Remote Project Manager — Healthcare Ops & Transformation

Humana Inc; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 71,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking a Project Manager to lead cross-functional Medicaid clinical operations initiatives, ensuring end-to-end delivery and alignment with organizational goals. This remote role requires collaboration across clinical, operational, technology, and compliance teams and may involve travel.

Responsibilities include defining scope and milestones, managing risks, and reporting to stakeholders. Strong experience with PM tools and MS Office is essential. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• 3+ years of project management experience, including planning, coordinating, and executing projects from initiation through completion.
• Working knowledge of project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and at least one project management tool such as MS Planner, Microsoft Project, Asana, or Monday.com.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Must be available to work Eastern standard time zone hours no matter what time zone you reside.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery, including planning, execution, and successful project outcomes.
• Define project scope, objectives, timelines, deliverables, and success metrics while ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Monitor project performance, proactively manage risks and issues, and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Facilitate governance processes, executive reporting, and stakeholder communications to ensure transparency and informed decision-making.
• Partner with clinical, operational, technology, compliance, vendor, and business leaders to gather requirements, drive alignment and engagement.
• Coordinate cross-functional implementation and process improvement activities to support operational readiness, deployment, and adoption of new processes, systems, and capabilities.
• Manage project forecasting, compliance requirements, and adherence to organizational standards and governance practices.
• Leverage project management best practices and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational effectiveness and project delivery excellence.

Skills

Project management

Time management

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 5+ years

Tools

Microsoft Planner

Microsoft Project

Asana

Monday.com

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

SharePoint

Smartsheet

Jira Align

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking a Project Manager to lead cross-functional Medicaid clinical operations initiatives, ensuring end-to-end delivery and alignment with organizational goals. This remote role requires collaboration across clinical, operational, technology, and compliance teams and may involve travel.

Responsibilities include defining scope and milestones, managing risks, and reporting to stakeholders. Strong experience with PM tools and MS Office is essential. Travel up to 10% may be required.