Sr Project Manager - Medicaid (Contract to hire)

Note :- While applying please mention "KJO1 # Sr Project Manager - Medicaid" in the subject lineJob Description :-This highly valued PM will be responsible for implementing complex information and analytics systems in support of State government health and human service programs and play a key role in nurturing State Government client business members and stakeholder relationships.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

• Active PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification and/or PMI-ACP, or CSM
• 10+ 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.
• 5+ years’ experience performing systems development life cycle on an enterprise-wide deployment and/or maintenance and operations
• 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)
• Experience implementing and integrating COTS products (Commercial-Off-the-Shelf) and managing SAAS delivery efforts
• Extensive applied Agile experience, applied Scrum Master experience, and expertise in some or all of the following: Medicaid - MMIS - MECT - Health care - Data warehouse - Analytics - JIRA
• State government/public sector experience on IT Projects in health and human services programs (such as Medicaid, MMIS, claims processing, eligibility, HHS 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.