Senior IT Project Manager

Humana is a healthcare company providing insurance and healthcare services. The Senior IT Project Manager oversees highly complex system projects and programs, leading project teams, coordinating stakeholders, managing risks, and ensuring timely delivery. The role also manages program interdependencies, drives strategy and execution, and delivers long-term business value through technical initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• The Senior IT Project Manager oversees various system projects and/or programs of a highly complex nature
• The Senior IT Project Manager assembles and leads project team, identifies appropriate resources needed, and develops schedules to ensure timely completion of project
• Often actively manages stakeholder partnerships and mitigates risks
• Familiar with the system scope and project objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member, in order to effectively coordinate the activities of the team
• When managing programs, oversees the interdependencies and integration of interrelated projects, and sets strategies and leads program execution to deliver longer term business value
• Can possess specialized knowledge of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) frameworks used to manage risks and issues unique to technology projects
• Begins to influence department's strategy
• Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding technical approach for project components, and work is performed without direction
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments
• Has expertise in managing highly demanding efforts and executive level leadership visibility
• Soft skills for stake holder management is a must and will be instrumental for success

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology or a related field
• 5+ years of IT project management experience
• 3+ experience delivering concurrent complex technical initiatives end‑to‑end
• 1+ years' experience with technical product selection, design, and IT solution implementation preferrably in health, finance, or other highly regulated industries
• Excellent communication including executive level
• 3+ years' experience with SDLC Project Management
• Must be comfortable working on projects that are not black and white and can analyze situations from a strategic lense
• Has expertise in managing highly demanding efforts and executive level leadership visibility
• Soft skills for stake holder management is a must and will be instrumental for success
• Master's Degree in Business Administration
• Longevity working in data warehouse, decision support and reporting system environments
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps and Jira Align executive information systems and statistical software packages
• Comprehensive knowledge of development languages, tools, and utilities
• Six Sigma and/or Project Management Institute certification
• Experience in the health solutions industry