Program Manager

NCQA is hiring! We are looking to add a new Program Manager to our growing organization. The qualified candidate will provide strategic input for cross-departmental initiatives. The Project Manager provides clarification on business requirements, including long-term goals as well as short-term tasks and deliverables for cross-departmental initiatives. Also, they collaborate with executive sponsors and team leads to analyze budgetary requirements, manage, and report on budget throughout project. PMs work with business users to analyze and develop business requirements for all projects, including coordinating with Information Systems to implement business software requirements. Also, they develop and maintain project schedules, testing documentation and other support materials. The PM provides oversight on management of all phases of the project process, from initiation to close-out.

Primary Responsibilities:

Project Management

• Manage all phases of the project process for one or more business plan projects, from initiation to project close-out.
• Plan, schedule and manage projects, including team identification and budgeting.
• Analyze business problems and operations to develop project deliverables and long-term goals.
• Provide management support, including organizing meetings, developing agendas, issue tracking.
• Establish, coordinate, and maintain communication with project team members.
• Provide support to the Steering Committee, including development of meeting materials and agendas.

Systems Analysis-Plan and conduct studies of operations relative to the development or revision of operational procedures and supporting software systems.

• Assist functional units with development of organizational structure and methods required for performance of existing new and/or expanded functions and the supporting software systems.
• Plan, schedule and manage development of functional requirements and specifications, including related documentation.
• Develop and administer project work plans and timelines.
• Support the testing process to ensure quality of software deliverables.
• NOTE: This position is not the "product owner" but provides project management expertise to the software development effort, as necessary.

Process Development

• Lead efforts to develop and implement project management best practices.
• Assist with expertise for all projects, as needed.
• Advocate skills development and self-improvement of team members and self through continuous learning, active coaching, and development activities; demonstrate this commitment through example.

Contract Developer Management

• Obtain contract development resources appropriate for specific projects and tasks.
• Manage contract developer(s), track progress against work plan, reconcile invoices to daily work reports.
• Keep adequate records and copies of all contract documents, including daily reports check requests, and invoices.

Requirements:

• Four-year degree or equivalent industry experience.
• 8 years of experience with at least 2 years of progressively increasing levels of responsibility for project management.
• Ability to extract and represent business requirements/opportunities.
• Knowledge of software development life-cycle methodologies and technology, for example, diverse types of application development methodologies.
• Experience with requirements development, project estimating, and all other elements of successful project management.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Must be able to work with end users to understand their needs and will bring knowledge of industry to bear in making recommendations and advising end users of possibilities with which they are not familiar.
• Must be familiar with deliverables such as software development plan, software requirements specification, task lists, project estimates, meeting minutes, risk management plan, quality assurance plan, change control plan, prototype materials, test plans, implementation protocols, etc.
• Be able to use diverse types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems such as MS Office suite, SmartSheet, Visio, standard templates, requirements management software, defect tracking and change control software, etc.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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