DPP is seeking a Project Manager for high-priority IT projects with our client in Columbia, SC.
Work Location: Hybrid (4 days in Columbia office, 1 day remote) Duration: 12 months with possibility of extension Terms: W2 Contract Candidate Location: Must be a SC resident
Position Summary:
The Project Manager will interact with staff, other team members, all levels of management and internal and external organizations, including vendors performing outsourced work, in the compilation and management of information needed for project plans, portfolio/program plans, metrics, reports and project management documentation.
A successful project manager in this role will embed themselves in the business being managed in order to understand the details of the projects, not just management of a project schedule.
Works under the direction of the Chief Information Officer or designee.
Responsibilities:
Assists with developing business requirements.
Building a project plan and executing that plan.
Managing project risks and issues.
Ensuring that all deliverables and activities are completed with high quality and in a timely fashion.
Reporting on project status and strategies orally and in writing.
Other related duties as assigned.
Skills & Experience Qualifications:
Experience working with SharePoint and other typical project management tools, including Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project, Word, Access and Excel.
Experience working with risk management, including risk triggers and managing risks to project plan tasks.
Ability to create and document key project management documents and artifacts.
Superb communications skills (written and oral).
Effective listener.
Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations; ability to get people who have competing, diverse interests to work together.
Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects preferred, but not mandatory.
Must be able to manage multiple high-profile, high-priority projects at one time.
Required Qualifications:
3+ years of experience in project management.
3+ years of project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment.
Project planning experience, including effort estimation on technical tasks and resource allocation.
Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to give presentations to executive management.
Strong proficiency in English is required.
Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
Medicaid or Healthcare Delivery Systems.
Project Management Professional Certification (PMP).
Required Certifications:
PMI certification.
Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button to learn more about this position (#26-01254). DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry. EOE/AA/V/D
Numbers & Facts
Location
Columbia, SC
Skills
Business Developmentunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Documentationunmatched
English Languageunmatched
Health Information Technologyunmatched
Health Insuranceunmatched
Healthcareunmatched
Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
Medicaidunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Microsoft Access Databaseunmatched
Microsoft Excelunmatched
Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
Microsoft Projectunmatched
Microsoft SharePointunmatched
Microsoft Visiounmatched
Microsoft Wordunmatched
Order Managementunmatched
Outsourcingunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Program Planningunmatched
Project Management Certificationunmatched
Project Management Professional (PMP)unmatched
Project Management Softwareunmatched
Project Planningunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Resource Managementunmatched
Risk Managementunmatched
Schedule Developmentunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched
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