IT Program Manager II - Remote

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.

Position Purpose: Provides overarching leadership and guidance on related large programs and projects (both waterfall and agile) with a view to improve the project performance and consistency of delivery. Sources project managers and scrum masters and provides oversight and remediation to troubled projects. Delivers, measures, and manages project performance in addition to providing input and collaboration on interdependencies within the projects and other programs.

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

Plan, 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

Manages 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

Coordinates program management reviews, preparing and publishing program management metrics and reports; maintain metrics for projects' quality, technical performance, and delivery

Coordinates all risks and requirements of the projects by planning, controlling, and integrating all projects and measuring all elements to ensure the requirements and goals are successfully achieved

Provide insight and recommendations during project execution and implementation to remediate issues

Review 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

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience:

Requires a Bachelor's degree and 4 - 6 years of related experience.

Or in lieu of education and experience, demonstrated work experience and accomplishments applicable to the level, duties and scope of this role

Technical Skills:

Experience with Microsoft Office required

Experience with Project Management required

Experience with Risk Management required

Experience with Other: developing, monitoring and managing project budgets and schedules required

Soft Skills:

Intermediate - Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty

Intermediate - Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Intermediate - Ability to work independently

Intermediate - Demonstrated analytical skills

Intermediate - Demonstrated project management skills

Intermediate - Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

Intermediate - Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills

Intermediate - Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management

Intermediate - Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion

License/Certification:

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI preferred

Our Comprehensive Benefits Package: Flexible work solutions including remote options, hybrid work schedules and dress flexibility, Competitive pay, Paid time off including holidays, Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents, 401(k) and stock purchase plans, Tuition reimbursement and best-in-class training and development.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.