Hybrid Senior Project Manager

at Health Care Service Corporation

• Job title: Senior Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $90,900 - $164,200 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Senior Project Manager leading complex IT projects at Health Care Service Corporation. Overseeing project delivery, stakeholder relationships, and project financial tracking for successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading large complex projects or a program with a number of sub-projects
• Being accountable for end-to-end delivery of a project or program, including managing the cost/budget, schedule & dependencies
• Ensuring the project scope is aligned with the stated business objectives
• Providing a blend of technical and business acumen to drive the design, development, and implementation of strategic IT projects
• Building a sufficient level of knowledge of IT products and line of Business to enable targeted probing of delivery feasibility and conflicts with other projects
• Setting and managing customer expectations; managing and escalating issues and changes
• Developing and maintaining relationships with project stakeholders to obtain project objectives while working in a matrix project environment
• Driving deliverables and activities with Project Delivery Lead and IT product managers or their program manager by removing barriers, and escalating risk/issues
• Must have a thorough understanding of systems development life cycle and project management and enterprise processes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years project management experience OR 7 years project management experience
• Familiarity and experience with Project Management Methodologies (i.e. Project Management Institute – PMBOK)
• Experience in project delivery and management of large and/or complex projects
• Understanding of project financial tracking including monitoring and reporting on budget expenditures
• Experience in negotiations, managing conflict, and organizational / political savvy
• Verbal and written communication skills, as well as meeting facilitation skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Analytical thinking and problem solving skills; agility and flexibility to adapt to constantly changing priorities
• Ability to create integrated, milestone-driven critical path project plans
• Ability to multi-task and balance multiple competing priorities while meeting deadlines
• Ability to influence (direct / indirect reports, project stakeholders, and leaders), and manage in a matrix organization
• Structured, organized and methodical in execution, takes ownership and accountability for outcomes
• Drives for results and drives certainty in delivery; able to manage multiple parallel efforts and deliver quality deliverables on schedule
• Develops trusted relationships and demonstrates deep Interpersonal skills
• Experience with the entire software development lifecycle from inception to development to testing to production
• Deployment and maintenance; deep understanding of HCSC delivery models – OWF, Scrum, XP

Benefits

• Health and wellness benefits
• 401(k) savings plan
• Pension plan
• Paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Supplemental life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Other incentives