Sr. Project Manager, EPMO

Lumicera; Little Rock (AR); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Holidays

401K match

Adoption assistance

Flexible spending account

Educational assistance

Professional membership

Referral bonus

Job summary

Lumicera Health Services is seeking a Sr. Project Manager, EPMO to join our team in Little Rock, AR.

This role leads large, concurrent projects, partners with Senior Leadership and the EPMO to drive governance, value realization, and timely delivery across portfolios. You will manage risks, budgets, and change control, developing business cases and cost-benefit analyses, and guiding initiatives through governance processes to achieve projected benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent healthcare-related experience.
• Certification in project management or Agile (e.g., Six Sigma, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, CAPM, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP) preferred.
• 5 years’ experience in enterprise projects from initiation to implementation including IT and data elements if project management certified or 7 years if not.
• Waterfall and Agile methodologies required.
• Core software applications including Teams, Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint required.
• Project tracking tools (MS Project, ADO, PPM Pro, Smartsheets) required.
• 3 years healthcare or pharmacy benefits industry practices and HIPAA knowledge required.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple complex projects with resource interdependencies concurrently; act as project owner in all phases and provide SME input.
• Document and manage activities, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, and risk mitigation plans to meet scope, time, and budgets.
• Prepare project schedules with major milestones for overseeing, controlling, and communicating all activities to complete the project.
• Establish and maintain budgets, track spend, forecast, and provide spend analysis to leadership for decisions.
• Document key decisions and analyze impact across the portfolio; facilitate cross-stakeholder communication.
• Conduct project communication planning and provide updates to teams, stakeholders, and sponsors.
• Collaborate with SMEs to design solutions; ensure testing throughout development and delivery to mitigate issues.
• Periodically review strategy and project effectiveness; implement changes for optimal performance.
• Mentor other project managers and Navitus leaders in project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile).

Skills

Enterprise project management

Agile & Waterfall

HIPAA knowledge

MS Project / Smartsheets

IT and data experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent healthcare-related experience

Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PMI-ACP)

Tools

MS Project

Azure DevOps / ADO

PPM Pro

Smartsheets

Job description

Overview

Lumicera Health Services is seeking a Sr. Project Manager, EPMO to join our team!

The Sr. Project Manager, EPMO is responsible for collaborating across the organization to plan, develop and execute large, simultaneous complex projects in response to priorities set by portfolio governance oversight bodies including the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO). The Sr. Project Manager, EPMO proactively identifies risks to the overall plan as it relates to scope, timeline, and budget and facilitates the project change request process providing comprehensive analysis as a result of thorough fact finding and solution evaluation. This position begins project work prior to initiation, working with leadership to develop business case and cost benefits analysis, facilitating approval through Navitus EPMO governance oversight. The Sr. Project Manager, EPMO leverages industry best practices, business acumen, and experience to ensure successful and timely delivery of high-quality projects with return on stated benefits.

Is this you? Find out more below!

Responsibilities

How do I make an impact on my team?

• Lead multiple complex projects with complex resource interdependencies concurrently. Act as the visible, project owner in all phases of the projects and add value as a subject matter expert (SME) to project and portfolio related processes.
• Document and manage activities, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, and risk mitigation plans in order to complete projects on time, within scope and authorized budgets.
• Prepare project schedules, including identification of major milestones, for overseeing, controlling, communicating, and managing all activities required to complete project.
• Establish and maintain budget; provide validation, tracking and documentation for all related spend with proper approvals. Maintain accurate forecast and provide analysis reporting on project spend. Evaluate and analyze budget to actual to forecast; work with leadership to facilitate spend-specific decisions.
• Document all key decisions. Analyze project decisions for impact across the enterprise portfolio; work collaboratively to resolve conflicts and ensure communication across the appropriate channels and stakeholders.
• Conduct project communication planning, facilitate project teams, and provide oversight team, stakeholder, and sponsor updates.
• Collaborate with appropriate subject matter experts to design solutions to meet the requirements of the project. Ensure appropriate testing occurs throughout the solution development and delivery process to mitigate and manage issues.
• Regularly review the strategic approach and overall project effectiveness making changes where necessary to achieve optimal performance.
• Mentor project managers, team members and Navitus leaders to develop and grow an understanding of Navitus project management methodologies. Provide leadership and best practices in program, project, change management techniques and methods as applicable. Provide leadership in methodologies including, but not limited to, Waterfall and Agile.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

What our team expects from you?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent healthcare-related experience required.
• Certification in project methodology or Agile certification (i.e. Six Sigma, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, CAPM, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP) preferred.
• 5 years’ experience in enterprise projects from initiation to implementation that include IT and data elements if project management certified or 7 years if not project management certified required.
• Waterfall and Agile methodologies required.
• Core software applications, including Teams, Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint required.
• Project tracking tools (MS Project, ADO, PPM Pro, Smartsheets) required.
• 3 years healthcare or pharmacy benefits industry practices and HIPAA knowledge required.
• Participate in, adhere to, and support compliance program objectives
• The ability to consistently interact cooperatively and respectfully with other employees

What can you expect from Lumicera?

• Top of the industry benefits for Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 20 days paid time off
• 4 weeks paid parental leave
• 9 paid holidays
• 401K company match of up to 5% - No vesting requirement
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Educational Assistance Plan and Professional Membership assistance
• Referral Bonus Program – up to $750!

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Navitus Health Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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