Project Manager ([email protected])

"All candidates must be directly contracted by ASK Consulting on their payroll and cannot be subcontracted. We are unable to provide sponsorship at this moment".

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Durham, NC, 27707
Duration: 12-Month Contract
Pay Rate: $53- $55/hr. on W2

Job Description:

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Project/Program Manager to lead complex technology and business initiatives within a healthcare or health plan environment. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience managing large-scale projects, leading cross-functional teams, engaging senior stakeholders, and driving initiatives from planning through successful delivery.

The successful candidate will be a proactive and strategic leader who can anticipate challenges, manage ambiguity, create structure, and coordinate effectively across business, technology, and external delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple complex technical projects and programs while ensuring alignment with organizational goals, timelines, scope, and budget.
• Serve as a key coordination point between business, technology, operations, and external delivery partners.
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and timelines.
• Ensure project deliverables are completed, reviewed, and approved according to established schedules.
• Lead cross-functional teams across IT/Technology, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Customer Service, Finance, Training, and other business functions.
• Manage resources from multiple delivery partners while ensuring work remains within approved scope and allocated hours.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Provide leadership and direction in complex or ambiguous situations and establish clear processes to keep projects on track.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Directors, VPs, executives, business leaders, and other key stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings, stakeholder discussions, governance forums, steering committees, and executive reviews.
• Communicate project status, risks, milestones, decisions, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership.
• Influence decisions, resolve conflicts, and drive alignment across teams with competing priorities.
• Take ownership and accountability for overall project and program outcomes.
• Mentor and provide constructive feedback to team members while promoting a high-performing, collaborative environment.
• Proactively identify potential challenges and opportunities and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Support system implementations, business transformation initiatives, organizational change, and technology-driven initiatives as required.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree, where required.
• 5+ years of experience in project/program management or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, complex programs with multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management experience.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with Directors, VPs, and executive leadership.
• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a highly matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and ability to influence teams without direct authority.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining project quality, timelines, and scope.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading system implementations or business transformation programs.
• Experience leading governance forums, steering committees, and executive reporting.
• Experience within the healthcare industry, particularly in:
• • Health Plans
  • Healthcare Payers
  • Health Insurance
  • Third-Party Administrators (TPA)
  • Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM)
  • Claims
  • Enrollment
  • Benefits Administration
• Experience managing complex initiatives involving multiple business and technology teams.

About ASK: ASK Consulting is an award-winning technology and professional services recruiting firm servicing Fortune 500 organizations nationally. With 5 nationwide offices, two global delivery centers, and employees in 42 states-ASK Consulting connects people with amazing opportunities

ASK Consulting is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.