Project Manager
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Project Manager Fort Lauderdale, FL Full Time Job Description: This highly valued Project Manager will represent and oversee the day-to-day activities of the project. This individual shall serve as the Department's primary point of contact for matters relating to the project and serve as a liaison for certification, collaborating with other contractors, and stakeholders. Strength with both AGILE and PMBOK methods for managing complex technical projects is critical. Proficiency in defining and documenting the following is required: Project Management Plan Project Work Plan in Microsoft .mpp format and in Jira using BigPicture Change Management Plan Quality Management Plan Communication Management Plan Risk Management Plan Essential Responsibilities: The successful PM will manage, motivate, mentor, and ensure optimum team efficiency (often in a geographically distributed team scenario); create and maintain detailed work plans and foster a Continuous Integration/Continuous delivery (CI/CD) Agile approach. You will partner with stakeholders to ensure proper strategy, alignment, integration, and visibility whilst managing project scope and continuously analyzing and reviewing iterations and related change management tracking and reporting. A talented PM easily drives collaboration, consensus, and decision-making with State Government client stakeholders and executive management, while concisely communicating expectations and directives to the technical team. Manage and proactively escalate project issues, risks, and actions. Track and Manage budget/actual project financials, project codes, and invoices. Work with client project manager to ensure understanding of all project activities, schedules and deliverables, act as resource for questions, and manage expectationsServe as contract manager handling contract-related activities Maintain and improve client relationships, identify areas to add additional value and organically grow the account, as well as gain a positive reference from the client. Drive adoption of Agile and foster a culture of knowledge sharing with regular team contributions and content feedback. On an as needed basis, support the efforts of other groups such as Quality Assurance, Software Development, Training/Consulting, Marketing and Product Development, consistent with delivering quality products and services to our clients and the market. Technical and Professional Requirements: 7+ years of project management experience delivering business value using technology solutions and managing staff in a matrix or direct reporting relationship. 5+ years' experience performing a lead client facing role in a system integration, ideally large transformational projects. Project Management experience should include each phase of the system development life cycle. 5+ years' experience performing systems development life cycle on an enterprise-wide deployment and/or maintenance and operations from start to implementation. 7+ years' experience managing multiple priorities/projects including project scope, schedules, quality, change management and project financials. Demonstrated use of project tracking tools (Microsoft Project, ALM tools, Jira, CA Rally) Extensive applied Agile experience, applied Scrum Master experience, and expertise in some/all the following: Medicaid - MMIS - MECT - Health care - Data warehouse - Analytics - JIRA Experience managing projects of similar size and scope, preferably in Medicaid or the healthcare industry. This experience must include relevant experience within the last three (3) years. 2+ years of hands-on experience with Atlassian's JIRA product, experience managing projects that leverage Jira and Jira plug-ins. State government/public sector experience on IT Projects in health and human services programs (such as Medicaid, MMIS, claims processing, eligibility, analytics, data warehouse, etc.) Proven track record of effective communication skills to lead client, vendor and internal teams through the project lifecycle process and successfully implementing complex IT projects from initiation to closure. Exceptional verbal communication and written documentation using MS Office and other collaborative tools to achieve success is expected. Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise: 4+ years of Medicaid, MMIS, Decision Support Systems (DSS), eligibility/enrollment systems, claims process or related experience with a state agency Experience project managing MMIS projects (claims, provider, or TPL) is highly desirable Experience managing enterprise State-level projects, either having delivered projects to a State or worked in State government delivering healthcare related projects. Experience in both business and systems architectures Advanced experience using MS Project including resource and cost loading, resource leveling, and earned value management Experience with implementation/SDLC methodologies (Agile, waterfall, hybrid and/or iterative) CMS Certification experience, MECT (Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit), MITA (Medicaid Information Technology Architecture) Education and Certifications: A four-year degree in a related field, and at least five (5) years of experience. In lieu of a four-year degree, seven (7) years of experience is expected. Active PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification and/or PMI-ACP, or CSM CMS Certification preferred SAFe Agilist Certification preferred