Senior Technical Project Manager - Paragon Healthcare

$14,560 - $14,560/Yr

Elevance Health - Plano, TX

Full-time - Senior

Plano, TX

11-50 employees

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

The Senior Technical Project Manager at Elevance Health is responsible for managing medium to large technical projects, applying project management methodologies to ensure successful project delivery. This role involves working independently with business partners, directing project teams, and mentoring other project managers. The position requires a strong background in information technology and project management, with a focus on delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Manages projects at least $5-7 M in size or equal complexity.
• Directs system analysts, software designers, and programmers to determine best methods to achieve project objectives.
• Coaches and mentors project team members.
• Mentors other project managers around project management methodology.
• Determines project scope and develops resource, risk, quality, cost, and scope management plans.
• Develops requirements documents and project approval matrix.
• Identifies project team training and tool needs.
• Defines, recommends, and secures contractual agreements for technical services and products.
• Coordinates requirements, schedules implementation and post-implement plans, and develops service-level agreements for vendor partners and global resources firms.
• Defines quality gates for each project methodology phase and critical success factors.
• Establishes and manages the project warranty period.
• Acts as subject matter expert for project and program management related tools and processes.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study.
• Minimum of 7 years project management experience in broad-based information systems, full life-cycle application development, and/or building enterprise applications and/or data warehouse planning and development.
• 3 years leading and directing project tasks.

Nice-to-haves

• Five years' experience in creating an effective team environment, building strong relationships, negotiation, solving problems and issues, resolving conflicts, managing resources in a matrix environment, and communicating effectively at all levels of an organization.
• Five years' experience working with project management tools, documentation tools, and reporting tools.
• Project Management Professional certification (PMP) strongly preferred.
• Experience working with portfolio management applications and Rational tools strongly preferred.
• SAFe Certification highly preferred.
• Software Development background highly preferred.
• Agile Project management experience preferred.
• Agile development experience preferred.
• Scrum Master Experience preferred.
• Business facing experience preferred.

Benefits

• Merit increases
• Paid holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Incentive bonus programs
• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• Short and long term disability benefits
• 401(k) + match
• Stock purchase plan
• Life insurance
• Wellness programs
• Financial education resources