Technical Project Manager

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Technical Project Manager will oversee planning, execution, and delivery of technology-driven projects, ensuring they meet scope, budget, and timeline requirements while coordinating technical teams and business stakeholders.

Essential Job Functions

• Define project scope, objectives, and success criteria with stakeholders.
• Create detailed project plans, schedules, and communication plans.
• Manage budgets, track actuals, and forecast remaining spend.
• Oversee execution of technical work, ensuring feasibility and alignment with business goals.
• Identify and manage project and program-level risks and issues via documented project/program risk and issue processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define project scope, and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Review scope changes and change orders to ensure that they are valid and include proper justification.
• Cook up, communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to drive project progress and resolve issues.
• Chair, facilitate and coordinate project meetings; prepare clear, sufficiently detailed minutes.
• Ensure regular and meaningful project communications, including dashboards, reports and metrics, to enable timely information and analyses for executive leaders.
• Manage project budgets, resources, and timelines effectively to optimize project delivery and ensure profitability.
• Conduct post-project evaluations to assess project success, identify lessons learned, and implement improvements for future projects.
• Create and monitor KPI’s to ensure continuous improvement.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification is highly desirable.
• Experience: 3+ years of experience in IT or project management.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and inspire cross-functional teams.
• Ability to multitask, problem solve under pressure and manage cross functional teams.
• Experience leading automation and AI projects desirable.
• Experience within the Healthcare Provider or Payor space preferred.

Knowledge And Skills

• Demonstrated ability being detailed oriented with the ability to self-motivate and follow-through on projects, independently.
• Good problem-solving skills; define/understand the problem, identify constraints, work towards the best possible solution.
• Solid understanding of project management methodologies (agile and waterfall), tools (i.e. Smartsheet, MS Project Planner) and best practices.
• Ability to analyze data, make informed decisions, and solve challenges effectively.
• Strong PC aptitude and skills, with Microsoft products such as: M365, MS Project and Copilot.
• Expert in value stream mapping, root cause analysis, change management and project management.

SpecialtyCare is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.