Project Manager Lead, Technology - Remote US

Full Time

Alpharetta, GA, US

Salary Range: TBD annually

Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) supports individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses and aging adults to remain in their homes and communities through self-directed care. Our role as the nation’s largest and most experienced Financial Management Service provider is to assist those eligible Medicaid recipients to choose and pay for their own support workers and services within their state-approved personalized budget. We are appointed by states and managed healthcare organizations to better serve more of their residents and members requiring long-term care and ensure the efficient use of taxpayer funded services. Learn more at pplfirst.com.

The Project Manager Lead for Technology plans, establishes, and manages technical projects to delivery while serving as a liaison between the business and technical aspects of assigned projects. The Tech PM Lead also aligns projects with needs and requirements, constructs detailed project plans, achieves milestones, and communicates project progress across the stakeholder audience. Must be highly responsive to constant priority changes and a results-oriented, natural leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment leading complex, cross functional, high-impact technology projects that support PPL’s self-directed care initiative.

Responsibilities

Develop detailed, cross-functional project plans to deliver technology products and services.

Identify and mitigate risks resulting from dependencies within and between projects and functional areas.

Lead with clarity in uncertain situations, creating structure, fostering collaboration, and building consensus to drive successful project completion.

Plan capacity effectively to allocate resources and provide project guidance and direction to assigned project team members to ensure each deliverable is met for the larger project/program implementation within deadline and technology standards.

Schedule and facilitate project calls with key resources.

Onboard and train new project managers involved in technology projects.

Oversee and coordinate multiple projects across the organization, from inception to completion, ensuring deliverables are met on schedule.

Accountable for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company priorities, commitments, and goals.

Facilitate defining project scope, goals, deliverables and resource requirements.

Track project deliverables.

Manage operational aspects of a project and/or stakeholder interaction.

Conduct and facilitate regular project status meetings, communicate updates, and provide timely reports to stakeholders, including project status, challenges, risks, and resolutions.

Manage project change requests and interventions to achieve project outputs.

Responsible for project evaluations, assessment of results, documentation of lessons learned and execution of follow up actions.

Monitor internal client requests and recommend solutions to increase team efficiency.

Effectively engage colleagues and peers in the development and execution of strategies and work plans.

Comfortable holding key resources, including upper-level leadership, accountable to the project plan.

Ensure adherence to project management best practices, methodologies, and standards.

Collaborate with multiple departments and their leaders to drive processes forward.

Required Skills

Proven project management skills, including project planning, creation of the project plan, execution, monitoring, and control.

Adaptable to waterfall, agile, and hybrid project delivery.

Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Effective written and verbal communicator.

Planning and organizing.

Influencing, leading and delegation.

Knowledge of Microsoft Project.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, preferably with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.

Qualifications

Education Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

4+ years of experience managing complex, multi-year technology projects to delivery.

Prior experience in Medicaid financial management services is a benefit.

Certification:

Project Management Certification (PMP) preferred. May substitute certification for applicable experience.Working Conditions

Remote

Up to 25% Travel

Compensation Benefits

401k Retirement Plan

Medical, Dental and Vision insurance on first day of employment

Generous Paid Time Off

Continuing Education Assistance Program

Employee Assistance Program and more!

Public Partnerships is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to celebrating diversity and intentionally creating a culture of inclusion. We believe that we work best when our employees feel empowered and accepted, and that starts by honoring each of our unique life experiences. At PPL, all aspects of employment regarding recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are based on merit, business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. PPL will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

PPL does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, protected veteran status, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.