Project Manager

Project Manager

Apex Systems is a world class technology services business that incorporates industry insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients’ digital visions.

Apex has an opportunity for a Project Manager in the Boston area. Position: Project Manager Location: Boston Duration: 12 Months

Position Description

• Looking for a mid-level, hands-on PM
• Similar to previous positions with this department, this person would need a combination of functional and technical experience
• Agile experience is needed
• The ideal candidate would have healthcare experience, and experience with large projects (not high level management, but detailed management of large projects)
• They need to have proven success driving a project, following up proactively, and holding people accountable
• Highly preferred to find someone in Boston, who could easily go into the Boston office
• Temp to perm, cannot offer sponsorship

Innovation Project Manager

The Project Manager for Well-B’s Innovation Center will support and drive innovation projects that involve idea generation, solutioning, prototyping, and piloting of innovative solutions and technologies that will create a competitive advantage for BCBSMA. The Project Manager role is a critical hands-on role that is responsible for the detailed planning, execution, and control of priority initiatives. This position is responsible for the successful market launch of these core and value-add business solutions. The Project Manager will be responsible for delivering highly complex projects or programs using accepted processes and various methodologies, including Agile. They will manage through all phases of the project lifecycle using project management practices such as risk management and stakeholder expectation management and/or acting as a SCRUM Master and leading the team through the Agile processes. This position is responsible for one or more large-sized complex projects that will generally impact multiple businesses and resources.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise for agile methodologies and practices and contribute to the ongoing development of Agile capability across the organization.
• Manage at least 2-3 projects at a given time
• Develop waterfall project plans on Smartsheets and/or develop Kanban board for agile projects from high level milestones
• Run meetings efficiently and set clear agenda for meetings
• Perform standard project manager duties such as documenting action items, taking meeting notes, following up on action items, driving cross-functional project team members to complete assigned tasks, manage project status reports and RAID logs
• Escalate projects to Director or VP of Innovation for leadership support when project is at risk (yellow) to proactively prevent project from being delayed (red).
• Partners with business leadership to establish a solid understanding of the vision, purpose, and expected results.
• Lead the execution of 2-3 moderate to highly complex projects for products and programs.
• Manage all aspects of the project lifecycle, including facilitating cross-functional workgroups, documenting action steps, and managing and balancing expectations regarding project time and scope.
• Assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority to project personnel.
• Identify and manage either directly or indirectly, a team of resources who come together for a specific project (IT, Business, and 3rd Party).
• Develop and maintain status reports, dashboards, and any other project-related deliverables, and communicate to appropriate audience.
• Help with team operational projects as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of demonstrated project management experience, including technical and non-technical projects.
• Healthcare experience is required.
• Demonstrated experience managing simultaneous time-sensitive and complex projects, involving multiple stakeholders and/or external vendors.
• Agile project management experience
• Experience with technology operations process and terminology for multiple methodologies, including Agile.
• Ideal candidate would have experience helping or coaching teams that are new to Agile/Scrum.
• Experience operating in an innovation team or experience managing transformation initiatives/ pilot programs would be a strong plus.
• SCRUM or SAFe Agile Certification preferred.
• PMP preferred.
• Lean six-sigma certificate or training preferred.