Centene Corporation · 1 day ago
Senior IT Program Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$122K/yr - $225K/yr
5+ years expCentene Corporation is a diversified national organization committed to improving health outcomes through technology. The Senior IT Program Manager will lead complex IT programs, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and delivering projects successfully while mentoring program managers and coordinating cross-functional efforts.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Leads multiple complex IT programs to successful delivery across technical, schedule, cost, quality, and regulatory commitments
Drives Medicaid governance and execution discipline, including status reviews, risk/issue escalation, dependency management, intake, prioritization, and lifecycle oversight (Exploration → Planning → Delivery)
Ensures compliance with Medicaid regulatory and state-mandated requirements, partnering closely with Compliance, Health Plans, and delivery teams
Provides leadership and mentorship to program managers and coordinators while supporting project scoping, requirements, design, and technical documentation
Partners cross-functionally with CIO leadership, Market Technology Leads, PMO, Product, and Engineering to deliver portfolio transparency, identify systemic risks, and continuously improve delivery performance
Plans, controls, and manages the delivery of multiple large, complex enterprise IT programs to meet the agreed business needs, acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources
Plans, manage, and implement programs from initiation to final operational stage including lessons learnt
Evaluate, align, and integrate technical and business requirements and project plans to establish the program framework
Leads multiple project scopes and successful execution within technical, schedule, cost, and quality commitments
Provides direction to the project teams in areas of customer concerns, potential changes in scope, and risk assessment
Provides insight and recommendations during project execution and implementation to remediate issues
Reviews and assess vendor statements of work and estimates
Determines, monitors, reviews, and reports on all program attributes including program costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources, quality, and risks
Provides periodic project updates (Program Status Report) of current situation relating to milestones and problem/high risk areas (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule); provide updates to the IT leadership team and the business units
Shares knowledge and develops team capabilities to strengthen understanding of IT and enterprise industry and business issues and best practices
Identifies areas for improvement, share lessons learnt across the firms’ IT project teams, and encourage others to do the same
Communicates regularly with functional and IT leaders to ensure enterprise alignment and support
Establishes client relationships
Mentors/coaches program managers and program coordinators
Scopes new projects, including participating in requirements and design sessions, where appropriate
Prepares technical reports and documentation to meet plan requirements
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Qualification
Required
Requires a Bachelor's degree and 5 – 7 years of related experience
Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position
Experience with Microsoft Office
Experience with Project Management
Experience with Risk Management
Experience with developing, monitoring and managing project budgets and schedules
Experience with Service Now
Experience with portfolio management tools (e.g., ServiceNow, JIRA, Clarity)
Experience building or maintaining operational dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, or Excel-based reporting)
Familiarity with regulatory or compliance-driven initiatives, preferably in Medicaid/Medicare/Marketplace
Strong understanding of project financials (capital vs. expense, budgeting, forecasting)
Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to work independently
Demonstrated analytical skills
Demonstrated project management skills
Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management
Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI preferred
Benefits
Competitive pay
Health insurance
401K and stock purchase plans
Tuition reimbursement
Paid time off plus holidays
Flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules
Company
Centene Corporation
Centene Corporation is a leading healthcare enterprise committed to helping people live healthier lives.
10001+ employees
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