Description
UPMC Health Plan is seeking a full-time Project Manager to support its Medicare HCC team!
The Medicare HCC department is a large, team-oriented group comprised of multiple sub-teams – this allows employees to gain knowledge and experience in a wide array of subject matters!
The Project Manager will provide internal direction, leadership, and accountability for project management efforts among operations, as well as across the system! This role is responsible for defining project objectives and measures to be tracked by the responsible business owners, developing and maintaining detailed project plans, and for implementing processes.
This position is currently remote, but will likely return to a hybrid (in-office/work-from-home combo) work structure based in Downtown Pittsburgh. Details can be further discussed in interviews!
Responsibilities:
- Identify trends and process improvement opportunities across departments within operations.
- Perform cost/benefit analysis.
- Develop and implement key metrics to measure and report on progress of initiatives.
- Work with other managers to achieve efficiencies across integration of projects.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including standard project documentation and methodology and project tracking and reporting procedures.
- Develop cross-functional, change management and implementation strategies; ensure that all of the participating parties have committed to effective implementation of the processes and procedures.
- Assist team members in resolving project problems, escalating issues when necessary, and facilitating decision-making.
- Ensure quality of information through business case and application level testing; validate test results to initial business needs.
- Provide concise and timely status reporting, as required.
- Monitor operating performance against regional and national benchmarks.
- Assist with achieving Operations division strategic goals as well as system strategic goals.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Health Care, Management, or related business field required.
- Minimum of four years of related work experience.
- Master's degree preferred.
- PMP or CSM preferred.
- Experience managing technical and non-technical projects highly preferred.
- Excellent Project Management skills along with effective planning and organizational skills.
- Previous management experience preferred.
- Experience in health care insurance or health care industry preferred.
- Excellent computer skills required, including Access, Excel, Microsoft Project, and other pertinent computer software packages.
- Strong management, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills (oral and written) are required.
- Ability to perform planning for large initiatives/projects, managing all tasks required to provide services to meet client and business needs within budget and targeted deadlines.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Act 34
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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