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Professional - Non-Clinical
Project Manager
Houston, TX, US
We are searching for a Project Manager - someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will lead multiple integrated and complex projects.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Adhere to project governance guidelines, including the approval processes and project reporting structures, establishing project specific governance and conduct steering and work team meetings
• Determine the resource needs for analysts, programmers, vendors, user personnel, consultants, and equipment by assessing the size, duration, scope, and complexity of each project
• Formulate, administer, and maintain a detailed project plan using project management tools, including information about all tasks, risks, issues, and resource requirements
• Facilitate, communicate, and work with project team members and other Project Managers to update the detailed project plan in addition to the risk and issues plan
• Manage the cost, scope, and time of a project while delegating tasks to each team member
• Develop and report project metrics
• Determine, analyze, and formulate current practices, user needs, and work flow processes, issues, and potential solutions for each project
• Appraise alternate systems for workability and economic feasibility
• Provide the goals, problems, and solutions to management
Skills & Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree
• 4 years’ experience in business, projects, finance, and/or health care
• Master’s degree in computer science, finance, business administration, biology, or other related field can be substituted for 2 years’ experience
• Knowledge of health plan standard software, project management, and process mapping required
About Texas Children’s
Founded in 1996, Texas Children’s Health Plan is the nation's first health maintenance organization (HMO) created just for children. We provide STAR/Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to pregnant women, teens, children and adults in Houston and surrounding areas. Currently, the Health Plan has more than 375,000 members who receive care from our network of more than 1,100 primary care physicians, 3,200 specialists, and 70 hospitals. Texas Children's Health Plan is also the largest combined STAR/CHIP Managed Care Organization in the Harris County service area.
To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
