Project Manager

Job Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for leading and managing projects and programs that vary in complexity and impact to the company. Manages projects in accordance with the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) and applies project management controls to ensure delivery of objectives within approved timeframe, budget, scope, and quality expectations. This role establishes and develops collaborative partnerships within the company, the Project Management Office (PMO), and vendor partners to effectively and efficiently execute the strategic plan and corporate goals.

 

Essential Functions

• Develops a clearly defined project scope and accepts responsibility to execute the objectives within acceptable parameters. Ensures the project has a business case, requirements, critical success factors, a definition of done, and sets clear ownership and understanding of responsibilities identified throughout life of project and post project. Performs duties under minimal general supervision when needed.
• Assembles and leads a project team, working with functional leadership to identify skilled and experienced workers. Leverages leadership competencies to develop working relationships and capabilities within the team, assigning tasks and deadlines, collecting updates, managing team performance, and seeking feedback to improve team cohesion.
• Defines project tasks and estimates task durations to develop a feasible project schedule in which to accomplish project objectives. Mitigates risks to the project plan by managing issues through proactive identification, analysis, response planning, and control techniques. Measures project progress against the schedule baseline to determine if objectives are on time and adjusts competing constraints as needed to meet deadlines.
• Estimates projects costs to develop a project budget and establishes a cost baseline. Collects and tracks expenditures, both capital and operational, to ensure project objectives stay within budget, adjusting project constraints as needed.
• Develops a communication plan, employs appropriate techniques and approaches to engage stakeholders and distributes project information. Applies best practices and methodologies to meet the varying stakeholder project needs and specific requirements for each project.
• Monitors project progress against planned baselines through continuous measurement, metrics, analytics, and task updates. Controls outcomes through resource reallocation and manages objectives within the project's triple constraints (scope, schedule, and cost).
• Documents project information thoroughly in accordance with PMLC standards to meet audit requirements and for historical reference.
• Leads projects that vary in areas of focus including strategic initiatives, technical components and/or vendor integrations, and projects that impact core business operations and processes.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Project Management

Basic

Collaboration

Basic

Task and Goal Focus

Intermediate

Time and Resource Management

Basic

Flexibility and Adaptability

Intermediate

Problem Solving and Resolution

Intermediate

 

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's

Preferred: Bachelor's

Field(s) of Study: Project Management, Business Management or related field.

 

Experience Requirements

Required: Minimum of 3 Years

Preferred: Minimum of 3 Years

Experience Details: Minimum of 3 years of project management experience with a minimum of 1 year managing projects in the healthcare industry.

 

Certification, Licensures & Registration Requirements

Title: Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred

 

State or Agency: PMP – Project Management Institute (PMI)

 

Equivalent combination of education, experience or training determined to be acceptable by Human Resources may be substituted, unless regulated by contract or program standards

Other Information

Job Posting Policy

Employees new to Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota are eligible to apply for positions within their assigned department after successfully completing 90-days in their role. For positions outside of their department, new employees should attain a minimum of six months of service before applying for a new role. Exceptions to this are acceptable, provided there is good business justification for making the move.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individual with Disabilities, as well as Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity.

For questions, please email careers@bcbsnd.com

This job posting will be closed 03/09/2021 at 8:00AM CST. No further applications will be considered.