Project Manager I

Are you excited to step into a complex world that requires a blend of mind, heart and flexibility? We at CareOregon have been strengthening communities since 1994 by making health care work for everyone. As a nonprofit health plan largely focused on Oregon’s Medicaid population, we find fulfillment in supporting the underserved.

General Statement of Duties

This position is responsible for leading a variety of projects utilizing project management and LEAN principles and techniques. Work comprises all stages of the project lifecycle, including scoping, planning, management, and implementation. Under general supervision, this position acts as a liaison between internal and external partners, contractors and stakeholders to facilitate collaboration, consensus building and help ensure accountability, as well as maintain technical project reports, records and documentation. This is an intermediate level project management position and typically leads projects in support of multiple, integrated teams. Projects sometimes have varied and numerous participants with areas of ambiguity and competing priorities and/or interdependencies with other projects.

Essential Position Functions

Planning and Development

• Review project assignment to develop project plan that outlines components, communications, milestones, priorities, needs and resources. Components of the project plan include determining scope and level of involvement, staffing, training, and resources needed. Inform manager of plan for awareness and input.
• Create project scope reference material based on research, staff interviews and other sources of relevant information.
• Organize, facilitate, and participate in meetings of stakeholder groups to identify needs and build consensus and collaboration.
• With manager input, identify project team members and related partners and stakeholders.
• Work with all involved parties to review established policies, procedures, regulations, and project management methodology, and modify project plan as necessary to deliver project outcomes.
• Integrate project plans from multiple sources to create a cohesive plan with identifiable critical path, task dependencies, and major milestones.
• Finalize plan, including tasks, resources, milestones, timeline, priorities, budget, and communication.
• Confer with management and staff, external contractors, etc. to discuss and resolve matters critical to the project’s execution and success, to prepare project budget and staffing plans, required staff resources and implement budget adjustments as appropriate.

Project Management

• Collect, review, prepare and distribute appropriate materials for meetings.
• Convene and facilitate meetings with appropriate participants and stakeholders.
• Work with business group leaders and experts regarding project status and deliverables.
• Advance skills in leading stakeholders; act as a resource to project team members.
• Monitor and regularly communicate project status to Sponsors, Business Owners and other stakeholders, helping to ensure progress toward completion.
• Make formal and informal presentations and reports, providing updates and other relevant information on the status of projects.
• Partner with the project leader in representing the organization regarding project status. Facilitate and work effectively to develop consensus within divergent groups and/or groups with divergent viewpoints.
• Locate, assemble, edit and summarize materials, information and data.

Quality Assurance

• Identify potential difficulties and/or barriers to project goals and take steps to mitigate or avoid them.
• Modify project plan when needed in response to unforeseen changes or unexpected developments; inform management, partners, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate and lead project plan changes with assigned team members.
• Consult with staff, partners, external contractors, stakeholders to resolve issues, identify/minimize risks, develop contingency plans, and ensure project is completed successfully.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable standards, policies, laws, rules and regulations outlined in the project plan.

Implementation

• Employ effective change management techniques to facilitate the adoption of the project.
• Facilitate and manage the integration and coordination of systems, processes, staff and internal and external resources.
• Coordinate and/or conduct training; define and document processes, procedures and business requirements for impacted departments/staff.

Documentation and Evaluation

• Maintain appropriate records, information, documentation and reports.
• At the time of project completion, close files and review records to ensure documentation is appropriate and complete.
• Facilitate the evaluation of progress and challenges following implementation.

Education and/or Experience

Required:

• Minimum 3 years’ project management or coordination experience. Experience should include independent leadership of a variety of small and medium projects or participation on several enterprise-wide, complex projects.
• Minimum 1 year experience in the health care industry and/or facilities (dependent upon the department this position resides)

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Project Management, or related field
• Scrum, Agile, and/or Project Management International (PMI) Project Management certification
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in health plan operations

Candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply. CareOregon is committed to building a linguistically and culturally diverse and inclusive work environment

Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

Equal opportunity employer. This company considers all candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• project management or coordination: 3 years (Preferred)
• health care industry: 1 year (Preferred)

Company's website:

• https://www.careoregon.org/

Company's Facebook page:

• https://www.facebook.com/CareOregon