solutions.
• Experience creating and managing detailed project plans for small to high-complexity projects.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and adapt to changing needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (preferred).
• Experience in a delivery and consulting role leading data movement and integration initiatives (e.g., system integration, data warehouse build, data mart build).
• PMP certification (preferred).

Preferred Skills

• Prior experience in the healthcare or payer industry.
• Distributed application development experience.
• System analysis experience.
• Proficiency in MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, and Jira.