Senior Project Manager

About the role

You will lead complex, high-visibility IT projects across the US healthcare payer space, working at the intersection of cutting-edge cloud technology and one of the most consequential industries in the country. You will own end-to-end delivery across a portfolio of client implementations, partnering with technical, clinical, and client-facing teams to solve hard problems and move fast without sacrificing quality.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of multiple large-scale projects or multiple smaller projects, ensuring timelines, scope, and quality are consistently achieved
• Closely coordinate with Client Delivery Managers to understand client requirements and translate them into delivery objectives, milestones, dependencies, and sequencing that support an accurate and effective project schedule
• Apply industry standard project management practices across Schedule Management, Risk Management, Communications Management, and Stakeholder Engagement to improve delivery predictability, transparency, and cross-functional accountability
• Partner closely with cross-functional technical teams and client teams to understand delivery needs, constraints, and dependencies, then translate those inputs into clear business-facing decisions, status updates, mitigation plans, and executive-level project health reporting
• Own integrated project schedule management, including work plan development, milestone tracking, dependency management, critical path visibility, variance reporting, and alignment to client requirements
• Maintain disciplined risk and issue management practices, including RAID log ownership, proactive risk identification, mitigation planning, escalation path management, and follow-through on issue resolution
• Conduct detailed resource planning and capacity management to support realistic delivery commitments and schedule execution
• Facilitate regular status meetings to maintain project health visibility, confirm decisions and next steps, and ensure timely escalation of risks, issues, and dependencies

Requirements

Delivery Leadership: 10+ years leading technically complex IT projects and programs, with 8+ years in a dedicated Project Manager role and a consistent track record of on-time, high-quality delivery.

End-to-End Project Governance: Proven ability to drive projects through the full lifecycle — initiation through handover — using standard PMO artifacts including Project Charter, RAID, RACI, schedules, and status reporting.

Healthcare & Client Delivery: Demonstrated experience delivering healthcare IT implementations, with payer-side experience strongly preferred. Able to set and hold clear client expectations around scope, timelines, dependencies, and outcomes.

Agile & Hybrid Delivery: Comfortable managing in hybrid environments that combine Agile team execution with milestone-based planning, schedule governance, and structured stakeholder reporting.

Technical Acumen: Experience coordinating across software development, data engineering, system integration, QA, and architecture functions — with enough technical fluency to make informed calls on risks and trade-offs.

Risk & Dependency Management: Strong instincts for proactively identifying, tracking, and escalating risks, issues, and cross-functional dependencies. No surprises to stakeholders.

Stakeholder Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills across client, leadership, and cross-functional audiences. Comfortable defending a position, driving decisions, and holding team members accountable.

Tools & AI Enablement: Hands-on experience with Smartsheet, Jira, and AI agentic tools to support schedule management, backlog coordination, RAID tracking, and stakeholder reporting.

Qualifications

US Healthcare implementation experience, with direct exposure to healthcare payer environments, enabling faster onboarding and effective client engagement within Abacus’ payer-focused delivery model.

Experience working for or with a US Medicaid payer.

Formal project management certification such as PMP® or PRINCE2®, demonstrating strong grounding in structured delivery governance, planning, and control.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification, supporting effective collaboration with Product, Engineering, and QA teams in Agile or hybrid delivery models.

Skills

Compensation: Compensation for this role is based on experience, skills, and location, and includes base salary plus eligibility for performance bonuses and equity grants.

Benefits

What You’ll Get In Return: Unlimited paid time off – recharge when you need it
Work from anywhere – flexibility to fit your life
Comprehensive health coverage – multiple plan options to choose from
Equity for every employee – share in our success
Growth-focused environment – your development matters here
Home office setup allowance – one-time support to get you started
Monthly cell phone allowance – stay connected with ease

Pay

Compensation for this role is based on experience, skills, and location, and includes base salary plus eligibility for performance bonuses and equity grants.

Schedule

Flexible work arrangements are available.