Senior Technical Project Manager

Company: Anthem, Inc.
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

Technical Project Manager Senior
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA, Richmond, VA, Indianapolis, IN, Chicago, IL (other locations in the eastern United States may be considered)
Works independently with business partners to identify and implement medium to large technical projects, as defined by Company methodology, such as broad-based information systems, full life-cycle application development, building enterprise applications or data warehouse planning and development. Manages projects at least $5-7 M in size or equal complexity.

• Directs system analysts, software designers and programmers to determine best methods to achieve project objectives.
• Responsible for applying project management knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project deliverables, processes, and systems.
• In addition to all responsibilities of a project manager which include managing all aspects of a project including initiating, planning, executing, closing and controlling, responsibilities include, but are not limited to: coaches and mentors project team members; mentors other project managers around project management methodology; determines project scope; develops resource, risk, quality, cost, and scope management plans; develops training plans; develops requirements documents; develops project approval matrix; identifies project team training and tool needs; defines, recommends and secures contractual agreements for technical services and products; coordinates requirements, schedules implementation and post-implement plans, and develops service-level agreements for vendor partners and global resources firms; defines quality gates for each project methodology phase; defines critical success factors; establishes and manages the project warranty period.
• Acts as subject matter expert for project and program management related tools and processes. Additional Details:
  • Must have large-scale, enterprise project/program management experience with a minimum of 40 resources (with successful results)
  • Must have Agile, Scrum and SAFe experience
  • Must have healthcare or managed care experience, ideally Medicare and/or Medicaid
  • Must have strong communication skills
  • Must have solid understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
  • Nice to have: risk adjustment experience, RAPS and/or EDPS experience, Data Warehousing experience, Technical background, SAFe certifications, Jira experience, Agile transformation
    Qualifications:
    • Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study
    • Minimum of 7 years project management experience in broad-based information systems, full life-cycle application development and/or building enterprise applications and/or data warehouse planning and development
    • 3 years leading and directing project tasks
    • Or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background
    • Requires experience in creating an effective team environment, building strong relationships, negotiation, solving problems and issues, resolving conflicts, managing resources in a matrix environment and communicating effectively at all levels of an organization
    • Requires experience working with project management tools, documentation tools, and reporting tools.
    • Project Management Professional certification (PMP) strongly preferred
    • Experience working with portfolio management applications and Rational tools strongly preferred.

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