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The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking a senior project manager to manage the execution of the Data Office’s strategic priorities.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Manage implementation of projects with high strategic importance to DHHS, particularly the key priorities of the Data Office, to improve the lives of North Carolinians
• Managing scope, resources, timelines, costs/budget, quality, communication, and procurements to meet the goals of the State
• Ensuring that project plans and schedules are established and maintained, ensuring that deliverables are completed timely and accurately, including working with partner Divisions and vendors to ensure on time delivery
• Establishing project governance and ensuring that appropriate project controls are instituted
• Coordinating and communicating across project teams
• Working with the technical team to ensure technical readiness during implementation
• Appropriately managing complexity and risk, including dependencies of the project that extend to multiple Divisions and external entities, with clear solutions to mitigate risks
• Responsible for working directly with senior level executives, IT personnel, business program, and external resources to analyze and execute project requirements and manage stakeholder expectations
Knowledge/Skills/Education
• Ability to manage complex strategic projects with multiple work streams
• Ability to create simple to complex project plans, timelines and work breakdown structures using project management tools
• Must have strategic planning skills with good understanding of roadmap development
• Must have proficiency in project management, agile, scrum, and Kanban software tools
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including development of project
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of staff, clients and other IT personnel, and proven experience working collaboratively with business/program partners
• Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work in a high-demand dynamic environment
• Ability to effectively identify and resolve system or business process/project issues
• Results-oriented, self-motivated individual with a very strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent IT Project Management, negotiation, communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to act independently with sound business judgment
Leadership team prefers applicants with the following:
• Experience building project plans in IT, data, and/or analytics environment
• Candidate with PMP Certification. Scrum Master certification is a plus.
• Experience collaborating with State and Local Government
• Experience with Health and Human Services programs
