Job Title: IT Delivery Lead II (IT)

Detroit, MI  

1+ years contract





Engagement Description:



    Has a project team, including senior technical personnel reporting to them

    Requires extensive knowledge of the supported business area as well as the area being managed

    Reviews scopes/plans and prioritizes one or more projects

    Assures adherence to corporate policies and project delivery procedures

    Reviews and ensures a high level of quality and service are maintained by meeting or exceeding commitments

    Initiates, develops and enforces standards and procedures in support of improved service

    May be heavily involved in technical decision-making activities

    Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals

    Has wide latitude in determining creative solutions to strategic and operational needs



ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.

The selected individual will manage, facilitate, and create enterprise level visibility of the overall progress, dependency, issues, and risks across the various projects.



 



The individual must be able to straddle in and out of technical and operational status details and produce succinct assessment of overall direction of the projects at any point on the execution timeline by:



    Overseeing/maintaining a multi-year cross-program execution schedule (Release Calendar)

    Monitoring inventory and development of technical widgets, vendor deliverables, and other work packages involved in delivery of multiple, concurrent, cross-Program releases

    Participating in Quality Reviews of Conceptual Designs, Detail Designs, Detail Test Plans

    Collaborating with project leadership teams and change control committee(s) to monitor dependencies and schedule impacts as they relate to project deployments

    Supporting IT leadership with issue, risk and defect resolution/escalations as appropriate

    Monitoring and supporting the adherence to the overall test strategy across programs

    Analyze and document information and data required to achieve business goals

    Conduct formal and informal meetings with appropriate subject matter experts in both large group and one-on-one sessions

    Facilitation/leading of detailed requirement sessions

    Define project scope

    Develop project work breakdown structures

    Define and sequence project activities

    Work with subject matter experts to estimate activity resources and durations

    Develop project schedules, budget and resource forecast

    Develop project communication plans

    Develop project quality plans

    Develop and maintain project plans

    Identify and manage project risks in coordination with project delivery standards

    Manage project execution and IT delivery, providing day-to-day project leadership

    Provide status reporting consistent with the project communications plan

    Manage to work stream success through close coordination and cooperation with business leads and IT technical leads

    Facilitate the IT architecture solution and detailed design

    Manage project skills and staffing plan and identify resource gaps and contention issues

    Manage progress of project milestones and deliverables

    Facilitate issue resolution and decision framework processes



QUALIFICATIONS:



Top Three Skills/Experience:

Manage project execution and IT technical delivery of healthcare payer projects, providing day-to-day project leadership.  Candidate MUST have a technical background.

Manage multiple work streams of IT technical project delivery through close coordination/cooperation with Business Leads and IT Technical Leads

Able to facilitate/lead requirements gathering sessions and build the business requirements document



Required Skills/Experience:

Mandatory - Prior Healthcare Payer processing systems (Claims, Membership, Eligibility, etc.)

Facilitate the IT architecture solution and detailed design

A high proficiency level in specific job related skills is required.

Providing strategic planning and comprehensive senior level technical consulting to IT senior management and senior technical staff

Evaluating compliance with the organization's technology standards

Guiding and consulting with IT management and technical staffs regarding use of emerging technologies and associated services

Participating in the evaluation, selection and application of new and emerging tools and techniques

Has wide latitude in determining creative solutions to strategic and operational needs





Preferred Skills/Experience:

Minimum 5 years related experience preferred



Educational Requirements:

Master's degree in related field preferred