Program Manager

HMSA; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

HMSA in Hawaii is seeking an experienced Program Manager for a hybrid role based in Hawaii. You will oversee multiple cross‑departmental programs from design through implementation, coordinating with executives, teams, and vendors to ensure outcomes align with corporate strategy.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree with five years of related work experience, including two years in project management; strong PM, analytical, and presentation skills; and proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and five years of related work experience, including 2 years of project management experience.
• Experience with projects and business functions.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex information and make recommendations to key decision makers.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Program Management: Manages multiple high-level, mission-critical, cross-departmental programs and project(s), from design through implementation, with guidance from executive sponsors.
• Facilitates the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables and lead the implementation phase to ensure consistency with stated goals
• Develops full-scale project plans, including defining project tasks, timeline, resource requirements, and managing budget and resource allocation
• Monitors on-going program dynamics, manages risks, and resolves issues
• Keeps stakeholders informed of progress and communicates/presents progress and status to a variety of audiences
• Provides work direction and leadership to project team, including scheduling and assignment of work and review of individual project efforts
• Implements and manages project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• May act as business owner as needed to provide ongoing project support
• Cross-Functional Integration and Communication: Creates and fosters working relationships with internal and external parties that facilitate program success
• Keeps an open line of communication between key stakeholders where information is monitored and shared
• Facilitates meetings and discussions to achieve consensus and enter into enforceable contracts for the assigned project
• Manages relationships and contracts with vendors providing services under the project as needed
• Coordinates and documents steering and leadership committee/team activities
• Ensures changes to guidelines, policies, and procedures are analyzed and fully communicated to impacted parties
• Research and Analysis: Receives high-level business requirements and develops detailed requirements. Prioritizes efforts and maintains inter-dependencies
• Gathers and analyzes information such as business trends, competitive threats, and strategic assumptions
• Visualizes and presents data in a way that highlights a program/project's areas of excellence and areas of improvement
• Facilitates planning sessions with management to align departmental/program efforts with corporate strategic goals in order to deliver tactical results
• General: Contributes to the development and coordination of best practices, project standards, procedures and quality objectives.
• Serves as a team player, role model and mentor for other employees in the organization
• Performs all other miscellaneous responsibilities and duties as assigned or directed.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Verbal and written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary

Hybrid Work Environment - Must reside in Hawaii**

Employment Type

Full-time

Exempt or Non-Exempt

Exempt

Pay Range

$68,000 - $133,000

Note

Individuals typically begin between the minimum to middle of the pay range

Manages various special projects which have a direct impact on key corporate initiatives and/or operational goals from design through implementation. The Program Manager will oversee cross-departmental activities, utilize project management models and skills, and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders and vendors to ensure the continued success of the program/project(s) and consistency with corporate strategy, commitments, and goals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and five years of related work experience, including 2 years of project management experience; or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience.


• Experience with projects and business functions.


• Strong project management skills


• Strong analytical skills


• Strong presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex information and make recommendations to key decision makers


• Possess general knowledge of financial concepts -- (i.e. balance sheets, financial statements)


• Effective verbal and written communication skills


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook


• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.




• Including but not limited to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Program Management: Manages multiple high-level, mission-critical, cross-departmental programs and project(s), from design through implementation, with guidance from executive sponsors:
  
  
  
  • Facilitates the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables and lead the implementation phase to ensure consistency with stated goals
  
  
  • Develops full-scale project plans, including defining project tasks, timeline, resource requirements, and managing budget and resource allocation
  
  
  • Monitors on-going program dynamics, manages risks, and resolves issues
  
  
  • Keeps stakeholders informed of progress and communicates/presents progress and status to a variety of audiences
  
  
  • Provides work direction and leadership to project team, including scheduling and assignment of work and review of individual project efforts
  
  
  • Implements and manages project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
  
  
  • May act as business owner as needed to provide ongoing project support
  
  
  
  


• Cross-Functional Integration and Communication: Creates and fosters working relationships with internal and external parties that facilitate program success:
  
  
  
  • Keeps an open line of communication between key stakeholders where information is monitored and shared
  
  
  • Facilitates meetings and discussions to achieve consensus and enter into enforceable contracts for the assigned project
  
  
  • Manages relationships and contracts with vendors providing services under the project as needed
  
  
  • Coordinates and documents steering and leadership committee/team activities
  
  
  • Ensures changes to guidelines, policies, and procedures are analyzed and fully communicated to impacted parties
  
  
  
  


• Research and Analysis:
  
  
  
  • Receives high-level business requirements and develops detailed requirements. Prioritizes efforts and maintains inter-dependencies
  
  
  • Gathers and analyzes information such as business trends, competitive threats, and strategic assumptions
  
  
  • Visualizes and presents data in a way that highlights a program/project's areas of excellence and areas of improvement
  
  
  • Facilitates planning sessions with management to align departmental/program efforts with corporate strategic goals in order to deliver tactical results
  
  
  
  


• General:
  
  
  
  • Contributes to the development and coordination of best practices, project standards, procedures and quality objectives.
  
  
  • Serves as a team player, role model and mentor for other employees in the organization
  
  
  • Performs all other miscellaneous responsibilities and duties as assigned or directed.