Project Manager

Pay Rate: $53.50 per hour
Location: Seattle, Washington
Work Mode: Onsite

Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple concurrent projects involving FACETS application development, enhancements, upgrades, integrations, and production support.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business leaders, product teams, architecture, engineering, QA, and operations teams.
• Drive Agile and/or Waterfall project execution methodologies to ensure successful and timely delivery.
• Facilitate project planning, sprint reviews, release management, and executive status reporting.
• Ensure alignment of project objectives with business priorities and strategic goals.
• Identify and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies across workstreams.
• Manage cross-functional teams operating in onshore/offshore delivery models.
• Support change management, production deployment planning, and post-implementation stabilization activities.
• Establish project governance, delivery metrics, and reporting mechanisms.
• Foster strong collaboration with internal stakeholders, vendors, and healthcare business partners.

Requirements:

• Minimum 12 years of IT industry experience.
• Minimum 5 years of Healthcare Payer domain experience.
• Proven experience managing enterprise-scale software development and support projects.
• Experience leading distributed teams across multiple locations.
• Strong experience with TriZetto FACETS Core Administration Platform.
• Deep understanding of Healthcare Payer operations, including Claims Processing, Membership, Enrollment, Provider Management, Billing, and Premium Management.
• Experience delivering Application Development Projects, System Upgrades & Modernization Programs, Application Support & Maintenance Initiatives, and Production Support Engagements.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent project planning, execution, and governance capabilities.
• Experience managing vendor and client relationships.
• Strong risk, issue, dependency, and change management expertise.

Preferred Skills:

• PMP Certification. Agile/Scrum Certification (CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent).
• Experience working with large Healthcare clients.
• Familiarity with HIPAA and healthcare regulatory requirements.
• Experience with JIRA, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or similar delivery management tools.