Senior Project Manager – Pharmacy

Senior Project Manager – Pharmacy

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience managing mid-to-large scale infrastructure and software development projects
• Knowledgeable in PMBOK/PMI project management principles and theories
• Strong leadership skills; steward change through the department as necessary focusing on a collaborative approach and buy-in with the constituents
• Proven ability to initiate and drive projects through to completion
• Confidence and ability to influence and written team members and business partners toward common goals
• Must possess superior oral and written communication skills in order to clearly and effectively convey issues, reports, and other deliverables
• Ability to interface comfortably with the senior leaders to develop an understanding of needs. Must be responsive, action-oriented and able to build trust with various stakeholders
• Project Management skills: project initiation, project plan creation, resource allocation, time/schedule management, risk management, budget tracking, prioritization, status
• Proven success in delivering projects in a fast-paced, matrix resource organization

Responsibilities

• Participate with key stakeholders in the delivery of new software and application environments (infrastructure) to support Inovalon’s strategic application development, testing and production
• Define, plan and manage all project management related activities that are part of the Enterprise/Technology Portfolio
• Coordinate with external teams (hardware and software vendors), internal teams (Business owners/Product Management, Infrastructure Engineering, Data Center Operations, Networking, Security and Production Support) as well as with other project managers
• Drive the optimization of the existing PM methodology within an Agile environment
• Manage projects by defining scope, schedules, deliverables and risk plans
• Focus on regular and timely delivery of value
• Organize and lead project status, prepare and distribute progress reports and correct deviations from plans
• Improve and maintain up-to-date organizational process assets, including templates, to ensure that processes are thoroughly documented and followed
• Support Project Management Office to rollout tactical improvements and project management best practices for both Agile and Waterfall
• Develop project teams by holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work
• Manage interdependencies, leverage organizational resources to improve capacity for program work
• Coordinate with resource managers to insure appropriate levels of resource utilization across projects
• Maintain compliance with Inovalon’s policies, procedures and mission statement
• Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Inovalon’s Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position

Preferred Qualifications

• Scrum Agile/SAFe experience is preferred
• Experience and/or certification relating to infrastructure is a strong plus (e.g., standing up and managing servers or network management)
• BA/BS Degree or equivalent is preferred
• PMP certification, or equivalent, is highly desired
• PMI-ACP certification, or equivalent, is a plus