Remote Medicaid Implementation Senior Project Lead

Humana; United States; Remote; USD 86,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Medicaid Implementation Senior Project Manager to lead complex state Medicaid implementation projects from initiation to closure, ensuring on-time delivery within budget and defined quality standards.

This role emphasizes the business side of implementations with limited IT scope, requiring cross-functional team leadership, stakeholder communication, and risk/issue management. Remote US nationwide with up to 10% travel, 40 hours per week, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 5 years of relevant work experience.
• 5+ years of formal Project Management experience.
• 2+ years of Change Management.
• 3+ years working in a managed care healthcare system or health plan.
• Experience working in Medicaid and/or Medicare.
• 3+ years of experience in a matrixed environment.
• Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle, Waterfall, and Agile Development Methodologies.
• Experience in business operations or consulting services in a health plan.
• Possess a solid understanding of operations, technology, communications and processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.
• Experience with Smartsheet (PM tool).
• Prosci, Six Sigma, and/or Project Management Institute certifications.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, monitors, and oversees complex projects utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet company strategic objectives.
• Assists in training and perform duties as the dedicated Project Manager.
• Manages the full project life cycle, including review of various sources to assess requirements, creation of project plans and schedules, obtaining and managing resources, managing budget, and facilitating project execution, deployment and closure.
• Maintains detailed project documentation including meeting minutes, action items, issues lists, project plans, and risk management plans.
• Provides leadership and effectively communicate project status to all stakeholders and external agencie.s
• Negotiates with project stakeholders to identify resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks.
• Coordinates cross-functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and company’s objectives.
• Provides functional and technical knowledge across multiple business and technical areas.
• Monitors the creation of all project deliverables to ensure adherence to quality standards including design documents, test plans, training materials, and operations documentation.
• Provides on-site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Works creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Provides status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
• Understands interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs.
• Acts as an internal quality control check for the project and participates in quality issue resolution.
• Defines the Statement of Work and Specifications for the requested Medicaid Contract/RFP.
• Sets and continually manages project and program expectations while delegating and managing deliverable with team members and stakeholders.
• Delivers appropriate and effective executive level communication.
• Ensures that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards.
• Manages project and program issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Healthcare knowledge

Medicaid/Medicare experience

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 5 years of relevant work experience

Tools

Smartsheet

Microsoft Office

SDLC/Waterfall/Agile

Job description

Humana is seeking a Medicaid Implementation Senior Project Manager to lead complex state Medicaid implementation projects from initiation to closure, ensuring on-time delivery within budget and defined quality standards.

This role emphasizes the business side of implementations with limited IT scope, requiring cross-functional team leadership, stakeholder communication, and risk/issue management. Remote US nationwide with up to 10% travel, 40 hours per week, and comprehensive benefits.