Healthcare Payer Project / Program Manager

Amerit Consulting; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 89,544 - 103,320; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

A staffing and consulting firm is seeking a seasoned Healthcare Payer Project / Program Manager to manage large-scale projects in a remote or on-site capacity. Candidates should have substantial project management experience in the healthcare sector, specifically with payer operations, and familiarity with Agile methodologies. This contract role offers a pay range of $65.00/hr - $75.00/hr and expects applicants to have strong project resource management skills along with a knowledge of related software tools. An excellent opportunity to make a significant impact in healthcare project delivery.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of project management experience in healthcare payer operations.
• Hands-on experience with resource planning and budgeting.
• Experience with MediCal and Medicare lines of business.

Responsibilities

• Manage large-scale, high-complexity projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Develop project charters and manage project resources.
• Provide regular project status reports and communications.

Skills

Project Management

Healthcare Payer Operations

Agile Methodology

Resource Planning

Budgeting

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Visio

Planview

Jira

Job description

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Base pay range

$65.00/hr - $75.00/hr

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Our client, a mutual benefit corporation and health plan provider, seeks an accomplished Healthcare Payer Project / Program Manager.

*** Candidate must be authorized to work in USA without requiring sponsorship ***

*** Location: Woodland Hills CA, El Dorado Hills CA or Oakland CA (Remote Acceptable) ***

*** Duration: 6 months contract w/ possibility of extension or conversion to FTE role ***

Description:

• Effectively manage large-scale, high-complexity projects/programs of diverse scope that may involve multiple internal and external stakeholders to implement company, state, and federal mandates and corporate services projects.Develop the project charter, integrated project plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related project management artifacts.
• Manage project resources to meet deliverables, including forming, motivating high-performance, cross-functional Business and IT teams, which may include on and offshore resources.
• Coordinate efforts to estimate and scope proposals.
• Provide regular communications and project status reports to management, stakeholders, and the project team.
• Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value.
• Validate financial forecasts and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures by managing project costs within the approved capital and expense budgets, including trend analysis and appropriate communications and support should budget adjustments be warranted.
• Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria.
• Build, lead, and coach multiple project teams throughout project lifecycles.
• Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects.
• Manage project related risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, including making recommendations to management on mitigating and / or remediating activities.
• Assists in the resolution of conflicts regarding resources, deadlines, and standards.
• Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology and compliance standards set by the company to develop and execute project scheduling, including work breakdown structure (WBS), milestones, critical paths, cross-functional dependencies, and overall project schedule.
• Provide accurate project expenditure and necessary accruals to the finance team.
• Continually update relevant business and IT stakeholders of project status and publish project status reports.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in routinely briefing key stakeholders on different aspects of assigned initiatives.
• Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall and integrated delivery plan.
• Ensure all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in the business case.
• Assist, share learning, and mentor others within the PMO regarding standards, organizational understanding, and relationship building to promote the successful delivery of projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 8 -12 years of direct Project Management experience with healthcare payer operations.
• Candidate must have hands‑on experience in project/program resource planning, reporting, prioritization, and budgeting with both on‑shore and off‑shore staff.
• Health Care experience with MediCal, Commercial, Individual, Family and Medicare lines of business.
• Experience using Agile methodology to deliver projects in a corporate environment.
• Software Skills Required: MS Project, MS Office, Visio.
• Nice to haves (not mandatory): PMP Certification, Planview, Jira.

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Company Overview:

Amerit Consulting is an extremely fast‑growing staffing and consulting firm. Amerit Consulting was founded in 2002 to provide consulting, temporary staffing, direct hire, and payrolling services to Fortune 500 companies nationally, as well as small to mid‑sized organizations on a local & regional level. Currently, Amerit has over 2,000 employees in 47 states. We develop and implement solutions that help our clients operate more efficiently, deliver greater customer satisfaction, and see a positive impact on their bottom line. We create value by bringing together the right people to achieve results. Our clients and employees say they choose to work with Amerit because of how we work with them - with service that exceeds their expectations and a personal commitment to their success. Our deep expertise in human capital management has fueled our expansion into direct hire placements, temporary staffing, contract placements, and additional staffing and consulting services that propel our clients’ businesses forward.

Amerit Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Applicants, with criminal histories, are considered in a manner that is consistent with local, state, and federal laws.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology and Project Management

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care, Insurance, and Insurance Carriers

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