Manager (Delivery Lead) - AW868

Jawood, a Certified Women's Business Enterprise, is a well recognized, well respected IT and Business Process Solutions Company. We have 20 years of experience meeting global clients' needs in consulting, special projects, staff augmentation and training ventures (on-site, off-site and off-shore). Not only has Jawood earned a reputation for excellence by providing the finest talent to augment clients' staffing needs , but we also have the proven ability to assemble the right task force to provide business process solutions and complete entire projects of any size.

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We currently have an opportunity for a Manager (Delivery Lead) who provides strategic and tactical project leadership to drive project progress to an aggressive schedule.

Requirements:

Business Delivery Lead's primary goal is to contribute to the production of quality product with the functionality required, delivered on time. Provides strategic and tactical project leadership to drive project progress to an aggressive schedule. Working to initially develop requirements and functional specifications, the Business Delivery Lead is expected to contribute significantly as a health care subject matter expert. The Business Delivery Lead is wholly responsible for the group's schedule, implementation, development testing, issue investigation and correction.

Key Responsibilities:

Leads and delegates design and implementation details into the team for assigned feature and functionality

Develops detailed work plans and schedules and is accountable for monitoring and reporting on project metrics, issues, risks and overall progress.

Identify, communicate and report significant deviations in quality, cost, or schedule.

Gains a clear understanding of contribution of assigned tasks to the overall team or project schedule.

Provide implementation assistance and information about existing implementations to peers.

Maintaining and building core competency of business knowledge and sharing it with colleagues to help drive the future direction of your team.

Collaboration with Delivery Lead(s) to produce high quality whole products to better support successful production release.

Demonstrate strong team work to foster effective team dynamics and cohesive working environment; which include mentoring less experienced colleagues

Collaborate with peer teams to resolve design and implementation details as they evolve

Required Skills/Experience:

5 - 8 years healthcare industry experience.

Understands and can discuss healthcare trends and concepts in detail

Demonstrated strong leadership skills

Minimum 5 years experience driving empowered work teams

Proficient in formal project management methodologies

Excellent understanding of risk management/mitigation

High proficiency (expert-level) in the use of MS-Project

Direct and frequent involvement with sponsor, business client, and the IT division.

Knowledge and experience of the Project Management Institute's standards and terminology.

Requirements management and scope containment skills

Excellent interpersonal skills and conflict resolutions skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Experienced in developing and delivering presentations at executive levels

Work group and JAD facilitation experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

Experience and knowledge of the Medicare market segment

General understanding of industry standard system development lifecycles

Balanced skill-set which includes project management, health insurance business, and information technology skills

Education/Certifications:

Bachelor's degree in a related field required

Masters degree preferred

PMP certification preferred

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