Senior Project Manager - Remote
Optum · Fredericksburg, VA · 2 wk ago
Project Management$92k–$164k/yrFull-time
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead implementations as the client-facing project manager for complex, single and or multi-program implementations. This includes the creation, management, and oversight of project plans to achieve high quality, on-time implementations that result in a satisfied, referenceable client as well as meet established KPI Metrics
- Provide expertise in areas including project scope definition, risk identification, project methodology, resource allocation, facilitation and other areas based on established project management techniques
- Develop project artifacts, following documented business processes. These will be developed in partnership with project leadership and stakeholders
- Manage project schedules and work with team to identify and achieve delivery dates, including developing detailed project plans, dependencies, predecessors, and milestones
- Proactively identify risks and issues using metrics and stakeholder feedback to avoid urgent escalations
- Assign individual responsibilities within the project team and track delivery against assigned tasks
- Drive delivery process to ensure various methodologies come together and team meets agreed-upon scope within committed timeframes
- Preparing detailed and accurate status reports on a weekly basis, mitigating delays to the implementation, and escalating issues to the leadership team when appropriate
- Provide accurate and timely project reporting to both internal teams and external client stakeholders
- Tracking milestones/deliverables and reinforcing the scope of work outlined in the contract
- Relentlessly collaborating across, and communicating with, a myriad of external and internal stakeholders while serving as the primary liaison between the client and technical/operational resources
- Communicate regularly and effectively with engagement leadership to provide understanding of project parameters and issues
- Looking for ways to constantly improve overall performance including the development and continuous improvement of the methodology. Solve unique and complex problems with broad impacts on the business
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of project management experience in client-facing implementations
- 3+ years in the healthcare industry
- 2+ years of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) experience
- Experience with front-end revenue cycle operations (patient access, registration, eligibility, scheduling)
- Experience working with healthcare data (claims, billing, clinical)
- Experience with Smartsheet or MS Project
- Solid client relationship and stakeholder management experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
- Proven solid communication, risk management, and problem-solving skills
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP certification
- Experience with large datasets and data analysis
- Enterprise healthcare systems experience
- Smartsheet proficiency
- Proven ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical audiences