Senior Program Manager, Healthcare Migrations (Remote)

Centene Corporation; California; Remote; USD 88,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Centene Corporation is seeking a Program Manager IV to lead strategic, large-scale enterprise projects from a remote location in the United States. You will provide leadership to matrixed teams, drive scope, schedule, and budget, and present updates to senior leaders.

The role requires 8+ years in program or project management, a Bachelor’s degree, and PMP or PgMP preferred. Proficiency with MS Office and project management tools is essential; healthcare or managed care experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years of Program or Project Management experience required.
• Previous experience as a lead in a functional area, managing cross-functional teams on large scale projects or supervisory experience including hiring, training, assigning work, and managing the performance of staff required.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications and project management tools required.
• Healthcare experience and/or managed care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead large scale, cross functional healthcare migrations for implementation or process improvement including working with organizational leaders for restructuring and realignment of team members.
• Oversee all aspects of program planning, management, and execution (scope, schedule, and budget).
• Create comprehensive timelines and ensure the project team creates and maintains appropriate deliverables while following project management standards.
• Drive large scale projects by coordinating the work of one or more project managers/business analysts who are managing the individual workgroups (Operations, Finance, Benefit Operations, etc.) involved in the project.
• Create meaningful dashboards for executive level update and project status. Work with teams to create reports for ongoing analytics post project implementation.
• Create and deliver best practice and training information to indirect reports (when applicable), peers, and other employees. Work with the training team to create/review training materials.
• Prepare and deliver documents for Program Steering Committees to the Executive team. Work with functional business teams’ leaders to assess program risks and issue elevate as needed to the leadership level.
• Proactively manage areas such as risk, budget/forecast, dependencies, etc. Prepare strategic analysis of potential business and/or operational opportunities as needed.
• Serve as the first escalation point for project issues and risks. Work directly with the project teams to resolve issues and create risk mitigation plans. Escalate well-formulated issues and risks to leadership. Effectively communicate business and technology issues and solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

Centene Corporation is seeking a Program Manager IV to lead strategic, large-scale enterprise projects from a remote location in the United States. You will provide leadership to matrixed teams, drive scope, schedule, and budget, and present updates to senior leaders.

The role requires 8+ years in program or project management, a Bachelor’s degree, and PMP or PgMP preferred. Proficiency with MS Office and project management tools is essential; healthcare or managed care experience is a plus.