This is a temporary contract opportunity with The Cigna Group through Magnit, an enterprise third-party vendor for contingent work.
Position Overview:
The job profile for this position is for an IT Project Management Senior Advisor. This is a Band 4 Senior Contributor Career Track Role.
This candidate is a results-oriented resource with proven success in optimizing project and program management by delivering solutions within the agreed scope, budget, schedule and quality. The candidate is accountable to deliver projects and programs for diverse and complex technical initiatives that deliver on business capabilities, while continually driving delivery efficiencies. This individual will have strong collaboration and negotiation skills to effectively align multiple stakeholders and enable the realization of business case benefits. The successful candidate will work directly with colleagues at all levels of the Enterprise across a matrixed organization, and will be adept at navigating corporate structures and team dynamics; developing senior and/or executive level communications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall management, tracking and reporting of technology deliverables in support of new business capabilities, ensuring on time and on budget delivery, adherence to compliance and quality standards, and alignment to the strategic objectives of the business case
- Foster growth and capabilities of team members by mentoring and coaching
- Ensure the adherence of project governance processes, and continuously improve them
- Facilitate project planning with internal teams and strategic partners using standard project plan development methods, including interim milestones, dependency management, and critical path analysis
- Implement tracking methods and metrics to monitor progress, report status, identify deviations and implement corrective action
- Implement process to capture baseline metrics and support the measurement of business benefit realization
- Implement effective change control processes to identify impacts (scope, schedule, cost, business case benefits), complete an impact assessment, and present recommendation
- Support PMO communications through the preparation of executive updates, Steering Committee materials, key stakeholder meetings and portfolio/project status reporting
- Facilitate cross-functional program processes and communications, such as risk and issue management
- Manage decision analysis and recommendations for portfolio level issues
- Ensure risk mitigation strategies are defined and executed
- Ensure contingency plans are defined for key risks; monitor trigger dates and implement contingency solutions as needed
- Facilitate program stage gates to validate deliverables and approve progression to the next phase
- Ensure accurate and timely financial management including actual spend and forecasts for labor, non-labor and strategic partner support; explain cost variances and implement corrective action; track cost risks and cost opportunities
- Display sense of urgency and keep the team focused on results
- Manage, motivate and lead project managers and team resources where applicable
- Be proactive and remove barriers to enable the team to progress per plan
- Support internal and external audit needs including project artifact repository, deliverable acceptance criteria and evidence, and test results
- Ability to seamlessly ‘switch channels’ and prioritize competing requests and deliverables
Required Experience / Qualifications:
- Tangible record of successfully delivering large scale solutions within IT
- Experience building complex Project and Program artifacts including project charters, comprehensive project plans, milestone views, status reports, issues, risk and contingency plans, etc.
- Proven extensive experience within IT SDLC – including but not limited to:
- Scope management
- Quality Management
- Financial / Budget Management
- Implementation Activities
- Lifecycle components such as business analysis, design, testing, release management
- PI Planning
- Strong detailed analytical skills
- Ability to stay very organized while managing multiple tasks and activities
- Takes initiative and is a self-starter
- Dealing with ambiguity and problem solving
- Senior and Executive leadership presence
- Advanced Presentation/Facilitation skills
- Adapt communication style for the audience and topics
- Negotiation and tactful influencing skills at all levels
- Exemplary Written and Verbal Communications
- Serve as a change agent for the organization
- Waterfall and Agile Experience
- Proficient in MS Office tools
- 7-10 years in Program Management within a large matrixed organization
- Bachelor degree in relevant field
Desired Experience / Qualifications:
- Master’s degree
- Experience with tools such as Clarity PPM, JIRA, MHK, etc. preferred
- Experience delivering IT solutions related to Utilization Management or Care Management
- PMP Certified
- Scaled Agile Delivery with certification
- Healthcare experience
Bachelor degree in relevant field REQUIRED
Masters degree PREFERRED
Hourly Pay Rate Range (dependent on location, experience, and expectation)
The pay range that Magnit reasonably expects to pay for this position is: $59.00 - $75.00/hr
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K (provided minimum eligibility hours are met)
