Sr Technical Project/Program Manager

Eliassen Group; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr Technical Project/Program Manager for remote contract work to oversee digital initiatives for a state health plan. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage risks, and drive schedules and releases while communicating status to senior leadership.

Responsibilities include coordinating agile teams, vendor and enterprise program alignment, and ensuring governance and quality. Must be willing to work on a W2 basis with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project/program management experience.
• Experience delivering digital projects in insurance/healthcare.
• Proficiency with risk logs, action follow-up, project plans, reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery for digital initiatives with integrated plans and release timelines.
• Coordinate across Agile teams, engineering, product, stakeholders, vendors, and programs.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and blockers and escalate when needed.
• Translate complex delivery info into clear updates for executives.
• Support Agile delivery with PI planning, sprints, and cross-team coordination.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PMP

SAFe

Job description

Sr Technical Project/Program Manager

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Program/Project Management

Industry: Insurance

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -092026-108795

Date Posted: 09/27/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/CW1aaq

Description:

Remote

Our client seeks a Sr Technical Project/Program Manager to lead planning and delivery of digital technology initiatives supporting a state health plan. The role will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage risks and dependencies, drive schedules and releases, and communicate delivery status to senior leadership. The engagement focuses on enterprise strategic initiatives, provider portal enhancements, and continuous improvement of delivery processes.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $50.00 to $55.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery for digital initiatives through integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, roadmaps, and release timelines.
• Coordinate efforts across Agile teams, engineering, product, business stakeholders, vendors, and enterprise programs.
• Maintain technical and product knowledge to anticipate risks, support tradeoffs, and resolve technical blockers and dependencies.
• Identify, assess, track, and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions with timely escalation.
• Ensure alignment with governance standards, delivery methodologies, compliance requirements, and quality expectations.
• Manage resources, capacity, team allocations, and delivery constraints while supporting forecasting and execution planning.
• Track budgets, forecasts, vendor commitments, and resource impacts, providing visibility to scope, timeline, and outcomes.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with business leaders, product teams, technology partners, architects, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for communications, status reporting, risk management, escalations, and engagement.
• Translate complex technical delivery information into clear, actionable updates for business partners and executives.
• Support Agile delivery via PI planning, sprint and release coordination, dependency management, and cross-team oversight.
• Coordinate release readiness, approvals, implementation planning, change management, and transition to production support.
• Monitor performance, quality, scope, schedule adherence, and issue trends to drive predictable outcomes.
• Contribute to program-level improvements across delivery practices, governance, dependency management, reporting, and collaboration.

Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of related Project Management experience, or 7+ years in lieu of degree.
• Must have 3+ years' experience delivering digital projects for insurance, healthcare or provider portal initiatives.
• Experience managing enterprise strategic initiatives and working with delivery teams.
• Proficiency with risk logs, action item follow-up, project plans, reporting, release plans, and business readiness.
• Significant experience leading complex technology projects or programs from planning through implementation.
• Advanced project management skills across risk, resource, budget, stakeholder engagement, decision-making, and cross-functional leadership.
• Strong understanding of Agile, SDLC, dependency management, release planning, and governance frameworks.
• Proven ability to collaborate and influence across business, product, technology, architecture, finance, vendor, and executive teams.
• Experience with vendor management, business readiness, change management, and release coordination.
• Certifications such as PMP, Agile, Scrum, or SAFe preferred.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree preferred; in lieu of degree, 7+ years of related experience.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ([e-mail], 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affi... (Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.)