Senior Project Manager — Complex Initiatives

Highmark Health; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

United Concordia Dental, part of Highmark Health, seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives under a DoD contract. The role requires proactive leadership, disciplined planning, risk management, and effective governance across business, technology, and operations teams.

You will drive integrated schedules, RAID logs, and milestones, ensuring deliverables meet requirements and transitioning projects to operations smoothly.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• PMP certification or comparable project management training
• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience leading projects or cross-functional work
• Experience in healthcare, insurance, regulated operations or similar complex environment
• US citizen and able to pass a background check

Responsibilities

• Lead disciplined planning and execution of complex initiatives with defined scope, schedule, cost, quality and readiness.
• Coordinate cross‑functional delivery across business, technology, operations, and regulatory teams.
• Maintain integrated project plan, RAID logs, decisions, and status reporting for governance.
• Ensure deliverables meet requirements and acceptance criteria before milestones.
• Coordinate transition activities from project delivery to business operation and benefits realization.

Skills

Stakeholder mgmt

Risk management

Project planning

Cross-functional leadership

Meeting facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Job description

United Concordia Dental, part of Highmark Health, seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives under a DoD contract. The role requires proactive leadership, disciplined planning, risk management, and effective governance across business, technology, and operations teams.

You will drive integrated schedules, RAID logs, and milestones, ensuring deliverables meet requirements and transitioning projects to operations smoothly.