Program Manager (Vendor Implementations)

Molina Healthcare; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Molina Healthcare is seeking a Program Manager to lead internal business projects and cross-functional programs from design through deployment, including vendor management and governance. The role will plan schedules and budgets, monitor progress, and guide the program team to successful outcomes.

The emphasis is on program management rather than specialized technical work, with collaboration across Legal, Compliance and Information Security to ensure value realization and governance.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of Program and/or Project management experience, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Operational Process Improvement experience.
• Managed Care experience, preferably in a shared service, CoE or matrixed environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Project and Visio.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure well-documented policies, workflows, program controls, playbooks and best practices for respective program.
• Perform project management tasks and apply established skills to manage timelines and budgets.
• Maintain strong organizational and computer skills to track progress and deliverables.
• Manage program budget and support project prioritization as needed.
• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance and Information Security to uphold governance standards.
• Track performance metrics and ensure value realization from deployed solutions.
• Coordinate governance meetings and decision-making sessions.
• Support portfolio management and change initiatives as directed by leadership.
• Disseminate program guardrails and best practices across stakeholders.
• Review program collateral to reflect current business needs.
• Identify opportunities or gaps and propose enhancements to leadership.
• Create business requirements documents, test plans, and training materials.

Skills

Project management

Presentation

Communication

Team collaboration

Cross-functional coordination

Tools

Microsoft Project

Visio

Job description

***Remote and must live in the United States***

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Summary

This role is responsible for the internal business projects and programs involving departmental and cross-functional subject matter experts., delivering products from design through competition in support of new vendor implementation. Responsibilities include planning and directing project schedules and budgets, monitoring progress from inception through delivery, and engaging and overseeing external vendors as needed. The Program Manager will assign, direct, and monitor systems analysis and program staff. The primary focus of this position is project and program management rather than the application of expertise in a specialized function field, although technical team members may be involved.

Job Duties

• Responsible for ensuring well-documented policies, workflows, program controls, internal and third-party practices, playbooks and best practices for respective program.
• Project management training and experience, with the ability to apply those skills effectively.
• Strong organizational, project management, and computer skills.
• Manages program budget, as applicable, supporting project prioritization.
• Collaborates with Legal, Compliance, and Information Security to ensure governance standards are upheld.
• Tracks performance metrics and ensures value realization from deployed solutions.
• Coordinates recurring meetings to support governance framework and decision‑making processes, as needed.
• At the direction of program (CoE, Shared Service or other functional area) leadership, supports portfolio management and/or initiative‑specific change and project management.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to support dissemination and adoption of program guardrails, processes, best practices and other collateral.
• Routinely reviews program collateral to ensure current and accurate reflection of business needs.
• Identifies opportunities/gaps and provides recommendations on program enhancements to respective leadership team.
• Responsible for creating business requirements documents, test plans, requirements traceability matrix, user training materials and other related documentations.
• Generates and distributes standard reports on schedule.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
  

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 4 years of Program and/or Project management experience, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Operational Process Improvement experience.
• Managed Care experience, preferably in a shared service, CoE or matrixed environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Project and Visio.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

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

Pay Range: $59,810.6 - $129,589.63 / ANNUAL
*Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.