Health Plan Project Manager II

Western Health Advantage
Location: Sacramento, CA (Hybrid)
Salary:  $85,000–$95,000 Annually

"Purpose that inspires. Impact that improves lives. Join us in building healthier communities." 
-Western Health Advantage

Western Health Advantage is seeking an experienced Project Manager II to lead moderate to complex business initiatives from planning through implementation. This role partners with business leaders, project teams, and external vendors to define requirements, manage resources, mitigate risks, and deliver solutions that support WHA’s strategic objectives.

The ideal candidate is organized, collaborative, and adaptable, with experience managing multiple priorities and guiding projects through the full project lifecycle.

What You’ll Do

• Lead projects from initiation and requirements gathering through testing, implementation, and deployment.
• Assemble project teams, assign responsibilities, identify resources, and develop schedules to support timely completion.
• Partner with stakeholders to gather, document, analyze, and validate business and system requirements.
• Manage multiple related projects while ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategic priorities.
• Develop and maintain project plans, budgets, timelines, documentation, and status reports.
• Communicate project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues to stakeholders and leadership.
• Manage project scope, changes, vendor relationships, resources, and competing priorities.
• Monitor project outcomes and resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies, and critical-path concerns.
• Identify and mitigate project and program risks that may affect scope, schedule, budget, or delivery.
• Analyze project data and business processes to identify improvements and new opportunities.
• Perform testing and quality assurance activities for assigned projects.
• Develop business cases, procedures, work instructions, and other project documentation.
• Facilitate project meetings and maintain clear communication regarding decisions, responsibilities, and next steps.
• Maintain knowledge of end-to-end business processes and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Support additional departmental initiatives and special projects as assigned.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline preferred.
• Two to five years of experience as a Business Analyst, Project Analyst, Project Coordinator, or Project Manager within an HMO or health plan.
• PMP or PMI-ACP certification is preferred.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, SDLC, and Waterfall methodologies.
• Working knowledge of project management tools; Jira and Smartsheet experience preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Visio is a plus.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships, establish credibility, solve problems, and develop consensus across teams.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively while adapting to changing priorities and competing demands.
• Intermediate proficiency with email, databases, word-processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.
• Ability to speak, read, write, and understand the primary language used in the workplace.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Western Health Advantage is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, military or veteran status, or any other basis made unlawful by federal or state law.

Western Health Advantage values and supports the unique talents and strengths each employee brings to our organization. Collaborating with the best and brightest creates a dynamic, fulfilling work experience for our employees—and excellent service for our members.