Senior Project Manager, PMO Lead (Remote)

CareSource; United States; Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

CareSource in the United States is seeking a Project Manager III to oversee medium to high complexity programs and standalone projects, ensuring delivery on time and within scope. This role leads cross‑functional teams, refines project charters, builds schedules and budgets (up to $3.5M), coordinates with IT and business resources, and reports progress to stakeholders.

PMP certification is strongly preferred, and healthcare payer knowledge is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Business, Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of relevant work experience is required
• Master’s Degree in related field is preferred
• Minimum of five (5) years of Project Management experience is required

Responsibilities

• Responsible for successful delivery of project
• Ensure project milestone deliverables are completed and approved at every stage of the project lifecycle
• Assist with the continuous improvement of project management best practices, processes, and tools
• Responsible for ensuring project closure activities are completed
• Lead stakeholders in the refinement of the project charter if applicable
• Collaborate with business owners on the identification and assignment of business resources
• Develop and maintain project schedule and WBS
• Collaborate with IT point of contact on the identification and assignment of IT resources
• Develop project resource plan including forecast of EPMO FTEs and contractors
• Schedule project audits and ensure compliance to EPMO Governance audit requirements
• Develop and maintain project budget if applicable
• Capture and consolidate EPMO, IT and business estimates for the Project
• Assess, manage, and control project scope, schedule, and budget change impacts
• Escalate issues to Business Owner, Program Manager, and EPMO Leadership as applicable
• Maintain project stakeholder matrix
• Drive cross-functional communication between impacted business and IT areas
• Work with Talent Development and Communications to develop project communication and training plans
• Mentor junior Project Manager or Program Coordinators
• Schedule and facilitate project meetings including weekly status meetings and stakeholder meetings
• Represent project in program meetings or in Portfolio Governance meetings
• Capture and report on meeting notes, decisions, and action items
• Accurately track and report project status against plan to stakeholders at all levels
• Track, compile and report project metrics and budget
• Advocate for and adhere to EPMO standards, tools and processes
• Implement mitigation strategies, contingency plans, and communicate/escalate to stakeholders
• Maintain RAID for project items
• Identify, log, assign and manage risks and issues
• Maintain project SharePoint site and project document repository
• Produce detailed reports, business decision documents, meeting minutes, and notification on assigned projects
• Develop project operations and support plan
• Perform any other job duties as requested

Skills

MS Office suite

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Agile lifecycle

Budget management

Healthcare payers

Education

Bachelor's degree in PM/Business/CS or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

CareSource in the United States is seeking a Project Manager III to oversee medium to high complexity programs and standalone projects, ensuring delivery on time and within scope. This role leads cross‑functional teams, refines project charters, builds schedules and budgets (up to $3.5M), coordinates with IT and business resources, and reports progress to stakeholders.

PMP certification is strongly preferred, and healthcare payer knowledge is a plus.