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Project Manager – Application Development (Healthcare)
Location: Remote (USA)
Department: Application Delivery / Technology PMO
Position Summary
We are seeking a skilled Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of application development projects within a healthcare payer environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project execution, financial management, and stakeholder communication. This role requires hands-on management of software development initiatives, with a focus on meeting defined business objectives, timelines, and budgets.
Key Responsibilities
Project Execution
- Manage end-to-end delivery of application development projects from initiation through deployment.
- Create and maintain detailed project plans, including scope, schedule, resource allocation, and budget.
- Drive project deliverables across cross-functional teams including business analysts, developers, testers, and external vendors.
- Monitor and control project execution, ensuring alignment with requirements, timelines, and success criteria.
Scope, Schedule, and Change Management
- Track project milestones and dependencies, proactively identifying issues or delays.
- Manage changes to project scope, timeline, and cost with clear impact assessments and stakeholder approvals.
- Maintain project documentation, action logs, RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), and status reports.
- Track project financials including forecast, actuals, and variance analysis.
- Pull and analyze financial data from reporting tools to ensure accurate burn tracking.
- Highlight financial risks and opportunities to delivery and leadership teams.
Stakeholder Communication
- Prepare and deliver regular status updates to stakeholders and leadership.
- Facilitate meetings, stand-ups, and workshops with project teams and business stakeholders.
- Ensure timely resolution of issues and clear communication of risks, changes, and progress.
- Collaborate with internal and external resource managers to secure needed skills and capacity.
- Coordinate with vendor partners as needed for solution delivery, testing, or integration.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of project management experience, with a focus on application/software development.
- Strong understanding of project management principles (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid).
- Experience managing projects in a healthcare payer or other regulated industry.
- Proficient in MS Project, Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams and manage competing priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP, CSM, or equivalent project management certification.
- Experience in healthcare payer systems such as claims processing, provider networks, or member portals.
- Familiarity with HIPAA, PHI, and healthcare compliance requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, or related field.
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- IT Services and IT Consulting
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- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Pension plan
- Paid maternity leave
- Paid paternity leave
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