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Elevance Health · 5 hours ago

Project Leader

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities, and they are seeking a Project Leader to develop project plans and lead small projects to completion. The role involves assisting with progress communication, conducting status meetings, and managing project scope to ensure business needs are met.

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Responsibilities

Assists with and communicates progress, issues, and barriers, to internal stakeholders
Conducts periodic status meetings
Conducts root cause analysis of processes and issues, identifies and makes recommendations for improvements, and develops documentation
Researches, compiles, extrapolates and validates data used to help forecast business needs and work flows, and/or resolve quality and other operational issues
Assists in managing project scope to ensure business needs are met and the project scope is delivered, identifying, documenting and raising requests for changes from original specifications
Communicate plans, status, and issues within the team, group, or project, including both IT and business members and management
Has basic understanding of project management methodology, tools & processes and able to apply to small projects

Qualification

Agile frameworksPM tools JiraPM tools MS ProjectProject management methodologyData validationRisk identificationCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsAttention to detailInitiativeAdaptability

Required

Requires a BA/BS in a related field and minimum of 3 years experience; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background
Assists with and communicates progress, issues, and barriers, to internal stakeholders
Conducts periodic status meetings
Conducts root cause analysis of processes and issues, identifies and makes recommendations for improvements, and develops documentation
Researches, compiles, extrapolates and validates data used to help forecast business needs and work flows, and/or resolve quality and other operational issues
Assists in managing project scope to ensure business needs are met and the project scope is delivered, identifying, documenting and raising requests for changes from original specifications
Communicate plans, status, and issues within the team, group, or project, including both IT and business members and management
Has basic understanding of project management methodology, tools & processes and able to apply to small projects

Preferred

Manage multiple small-to-mid initiatives simultaneously
Build lightweight project plans, milestones, and timelines
Track dependencies and delivery progress
Run efficient status meetings and ensure clear next steps and accountability
Proactively identify risks, barriers, and dependencies and escalate issues with context and proposed solutions
Document impacts and elevate change requests clearly
Communicate progress, issues, and trade-offs to stakeholders through clear status updates, documentation, decision logs, and change requests
Translate effectively between technical and business audiences
Apply appropriate project management frameworks (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid)
Use common PM tools (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project, Salesforce)
Identify inefficiencies and quality gaps, diagnose root causes, and translate insights into sustainable process improvements
Research, compile, and validate data
Use metrics to guide prioritization and decision-making
Operate effectively in regulated or high-stakes environments
Highly organized with strong attention to detail
Take initiative, follow up consistently, and move work forward without waiting for direction
Adapt quickly to shifting priorities

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution
Merit increases
Paid holidays
Paid Time Off
Incentive bonus programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Short and long term disability benefits
401(k) +match
Stock purchase plan
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Financial education resources

Company

Elevance Health

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Elevance Health is an integrated whole-health approach to help people in health journey and address their full range of needs.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2001-10-30IPO

Leadership Team

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Gail K. Boudreaux
President and CEO
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Geeta Wilson
Chief Technology Officer (CTO): Digital Health and Service Experience Platforms
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