Associate Program Manager (Pharmacy Implementations)

Socket.dev; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Molina Healthcare is seeking a program or project manager to lead internal business initiatives across cross-functional teams, guiding projects from inception to delivery. The role involves coordinating timelines, budgets, and dependencies while communicating risks and status to stakeholders.

Willingness to work across US time zones and weekends for go-lives is expected. Candidates typically have 1–3 years in program management and at least an associate degree, with a preference for a

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of program or project management experience.
• Bachelor's or associate degree required/preferred.
• Experience creating BRDs, Test Plans, Requirements Traceability Matrix, User Training materials.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects and cross-functional programs with defined scope, timelines, deliverables, owners, dependencies and KPIs.
• Identify and communicate risks, applying critical thinking for solutioning.
• Coordinate collaboration of multiple project teams and stakeholders while capturing requirements, actions, and next steps.
• Monitor progress, risks, issues, interdependencies and guide mitigation strategies.
• Track and report on program KPIs and update stakeholders and leadership.
• Facilitate governance activities and retrospectives to support delivery and improvements.
• Maintain program documentation including project plans and RAID logs.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements gathering

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Documentation

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job Description

Job Summary

Responsible for internal business projects and programs involving department or cross-functional teams of subject matter experts, delivering products through the design process to completion. Plans and directs schedules as well as project budgets. Monitors the project from inception through delivery. May engage and oversee the work of external vendors. These positions' primary focus is project/program management, rather than the application of expertise in a specialized functional field of knowledge although they may have technical team members.

The pharmacy implementations team covers all LOBs Molina has to offer (Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace) across all US time zones. The team works January 1st and July 4th and subsequent weekends to support project go-lives. Applicants should be willing to work those dates, along with occasional go live weekends that fall outside of these holidays.

Essential Job Duties

• Manage multiple projects and complex cross-functional programs by establishing scope, timelines, deliverables, owners, dependencies, and success metrics aligned with organizational priorities.
• Effectively identify and communicate risk, applying critical thinking for solutioning
• Coordinate collaboration of multiple project teams and cross-functional stakeholders while accurately capturing requirements, actions items, and next steps.
• Monitor program progress and performance; identifies cross-project risks, issues, and interdependencies and leads development and implementation of mitigation strategies.
• Track and report on program-level key performance indicators (KPIs); communicates status, risks, dependencies, and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership.
• Facilitate program governance activities, including status reviews, stakeholder meetings, decision forums, and retrospectives, to support delivery and continuous improvement.
• Ensure program documentation is maintained in accordance with established standards and practices. Documentation includes project plans, RAID logs, status decks, etc. to accurately capture project requirements

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Works with team in planning and executing business programs.
• Helps communicate and collaborate with customers to analyze and transform needs and goals into functional requirements. Delivers the appropriate artifacts as needed.
• Works with operational leaders within the business to provide recommendations for process improvements, medical cost savings or revenue enhancements.
• Assists with the creation of Business Requirements Documents, Test Plans, Requirements Traceability Matrix, User Training materials and other related documentations.

Required Education

• Associate's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience

• 1-3 years of program or project management experience.

Preferred Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3-5 years of program or project management experience.

Molina Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package. Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V.