IT Project Management Advisor

The Cigna Group is a global leader in health services, and they are seeking an IT Project Management Advisor to oversee the implementation of Lean Business Cases. The role involves managing delivery processes, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, and collaborating with stakeholders to mitigate risks and deliver value on time.

Responsibilities:

• Represent the Delivery Domain and provide guidance on level of effort, capacity, and commitments during decomposition of scope and value
• Manage delivery activities with visibility across Jira boards, ensuring Epics meet the Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD)
• Provide accurate reporting of metrics, schedule expectations, status, and roadmap alignment
• Serve as a point of escalation for issues, risks, impediments, and conflicts
• Ensure financial reporting for Epics, including budgets, forecasts, estimates, and actuals
• Understand internal and external factors that impact the scope, timing, and cost of delivery work
• Provide regular status updates and reports to senior management and stakeholders
• Ensure collaboration and alignment across key personnel, including product, engineering, architecture, and business partners
• Responsible for proactively identifying risks related to financials, scope, resource, capacity, and delivery. Ensure risks are mitigated, issues are resolved, resource gaps are addressed, and the delivery of value remains on target
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement using appropriate measures and metrics
• Promote best practices in delivery processes
• Engage with and provide support for deployments and releases as needed
• Review LBC financials, evaluating against the approved financial targets and benefits goals
• Ensure the creation of action plans to address variances and effectively manage change controls

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management or delivery management roles, preferably within Healthcare
• PMP or other relevant project management certifications are highly desirable
• Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality software using Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or other scaling models
• Strong product-oriented mindset - customer centric, outcome-focused, empowered teams
• Strong enterprise-oriented mindset
• Strong leadership and team management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Proficiency in project and delivery management tools and software, including Jira
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Detail-oriented and highly organized
• Proactive and able to work independently
• Adaptable to changing requirements, priorities, and ambiguity
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, or a related field
• A Master's degree is a plus
• PMI - PMP desired
• Scaled Agile Inc certification desired (SPC, SA, SSM, PO)