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Centene Corporation · 1 hour ago

Program Manager IV

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$88K/yr - $158K/yr

8+ years exp

Centene Corporation is transforming the health of communities, focusing on the Medicare line of business. The Program Manager IV will lead strategic programs and complex projects, ensuring successful completion through collaboration with cross-functional teams and providing executive updates.

Hospital & Health Care

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead large scale, cross functional projects for implementation or process improvement including working with organizational leaders for restructuring and realignment of team members

Oversee all aspects of program planning, management, and execution (scope, schedule, and budget)

Create comprehensive timelines and ensure the project team creates and maintains appropriate deliverables while following project management standards

Drive large scale projects by coordinating the work of one or more project managers/business analysts who are managing the individual workgroups (Operations, Finance, Benefit Operations, etc.) involved in the project

Create meaningful dashboards for executive level update and project status

Work with teams to create reports for ongoing analytics post project implementation

Create and deliver best practice and training information to indirect reports (when applicable), peers, and other employees

Work with the training team to create/review training materials

Prepare and deliver documents for Program Steering Committees to the Executive team

Work with functional business teams’ leaders to assess program risks and issue escalate as needed to the leadership level

Proactively manage areas such as risk, budget/forecast, dependencies, etc

Prepare strategic analysis of potential business and/or operational opportunities as needed

Serve as the first escalation point for project issues and risks

Work directly with the project teams to resolve issues and create risk mitigation plans

Escalate well-formulated issues and risks to leadership

Effectively communicate business and technology issues and solutions

Qualification

Program ManagementHealthcare ExperienceProject ManagementPMP CertificationMS Office ProficiencyRisk ManagementCross-functional LeadershipCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience required

8+ years of Program or Project Management experience required

Previous experience as a lead in a functional area, managing cross-functional teams on large scale projects or supervisory experience including hiring, training, assigning work, and managing the performance of staff required

Proficiency in MS Office applications and project management tools required

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future