Sr. Project Manager

Job#: 3042496

Job Description:
Sr. Project Manager

Location: Orange, California (Partial Remote)

Role Overview

An opportunity is available for an organized and detail-oriented Project Manager to join a dynamic team. The ideal candidate will manage and deliver projects focused on the development and integration of functional system components. This role involves collaboration with program workstream leads, team members, and stakeholders to ensure all activities are accounted for and monitored. The position requires developing and monitoring project schedules and scope, facilitating communication, and driving the resolution of action items, issues, risks, and decisions. External website project support is critical for this role, so web app UX knowledge/experience is required. This is a matrixed role that demands leadership and diplomacy.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive project schedule, providing weekly updates.
• Collaborate with various teams to gather deliverables, activities, and milestones to create realistic timelines.
• Compile and present weekly status reports and conduct weekly status meetings.
• Assess project progress, identify deviations from the schedule, and ensure all deliverables are accounted for in status reports.
• Identify potential risks and issues, and implement risk response strategies and contingency plans.
• Maintain the Program Risk Action Item, Issues, Decision (RAID) log.
• Lead and mentor team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.
• Manage change within the project, ensuring effective communication and smooth integration into ongoing activities.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in business, Information Systems or a related field.

Experience: Proven experience as a Program or Project Manager, including experience with external Web App projects.

Technical Skills: A solid understanding of project management methodologies and tools is required, along with expert knowledge of MS-Project, Visio, and MS Office tools. External website project support is critical for this role, so web app UX knowledge/experience is required. An understanding of System Development Life Cycles is also necessary.

Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agile or Waterfall methodologies.
• Familiarity with Health Plans organizations, processes, and finance.
• Familiarity with the concept of Application Programming Interface (API).

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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