Health Care Service Corporation

Sr. Project Manager

Health Care Service Corporation$92K — $167K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 5 years' project management experience or 7 years' equivalent experience.
  • Familiarity with PMBOK and experience managing complex projects.
  • Proficiency in project financial tracking and budget management.
  • Strong negotiation skills and the ability to manage conflict effectively.
  • Excellent verbal, written and meeting facilitation skills.
  • Demonstrated analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Ability to create milestone-driven project plans within a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex projects within the Claims Portfolio and Medicaid Market.
  • Manage project costs, schedules, and dependencies to achieve business objectives.
  • Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships to facilitate project success.
  • Drive project deliverables by removing barriers and escalating issues as necessary.
  • Monitor project performance to ensure value is delivered and efficiencies achieved.
  • Guide the project team in navigating conflicts and managing organizational dynamics.
  • Ensure alignment of project scope with business goals, adapting as needed.

Benefits

  • Health and wellness benefits including paid time off and parental leave.
  • 401(k) savings plan and pension plan options.
  • Paid holidays and additional disability and supplemental life insurance.
  • Employee assistance program and tuition reimbursement.
  • Robust total rewards package with various incentives.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

This position is responsible for leading large complex projects or a program with a number of sub-projects in the Claims Portfolio, the Medicaid Market or Value Improvement. Being accountable for end-to-end delivery of a project or program, including managing the cost / budget / forecast, schedule & dependencies; ensuring the project scope is aligned with the stated business objectives. Providing a blend of technical and business acumen to drive the design, development and implementation of strategic business and IT projects. Building a sufficient level of knowledge of the business area and IT to enable targeted delivery feasibility, conflicts and dependencies with other projects. Setting and managing customer expectations; managing and escalating issues and changes. Developing and maintaining relationships with project stakeholders to obtain project objectives while working in a matrix project environment. Driving deliverables and activities with the core project team, leads and stakeholders by removing barriers, and escalating risk/issues. Monitoring the project to ensure the value is being delivered or enhanced and determine efficiencies for cost savings. Having a thorough understanding of systems development life cycle and project management and enterprise processes.

Required Job Qualifications:
* Bachelor Degree with 5 years project management experience OR 7 years project management experience.
* Familiarity and experience with Project Management Methodologies (i.e. Project Management Institute - PMBOK), and experience in project delivery and management of large and/or complex projects.
* Understanding of project financial tracking including monitoring and reporting on budget expenditures.
* Experience in negotiations, managing conflict, and organizational / political savvy.
* Verbal and written communication skills, as well as meeting facilitation skills.
* Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
* Analytical thinking and problem solving skills; agility and flexibility to adapt to constantly changing priorities.
* Ability to create integrated, milestone-driven critical path project plans.
* Ability to multi-task and balance multiple competing priorities while meeting deadlines.
* Ability to influence (direct / indirect reports, project stakeholders, and leaders), and manage in a matrix organization.
* Structured, organized and methodical in execution, takes ownership and accountability for outcomes, drives for results and drives certainty in delivery; able to manage multiple parallel efforts and deliver quality deliverables on schedule.
* Develops trusted relationships and demonstrates deep Interpersonal skills.
* Experience with the entire software development lifecycle from inception to development to testing to production deployment and maintenance; deep understanding of HCSC delivery models - OWF, Scrum, XP.
* Regular in-person attendance at the designated facility of the job posting.

Preferred Job Qualifications:
* Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification
* Health care acumen and HCSC experience
* Comfort/poise with senior management
* Leadership skills
* Technical acumen
* Familiar with Agile Methodology
* Knowledge of Plainview and expertise in Microsoft Suite, including Excel, PPT, Word, Project.

This is a Flex (Hybrid) role: 3 days in office; 2 days work from home.

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Pay Transparency Statement:

At Health Care Service Corporation, you will be part of an organization committed to offering meaningful benefits to our employees to support their life outside of work. From health and wellness benefits, 401(k) savings plan, pension plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, supplemental life insurance, employee assistance program, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, plus other incentives, we offer a robust total rewards package for employees. Learn more about our benefit offerings by visiting https://careers.hcsc.com/totalrewards.

The compensation offered will vary depending on your job-related skills, education, knowledge, and experience. This role aligns with an annual incentive bonus plan subject to the terms and the conditions of the plan.

Base Pay Range
$92,700.00 - $167,500.00

Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

About Health Care Service Corporation

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is the largest customer-owned health insurer in the United States. HCSC offers a wide variety of health insurance products and related services, through its operating divisions and subsidiaries in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. HCSC's headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois.
Learn more about Health Care Service Corporation
Size
24,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1936

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