Senior Project Manager

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
THIS POSITION INCLUDES THE POTENTIAL FOR WORKING ON MULTIPLE PROCESSES AND PROJECTS RELATED TO THE MEDICAID SYSTEM OF S.C. THIS POSITION INVOLVES LEADING MMIS REPLACEMENT EFFORTS WITH SC DHHS MEDICAID IT STAFF AND THE MEDICAID IT SERVICES STAFF AT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under limited supervision the Project Manager manages and coordinates all tasks associated with one or more smalltolarge projects or a component of a larger project of minimal to moderate complexity and risk. The Project Manager will report to the Medicaid IT Services Deputy Director. This is an individual contributor position with no responsibilities for human resource management (e.g. hiring performance management). Candidates must be selfstarters and highly motivated.
Job Duties:
Follows established Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of Medicaid IT Services.
Develops and maintains documentation throughout the entire project lifecycle related to replacement efforts.
Is responsible for managing and directing the initiation planning execution control and closeout phases of the project lifecycle for small to large projects.
Coordinates and manages projects using project management methodologies from inception through completion.
Develops work plan(s).
Controls scope and schedule to ensure project deliverables milestones and required tasks completed as planned and on time.
Oversees the development and execution of communication plan.
Prepares status reports and provides updates to project stakeholders sponsors champion etc.
Identifies potential problems.
Facilitates problem resolution by determining or recommending and implementing a risk mitigation strategy.
Possesses ability to build a collaborative and highperforming project team with project resources.
Works within the structure of Change Management and Release Management to coordinate implementations to the Medicaid System of South Carolina.
This position may require working more than 40 hours per week on an asneeded basis including weekends.
Maintain project roadmap(s)
Knowledge and experience with designing and developing project related dashboards
Knowledge and experience with Process writing stakeholder feedback and present to Senior Leadership within the Organization

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

PROJECT MANAGEMENT. STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS. STRONG ANALYTICAL CONCEPTUAL AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS. KNOWLEDGE OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE. ADVANCED MICROSOFT WORD EXCEL AND MICROSOFT PROJECT MICROSOFT POWER BI MICROSOFT PROJECT WEB APP MICROSOFT TEAMS.

SOFT SKILLS REQUIRED: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS (WRITTEN AND ORAL) ADAPTABILITY FLEXIBILITY SELFMOTIVATION TIME MANAGEMENT ABILITY TO WORK EFFECTIVELY IN A STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

A bachelors degree and 46 years of project management experience.

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

HEALTHCARE CLAIMS PROCESSING
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:

Project Management Professional (PMP)
Additional Sills: Skills: Administrative Written Communication Skills No 5 Intermediate Currently Using 4 6 Years Packaged Applications MICROSOFT PROJECT 2013 Yes 2 Intermediate Currently Using 4 6 Years Packaged Applications Microsoft Office Suite Yes 4 Intermediate Currently Using 2 4 Years Program Management Project Management experience Yes 1 Advanced Currently Using 6 Years Program Management Project planning experience including effort estimation on technical tasks and resource allocation Yes 1 Advanced Currently Using 4 6 Years