Health First · 13 hours ago
Project Manager, Medicare
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$103K/yr - $149K/yrHealthfirst is a healthcare organization focused on delivering innovative solutions to meet the needs of its members. The Project Manager, Medicare will oversee enterprise-level projects related to the Medicare Strategic Growth Plan, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across teams to achieve project goals on time and within budget.
Health CareHealth InsuranceHome Health CareHospitalMedical DeviceWellness
Responsibilities
Organizes and leads the project team through the entire project life cycle
Serves as the main point of contact for all the enabling tools and technology (software and hardware) that support the Medicare Sales and Retention team
Works with internal and external constituents as applicable to ensure business needs are clearly articulated and understood and the technology implemented meets the needs and expectations of the business
Identify business requirements (e.g., tech, infrastructure) working with Medicare Sales Management and Agents in the field to understand and prioritize their needs
Analyze current technology needs, identifying new opportunities, and recommending solutions
Serve as a point of contact for all supporting platforms, representing all Medicare sales business end users and leadership
Conducts project estimate sessions with project stakeholders to drive project estimates and challenges estimates where appropriate to ensure accurate effort estimates by functional areas
Creates and maintains a detailed project plan for all aspects of the project based on delivery methodology and project impacts to secure tasks and dates
Manages project execution, resource deployment and overall coordination efforts to ensure projects are completed on schedule and to budget
Creates and manages the artifacts required for governance approval for medium to large-scale projects
Establishes and actively manages all project and key stakeholder expectations and relationships
Manages deliverables from all functional teams ensuring they meet the defined timeline and quality based on project guidelines
Tailors the use of specific project management techniques to each assignment (e.g. emphasizing risk management, or change management)
Reports status to the Project Sponsor, and escalates changes, issues, risks for resolution as needed
Collaborates with resource managers to acquire the resources necessary to produce the project on time and within budget
Achieves project objectives in conformance with Healthfirst project management methodologies and standards
Additional duties as necessary
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent work experience
Industry work experience in healthcare such as hospital, managed or long-term care, insurance, government or other healthcare agency
Experience managing cross-functional projects that yielded meaningful results
Experience engaging and communicating with key stakeholders including senior-level leadership
Experience with project change management, portfolio risk management, project communication management and organization change management
Preferred
Master's degree from an accredited institution
Experience working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
Experience in managing or working on projects across multiple departments using an SDLC methodology and Agile/Scrum methodology
Experience in managing a team of people and/or in leading a team to achieve results
Knowledge and/or experience with multiple Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pair Programming, Automated Testing
Experience with application and/or systems implementations or upgrades
Experience using an enterprise project management system such as MS Project Server and MS Project
Knowledgeable of Department of Health (DOH) and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision coverage
Incentive and recognition programs
Life insurance
401k contributions
Company
Health First
Health First provides medical equipment, health care, and insurance services.
Founded in 1995
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Frank Letherby
CEO Community Health Services
Kent Smith
Chair, Interim President & CEO
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