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Produces work plans according to required standards.\nMonitors and reports on the progress of the resolution of high impact problems according to established standards.\nEscalates issues which project team is unable to resolve through appropriate channels relating to schedules, working methods, resources, staff matters, or technical difficulties. Passes decisions clearly outside scope of project upward, including proposed solutions whenever appropriate.\nMeets regularly with management, sponsors, and project teams to review project scope/progress and resolve project issues.\nEstablishes appropriate metrics for measuring key project criteria.\nMaintains currency on emerging technologies and project management techniques.\nMonitors and evaluates quality of performance and product from all work within scope of responsibility.\nFosters an environment of continuous improvement. Constantly exploring ways to increase efficiencies and productivity, reducing waste, and reducing costs.\nMatrix manages cross-functional suppliers: internal IT, outsource partners, contractors, third-party consultants, etc., in delivering solutions.\nMaintains knowledge of hardware, software, organizational policies, and organizational management structures and uses this knowledge to advise on and justify their current use.\nDirectly negotiates with and functions as a liaison between functional partners, users, and suppliers.\nLevel III (in addition to Level II responsibilities):\nRepresents Managers and Directors of supported areas in all meetings pertaining to related projects, including decision-making responsibilities, attendance at Corporate and regional committees, meetings and workgroups.\nCoaches and provides counsel to members of cross-functional teams to accomplish project objectives, meet established schedules and budget, or resolve technical/operational issues.\nServes as a Change Leader, developing and implementing strategies that will benefit the Heath Plan.\nMentors new Project Managers on Excellus methodology, processes, tools, organizational structure.\nAssists with coordination of the workload of several Level I/II and Contract PMs on larger projects requiring multiple PMs and teams.\nWorks with various groups across the organization to define the scope of a project and how that contributes to larger strategic goals and initiatives of a department and/or the corporation.\nDevelops, proposes, and negotiates project proposals, quotations, and add-ons to leadership and the customer. May be responsible for preparing incoming management for transition from implementation to operating stage.\nContributes suggestions and works independently to implement changes to project management methodology and processes; gains consensus amongst various groups to accept the changes.\nLevel IV (in addition to Level III responsibilities):\nPerforms elevated project management duties; specifically, provides focus on business outcomes and measurable business benefits, manages multiple projects which target one defined business outcome, manages changes in business strategy and priorities, and maintains an organizational/enterprise wide focus.\nMeets with Project Managers regularly to discuss project related tasks, schedules, risks & issues and deliverables.\nManages large scale, highly visible, strategic enterprise projects that may transition to ongoing responsibility as ‘owner’ for end to end program management\nFunctions as a resource to the project team in areas of escalation & support, critical path management and as a level one escalation point of contact for other project managers, Business areas, Sponsors, IT staff and EPMO leadership.\nProvides project management expertise, guidance and support to other Project Managers\nBuilds strong professional relationships with Project Managers and leadership.\nProvides supplemental training to Project Managers as needed.\nDevelops and communicates project management best practices.\nProvides governance for project artifacts including project schedule review.\nProject Management Subject Matter Expert in usage of change management, project methodology, budget management, risk management and other project processes and procedures.\nMay support EPMO Leadership with interviewing of new candidates; on-boarding process for new employees or contractors; providing input to staff performance reviews.\nCreates program level summarized status reporting as appropriate. May engage Demand Management and Business Resource Managers as necessary for business case questions/development.\nContributes to Methodology and Process creation; comments and reviews to enhance organizational process maturity and delivery capability. Fosters an environment of continuous improvement.\nAssists with the definition, streamlining and improvement of execution and governance processes, identifies and assists with opportunities for enhancing process uniformity.\nMay represent Managers and Directors of supported areas in meetings pertaining to related projects, including decision-making responsibilities, attendance at Corporate and regional committees, other meetings and workgroups.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nNOTE: We include multiple levels of classification differentiated by demonstrated knowledge, skills, and the ability to manage increasingly independent and/or complex assignments, broader responsibility, multiple projects and/or programs, additional decision making, and in some cases, becoming a resource to others. In addition to using this differentiated approach to place new hires, it also provides guideposts for employee development and promotional opportunities.\nLevel I:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration or relevant field (or four additional years related work experience in lieu of degree).\nThree (3) years related work experience.\nTechnically competent with various software programs such as MS Project, Word, OneNote, Excel and PowerPoint.\nGeneral knowledge of multiple project methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, SDLC, etc.\nMaintains awareness of project management methodologies, processes and deliverables.\nAbility to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.\nAbility to react to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently.\nAbility to be flexible during times of change.\nPersuasive, encouraging, and motivating.\nStrong all-around soft skills and high level of proficiency using written and oral communication skills.\nAdept at conducting research when project-related issues occur.\nEffectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.\nStrong follow-up skills.\nSelf-motivated; ability to take initiative and ownership.\nWrites and speaks fluently on all aspects of work.\nDemonstrated problem solving skills.\nSupports and believes in the Lifetime Way values and culture\nLevel II - requires these additional qualifications:\nFive (5) years related work experience.\nPMP certification preferred, 3 years of Project Management experience can be substituted in lieu of certification.\nDemonstrated experience in multiple project methodologies - waterfall, Agile, SDLC, etc.\nDemonstrated leadership skills.\nDemonstrated skills in developing and achieving project scope, costs, and schedule.\nDemonstrated skills in forming and fostering high performance, cross-functional teams.\nWrites and speaks fluently on all aspects of work. Communicates effectively with users/customers, and colleagues 2-3 levels up/down and across a range of disciplines, and all levels of management.\nExperience drafting concise and informative communication pieces at the Departmental and/or Organizational level.\nExperience with Quality principles and tools. Demonstrated problem solving skills.\nVery strong analytical and business process development skills.\nDemonstrated competence in project leadership tasks.\nAbility to maintain poise and composure under pressure and in difficult situations.\nLevel III - requires these additional qualifications:\nEight (8) years related work experience.\nPMP certification preferred, 5 years of Project Management experience can be substituted in lieu of certification.\nExperience in drafting both internal and external communications to convey project findings and status.\nDemonstrated experience managing teams executing under multi-phased and multi-deployment project schedules.\nDemonstrated experience communicating with senior management in various formats, informal discussions, written reports, scheduled meetings and executive level presentations.\nKnowledge and experience working in information technology, healthcare, health insurance and/or similar industry.\nLevel IV - requires these additional qualifications:\nTen (10) years related work experience.\nPMP certification preferred, 7 years of Project Management experience can be substituted in lieu of certification.\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and teams, working constructively and professionally with external vendors/clients and all levels of management across the Health Plan.\nAbility to maintain poise and composure under pressure and in difficult situations.\nDemonstrated proficiency in problem-sol...","description_format":"text","description_chars":14177,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Dental insurance","Equity","Health insurance","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Health Insurance & Benefits"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T23:19:03Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-23T20:08:06Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":106929,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/excellus-bluecross-blueshield-epmo-project-mgr-iiiiv","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/excellus-bluecross-blueshield-epmo-project-mgr-iiiiv.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T13:46:13Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":19056,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1914672},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1914672"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fexcellus-bluecross-blueshield-epmo-project-mgr-iiiiv"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fexcellus-bluecross-blueshield-epmo-project-mgr-iiiiv"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fexcellus-bluecross-blueshield-epmo-project-mgr-iiiiv"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/excellus-bluecross-blueshield-epmo-project-mgr-iiiiv\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fexcellus-bluecross-blueshield-epmo-project-mgr-iiiiv"}]}