Project Director
Ideal candidates will be able to report to our Pulse Point location at 700 5th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104. This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace.
Work Hours : Monday to Friday, 8 : 00 am to 5 : 00 pm
The Program Manager will facilitate cross functional meetings to manage dependencies across multiple agile teams within the scaled Agile framework.
How You Will Make An Impact :
- Track pending business issues / concerns as they relate to barriers to migration and facilitate collaboration with necessary key stakeholders and dependencies toward resolution.
- Responsible for initial business / client engagement prior to requirement gathering for system migration and platform demonstrations.
- Manage projects across business units, setting strategy and direction coaches and mentor project team members.
- Determine project scope; develop resource, risk, quality, cost, and scope management plans; develop training plans.
- Define, recommend, and secure contractual agreements for services and products; develop service-level agreements for vendor partners and global resources firms.
- Address business stakeholders' pain points and consult on solutions & enhancements to existing system functionality.
- Represent assigned businesses / clients in PI planning events to ensure critical features / stories are picked up and assigned to scrum teams for timely completion for upcoming releases.
- Facilitate JAD sessions (grooming user stories and obtaining clarification from business / client) and collaborate with IT scrum teams to ensure accuracy and quality of implemented features / user stories.
Minimum Requirements : Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or related field.
Additional Requirements :
Nine (9) years of experience in related occupation(s).Nine (9) years of experience in related occupation(s) must include : Eight (8) years of experience with system and user acceptance testing strategies for manual and automated testing. Eight (8) years of experience defining systems strategy and developing systems requirements or user stories. Eight (8) years of experience using project management tools including MS Project Plan or Smartsheet. Six (6) years of experience using Atlassian tools including Jira and Confluence. Six (6) years of experience implementing Agile strategies.Alternate Education / Experience Requirements : Employer will accept a Master's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or related field and seven (7) years of experience. Experience in above listed skills required.
Travel Requirements : Domestic travel up to 10% of the time.
For candidates working in person or virtually in the below location(s), the salary
range for this specific position is $150,550 - $151,550. Locations : Seattle, WA. In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.