Senior Project Manager

Why Choose Jefferson Health Plans?

We are an award-winning, not-for-profit health maintenance organization offering Medicaid, Medicare, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plans that include special benefits to improve the health and wellness of our members. We are committed to creating a community where everyone belongs, acknowledges, and celebrates diversity and has opportunities to grow to their fullest potential.

While this job currently provides a flexible remote option, due to in-office meetings, training as required, or other business needs, our employees are to be residents of PA or the nearby states of DE or NJ.

Perks of JHP and why you will love it here:

• Competitive Compensation Packages, including 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match and Profit Sharing 
• Flextime and Work-at-Home Options
• Benefits & Wellness Program including generous Time Off 
• Impact on the communities we service 

We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Senior Project Manager to join our team!

Lead multiple highly complex cross-organizational projects as assigned. Must be able to navigate controversial issues amongst departments within the organization and bring people to consensus. Lead and manage projects or initiatives through the Project Management Life Cycle. Responsible for providing supervision, guidance and mentoring of junior-level Project Manager(s) and/or Project Coordinator(s).

As the Senior Project Manager, your daily duties may include: 

• Serve as the central point of contact for all technical and business issues and questions related to project activity under assigned projects.
• Establish and monitor project schedules; analyzing business needs and prioritizing resource allocation.
• Manage multiple highly complex projects simultaneously throughout the organization.
• Participate in and facilitate non-project related business process re-engineering sessions that identify projects as a by-product of process assessment and redesign of new models and workflow.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with management, external clients/vendors, team members and other groups.
• Monitor monthly cost and bi-weekly time reports for assigned projects (if required) and ensuring adherence to budget and any cost-sharing requirements. Taking necessary actions to make course corrections as needed.
• Prepare proposals for follow-on or new business for Health Partners such as drafting requests for proposal, letters of intent, statements of work, timelines, measurement or evaluation processes and estimating levels of effort for budget development purposes.
• Function as the interface between technical personnel (internal and external) and business partners (internal and external).
• · Provide direction to a diverse, matrixed project team which may include other Project Management staff as well as all levels of management.
• Organize and chair project status meetings as necessary to ensure that the sponsor and lead are informed of project status.
• Assist business units in project related business process re-engineering when needed to assist in ensuring that technology being implemented will provide expected return on investment.
• Assist in the preparation of training materials for users and operations personnel.
• Work in collaboration with Executive Sponsor and Project Lead to develop a comprehensive project charter that will outline the entire project from planning to post live support.
• Represent the PMO at the monthly Manager meeting and provide updates regarding corporate projects of interest to the group.
• Provide budget reports monthly on all projects to ensure that all Project Managers are meeting their budgeted variances.
• Requires senior-level demonstration of expertise in the areas of time management, team facilitation, organizational communication and negotiation
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• BA/BS Degree. Master’s Preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of direct project management experience required.
• PMP certification or formal project management training from a PMI approved organization strongly preferred.
• Budget responsibility or experience is required.
• Project Management experience working in the healthcare field is desired

 Skills, We Value:

• Competence in the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) plus database and project management software required.
• Strong communication (written and verbal), presentation/proposal preparation, interpersonal and team building skills are essential.
• Business reasoning, analytical and critical thinking skills required.