IT Infrastructure Project Management Sr. Advisor- Work from home

Role summary:

The IT Project Manager is aligned to a portfolio of Projects in the Information Management Engineering Services (IMES) organization. Primary responsibility is to deliver projects, ensuring operational readiness in the IMES organization. Responsible for leading small to high complexity projects or components of various projects impacting multiple business units or operational units.

Core Responsibilities/Primary Focus:

• Manage small to large projects to delivery, with varying levels of complexity
• Manage scope, schedule, and resources to deliver the required capabilities on time and within budget while appropriately ensuring the business is ready and risks are mitigated
• Leads projects using a variety of methodologies (agile, waterfall, hybrid)
• Develops detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements
• Proactively identifies risks and creates contingency/mitigation plans
• Identifies key stakeholders, gather needs, and implement appropriate stakeholder governance
• Completes projects/intake requests as needed
• Facilitates business decision making to ensure solutions align with strategy and can be sustained by Operations
• Champions organization's project management methodology, tools, and techniques
• Maintains all required project reporting including, Project Dashboard, status updates and any other ad-hoc requirements of program; minimum of monthly updates
• Ensures all project close activities are completed such as retrospectives or lessons learned
• Ensure transition plan to business as usual is documented, socialized, agreeable to stakeholders

Technical Skills/Knowledge:

• Exemplary core project management skills including multiple aspects of the PMBOK and the Scaled Agile Framework (certification a plus).
• Experience managing Infrastructure specific projects
• Experience in the use of JIRA to manage projects, Epics and user stories maintaining collaboration with Agile partners
• Fluent Microsoft Office skills - PowerPoint, MS Project, Excel, etc.
• Demonstrated strong relationship building and team integration skills
• Demonstrated ability to drive results in uncertain and/ or ambiguous environments
• Strong business acumen, with proven ability to leverage knowledge base to quickly come up to speed in new business areas and new types of projects
• Strong change leadership skills
• Able to work comfortably with management and functional leaders
• Strong business acumen, with proven ability to leverage knowledge base to quickly come up to speed in new business areas and new types of projects
• Developing knowledge of the interdependencies among business units and matrix partners.
• Strategic thinker
• Ability to learn new concepts quickly and adapt to various delivery methodologies
• Looks for innovative ways to complete deliverables and ensure collaboration with Agile partners
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to drive results required

Leadership:

• Must be self-directed
• Able to influence in direct and matrix environment

Qualifications/Certifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or 7 years of related project management work experience strongly preferred.
• 5 plus years of related work experience is strongly preferred.
• 1-2 years of experience in Agile Practice
• PMP, PMI, Scrum Master, RTE, Kaizen certifications preferred

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 111,500 - 185,900 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That's why you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna.

About Cigna

Cigna Corporation exists to improve lives. We are a global health service company dedicated to improving the health, well-being and peace of mind of those we serve. Together, with colleagues around the world, we aspire to transform health services, making them more affordable and accessible to millions. Through our unmatched expertise, bold action, fresh ideas and an unwavering commitment to patient-centered care, we are a force of health services innovation. When you work with us, or one of our subsidiaries, you'll enjoy meaningful career experiences that enrich people's lives. What difference will you make?

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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