Client Change Request Program Manager

<strong>Working at Advantasure is more than a job &mdash; you&rsquo;re part of a team that is becoming the country&rsquo;s leading healthcare solutions provider.<br /></strong><br /><strong>A career at Advantasure means you&rsquo;ll be part of one of the most dynamic, diversified and innovative healthcare companies in the nation. You&rsquo;ll be helping our clients make their members healthier &mdash; and our communities a better place to call home.</strong>

Lansing, MI*

Advantasure

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Full-Time

Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package

Overview: <p>The Client Change Request (CR) Program Manager drives the monitoring and oversight process for the delivery of client funded change requests. This position is accountable for the oversight of the delivery of custom development work requested and funded by Advantasure&rsquo;s clients. The Program Manager role will be the single point of contact between the technology and development teams, the Client Relations team and the leadership and governance oversight team. The primary focus of this role is to usher success through each phase of the entirety of the process, adding a layer of accountability for on time and on budget delivery of client CRs. While this role will have no direct reports, the Program Manager will be empowered by the leadership team to hold process owners accountable for delivery at each stage of the process.</p> <p>This position requires strong organizational and planning skills, decision making within the scope of the position's responsibilities, and the use of discretion and good judgment. This role engages with executive levels of the business to influence resource-related decisions and challenges assumptions.</p>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Owns the monitoring and oversight process for Advantasure Client Change Request Portfolio</li> <li>Continues to evolve and refine oversight model seeking consensus in cooperation with impacted departments and respective leadership</li> <li>Leads oversight meetings and facilitates prioritization and scheduling issues / conflict resolution with appropriate Department Heads and Senior Leadership</li> <li>Ensures on-time and on-budget delivery of Client Change Requests and fosters communications and updates to the client relation teams</li> <li>Leads meetings and drives key decisions with all stakeholders to define ongoing monitoring, and success criteria to initiate and deliver projects on time</li> <li>Utilizes a refined body of metrics related to intake, execution, delivery and billing of the Advantasure Change Request portfolio</li> <li><a target="_blank">Proactively follows-up on open issues with senior leadership, as well as other relevant parties, in order to implement solutions in a timely fashion</a></li> <li>Works with Release Train Engineers and Project Managers to ensure high standards of quality in the delivery of Change Requests</li> <li>Maintains and provides information about new and in-development requests to help support forecasting future work volume.</li> <li>Works with the technology reporting team to deliver internal performance reports through the entire process.</li> <li>Support the continuous improvement of the change request delivery process through close observation of the end-to-end process and active knowledge of the process performance.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <p><strong>EDUCATION:</strong></p> <p>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field.&nbsp; Relevant combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree.&nbsp; Continuous learning, as defined by the Company&rsquo;s learning philosophy, is required.&nbsp; PMP certification or progress toward certification is highly preferred and encouraged.</p> <p><strong>EXPERIENCE:</strong></p> <p>Seven Years of experience in a Project Management environment or a related field with demonstrated technical knowledge that provides the necessary skills, knowledge, and abilities.</p> <p><strong>SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES (SKA) REQUIRED:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.</li> <li>Excellent time management skills.</li> <li>Strong project management leadership, facilitation, negotiation, team coaching, and collaboration skills.</li> <li>Comprehensive knowledge of industry best practices, with regard to program and project management principles, tools, and software development.</li> <li>Proven ability to work independently in a team-oriented environment.</li> <li>Ability to plan and carry out responsibilities with minimal direction.</li> <li>Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.</li> <li>Demonstrated task and relationship management skills.</li> <li>Results-oriented and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.</li> <li>Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.</li> <li>Knowledge&nbsp;of&nbsp;Microsoft&nbsp;packages, including&nbsp;Project,&nbsp;PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.</li> <li>Strong understanding&nbsp;of the&nbsp;importance&nbsp;for detail.</li> <li>Skilled at&nbsp;managing stakeholder&nbsp;groups and balancing diplomacy and tact&nbsp;with&nbsp;assertiveness.</li> <li>Excellent prioritization skills to&nbsp;balance key priorities.</li> <li>Strong customer&nbsp;centric approach.</li> <li>Strives&nbsp;to do&nbsp;the "right thing",&nbsp;not just the&nbsp;"easy&nbsp;thing"</li> <li>Effective in unifying and creating&nbsp;teams&nbsp;of people&nbsp;with disparate&nbsp;skills.</li> <li>Courageous and&nbsp;decisive, prioritizes effectively,&nbsp;maintains a clear focus, and&nbsp;sees action through&nbsp;to&nbsp;delivery.</li> <li>Energetic,&nbsp;determined,&nbsp;positive,&nbsp;goal&nbsp;focused and&nbsp;consistent,&nbsp;even&nbsp;when&nbsp;under&nbsp;pressure.</li> <li>Ability to build&nbsp;trust and demonstrates integrity in all circumstances.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>WORKING CONDITIONS:</strong></p> <p>Work is performed in an office setting with no unusual hazards.&nbsp; Travel&nbsp;may be&nbsp;required (Approximately 20%).</p> <div id="gtx-trans" style="position: absolute; left: -46px; top: -20.0139px;">&nbsp;</div>