Project Manager

Location: Newark, NJ
Length of Engagement: 9 months (With the option for the client to
extend to a maximum of 18 months)
Targeted Bill Rate: DOE

The PM will be responsible for leading the implementation of a major
benefit system implementation. The ideal candidate will have
experience managing large multi year projects in the health insurance
arena. Experience in leading Claim System or Benefit system
implementation projects is desirable. The key skills most important
for this are leadership, facilitation and influencing decision making.

Job Description: This position is responsible for enterprise, cross-
divisional projects with a high degree of complexity and medium to
high risk. The PM-II obtains a clear understanding of the project
scope and objectives and of team member roles and responsibilities and
applies standard project management methodology, tools and practices
to ensure successful outcomes of projects. The PM-II is also
responsible for supervising and mentoring a PM-I that is assigned to
their projects.

-Manage multiple, larger or cross-divisional projects at one time
(projects can be of high risk level and typically involve cross-
divisional coordination)
-Organize, manage and direct project team tasks and assures proper
application of EPMO standards, tools and methodologies in project
work.
-Identifies and assembles project team(s) and provides leadership and
mentoring to assure effective project completion
-Delivers full project objectives on time and on budget as well as
contributes to development of high-level business cases and post-
implementation benefits estimates and recovery plans.
-Manages all project risk levels develop appropriate contingency plans
and pro-actively identifies changes to eliminate future occurrences.
-Responsible for maintaining current and complete project management
data and documents in enterprise systems; analyzes and reports project
performance metrics as requested

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