Project Manager III - Operational Testing

Centene Management Company LLC; Missouri; Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K and stock purchase plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off plus holidays

Flexible work arrangements (remote/hyb

field or office work schedules

Job summary

Centene Management Company LLC is seeking a Project Manager III to coordinate operational testing across cross-functional teams, manage multiple large projects, and maintain critical artifacts, risks, issues, and status updates. The role emphasizes strong communication, strategic thinking, and experience with testing, QA, Agile, or UAT.

The position requires leading projects with UAT, operational testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, or production-readiness validation, and mastery of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of project management and implementation or program management experience.
• Proficient with MS Office applications and project management tools.
• Experience working with and leading diverse groups and matrix managed environments.
• PMP, PgMP, or CAPM preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, monitor, and oversee complex projects utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet company strategic objectives.
• Manage the full project life cycle including requirements gathering, creation of project plans and schedules, obtaining and managing resources, managing budget, and facilitating project execution, deployment and closure.
• Utilize corporate and industry standard project management tools and techniques to effectively manage projects.
• Maintain detailed project documentation including meeting minutes, action items, issues lists and risk management plans.

Skills

Testing

Quality Assurance

Agile

UAT

Communication

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Project management tools

Job description

Key Details

This Project Manager III will coordinate operational testing activities across cross-functional teams, stakeholders, managing multiple large projects while maintaining key project artifacts, testing requirements, risks, issues, and status updates. The ideal candidate has strong communication and strategic-thinking skills, and has experience with testing, quality assurance, Agile, or UAT.

Position Purpose

Plan, organize, monitor, and oversee complex projects utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet company strategic objectives. Manage the full project life cycle including requirements gathering, creation of project plans and schedules, obtaining and managing resources, managing budget, and facilitating project execution, deployment and closure. Utilize corporate and industry standard project management tools and techniques to effectively manage projects. Assist with establishment and maintenance of corporate project management methodology and other department procedures. Maintain detailed project documentation including meeting minutes, action items, issues lists and risk management plans. Provide leadership and effectively communicate project status to all stakeholders, may include written executive summaries. Negotiate with project stakeholders to identify resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks. Coordinate cross-functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and company's objectives. Provide functional and technical knowledge across multiple business and technical areas. Monitor the creation of all project deliverables to ensure adherence to quality standards including design documents, test plans, training materials, and operations documentation. Demonstrated experience leading projects that include UAT, operational testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, or production-readiness validation. Understands the testing lifecycle, including test planning, scenario development, execution, defect management, retesting, and sign-off/attestation. Experience identifying and escalating testing risks, defects, environment/data dependencies, development delays, and schedule impacts before they affect go-live.

Education/Experience

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, related field, or equivalent experience. Master's degree preferred. 4+ years of project management and implementation or program management experience. Proficient with MS Office applications and project management tools. Experience working with and leading diverse groups and matrix managed environments.

License/Certification

PMP, PgMP, or CAPM preferred.

Pay Range

$87,700.00 - $157,800.00 per year

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.

• competitive pay
• health insurance
• 401K and stock purchase plans
• tuition reimbursement
• paid time off plus holidays
• a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.

Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status.

Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives.

Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.