Senior Project Manager - 8-Month Contract

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

DURATION:  8-month contract (W2)

LOCATION:  San Diego, CA  92121

JOB NUMBER:  49312

CLIENT:  One of the country's largest health plan and health care providers

JOB DESCRIPTION:

- Manages moderately complex projects or multiple simple projects
- Develops solutions that align with strategic direction and standards
- Completes components of the business case
- Negotiates agreement on project schedule and budgets
- Applies methods or recognized equivalents appropriate to the specific needs of the project/client
- Demonstrates understanding of the need to manage risk issues
- Participates in the application of the risk management process
- Develops and sustains strong working relationships with client project team staff
- Demonstrates application of approved project management methods and business methods to projects
- With guidance may convert business cases to business plans
- Develops and maintains the project plan
- May develop and execute user training plans
- With guidance coordinates the collection and validation of business requirements
- With guidance stays abreast of enterprise-wide projects and prevents or manages associated conflicts 
- With guidance determines the impact of current/existing technologies on the project and communicates impact to sponsors
- Manages the overall resource capacity (supply) and scheduled work (demand) for the delivering organization including forecasting and impact assessment
- Works on assignments of diverse scope
- Generally performs within broadly defined practices and guidelines, and also modifies or suggests enhancements
- Requires planning to coordinate with other departments or resources
- Oversees transition to operational production status
- Manages project close-out activities
- Develops and conducts post-implementation review
- May participate in overseeing the transition of project team members to new projects

TRAVEL REQUIRED:

- Up to 25% between San Diego, Oakland, and Dallas

STANDARD WORK HOURS:

- M-F 8am - 5pm

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE (MUST HAVE):

- Bachelor's degree
- PMP Certification
- Minimum 7 years' Project Manager experience
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE (NICE TO HAVE):

- Business and IT project management experience
- Experience with complex Matrix programs
- Health care industry experience