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Project Manager
Company | Sun Life |
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Location | Kansas City, MO, USA |
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Salary | $85400 – $128100 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a project management or client liaison role.
- Ability to lead and manage resources that do not have a direct reporting relationship.
- Ability to embrace change and positively influence change in a dynamic working environment.
- Strong facilitation skills and ability to manage business-related discussions, influence key stakeholders, and drive leaders toward decisions.
- Skilled in issue management, risk identification, and risk reduction & mitigation.
- Outstanding listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with all levels of the organization.
- Knowledge of project budget management.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects and manage competing priorities.
- Ability to initiate and drive changes in process, methodology, and other project management-related areas.
- Demonstrated use of sound and proven project management practices and tools, including MS Office, Smartsheet, Jira, SharePoint, and other tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead medium to large-scale project initiatives that include multiple deliverables.
- Act as a key contact with stakeholders to ensure their needs are met; ensure timeline and deliverables stay on target.
- Develop and manage strategy and discovery sessions with stakeholders and team members to identify actionable business and technology solutions.
- Seek input from key stakeholders on requirements, leveraging this information to effectively lead and manage the project team and deliverables to successful outcomes.
- Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents.
- Identify issues and risks, develop mitigation plans, and drive open items to closure.
- Understand and communicate roles, responsibilities, and expectations with subject matter experts; continually manage expectations and escalate when they are not met.
- Lead and attend meetings with internal and external customers in a professional and polished manner adhering to company policies.
- Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the project’s success.
- Provide clear and concise documentation representing key business decisions and obtain sign-off from stakeholders.
- Gather information and facilitate retrospectives; use the outcome of the lessons learned to improve processes within PMO methodology, and with business stakeholders.
- Ensure all deliverables are completed and aligned with the project’s requirements, quality expectations, and success metrics.
- Other duties as needed or required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in Healthcare or Health Insurance preferred.