Technical Project Manager

Client: Carefirst, BCBS FEPOC

Tasks

Our client is seeking a Technical Project Manager to work with necessary stakeholders.

Responsibilities will, but not limited to, include

• Creates detailed SDLC planning documentation for a given technology product team and follows all defined SDLC and Project Management Life-Cycle (PMLC) processes.
• Establish and publish clear priorities among project activities.
• Prepares, implements, refines, and manages the SDLC project plan.
• Works with project tools and reports project status and executive reports as defined by the project plan.
• Develops project schedules with the appropriate Work Break Down Structure and identifies the critical path of the project
• Performs Project Monitoring and Control/Risk Management:
• Communicate risks to program manager, stakeholders and business sponsors, escalate issues and risks for mitigation.
• Facilitate regularly scheduled project meetings for the project team, workgroup, executive steering committee, and risk planning and change control.
• Manages the Project Budget with overall budget accountability, and does reporting on variance etc.
• Work with Scrum teams, other functional areas within client to ensure timely delivery
• Supports requirements of the program manager to provide necessary information and support for successful program delivery.

Required Skills

• This position requires a four-year degree in CIS/MIS or equivalent experience of 5-7 years of related SDLC project management experience in a large scale, cross functional, multi-system environment.
• Experience managing and delivering SDLC projects integrating leading-edge technologies and older legacy technologies
• In-depth of knowledge of system development methodologies; understanding of technologies employed at FEPOC; experience managing matrixed cross functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities across all phases of the system development life-cycle (SDLC) for multiple projects within the constraints of the product scope, resources, time, and budget
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate the development of a WBS in partnership with functional teams
• Ability to lead dynamic, energized, and highly creative multidiscipline high-performance work teams in learning and applying new skills/techniques to respond to business needs.
• Leadership skills including: coaching, organizing, integrating, directing, controlling and motivating.
• Solid teamwork and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate and influence customers, employees, and management at all levels and thrive in a cross-functional environment.
• Excellent oral and written communications; an ability to present and discuss technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding. Must be able to influence and partner with Functional Managers to achieve not only wins for own objectives and deliverables but also those of the broad organization.
• Exceptional project management skills, effectively arranging resources and managing small to moderate projects in a cross-functional environment, work flow balancing, activity scheduling, problem resolution and flexibility, including the use of MS Project and ideally Clarity Portfolio Management tool.
• Ability to analyze project needs and determine resources needed to meet objectives, possess good technical skills including scheduling, estimating and costing
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.
• Proficiency in project management planning and estimation tools.

Preferred Skills

• Prior Health insurance industry exposure
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage the Customer relationship, including ability to manage Customer messaging and issue resolution.
• Additional information

Interview format

1st – Phone Screen, 2nd - Skype or Face to Face

Location

Washington DC – SouthWest, Walking distance (1 block) from metro station

Apply online by clicking on green label "I am Interested"

or call if you have any question however applying online is the best way to apply.

US # 571-403-0435

India # 9999 883 470