Project Manager ([email protected])
Job Description
"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- $56/hr. on W2
Job Description:
Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Principal Project/Program Manager to lead high-complexity projects and strategic initiatives within the healthcare industry. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of project/program management experience with a strong track record of leading large-scale programs, managing multiple workstreams, and delivering successful business and technology initiatives.
The successful candidate will be a strategic and proactive leader with strong stakeholder management, executive communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills. This individual must be comfortable working in a highly matrixed environment, managing ambiguity, and driving alignment across multiple teams and business functions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage large-scale, complex projects and programs with multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Serve as the primary coordination point between business, technology, operations, and external delivery partners.
- Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and resource requirements.
- Ensure business and technology deliverables are completed, reviewed, and approved according to established project schedules.
- Manage resources across multiple delivery partners while ensuring projects remain within approved scope, timelines, and allocated hours.
- Provide strategic leadership, direction, and accountability throughout the project and program lifecycle.
- Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and competing priorities.
- Lead cross-functional teams across IT/Technology, Operations, Finance, Compliance, Legal, Customer Service, Training, and other business functions.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with Directors, VPs, executives, and key stakeholders.
- Influence decisions, resolve conflicts, and drive alignment across teams with competing priorities.
- Deliver clear and concise executive-level status reports, presentations, recommendations, and project updates.
- Lead governance meetings, steering committees, project reviews, and executive leadership forums.
- Establish structure and direction in complex or ambiguous situations while proactively anticipating potential challenges.
- Ensure effective integration and coordination across multiple project workstreams.
- Mentor and provide feedback to project team members to promote a high-performing team environment.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support the successful implementation of business and technology solutions and ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or advanced degree, where required.
- 10+ years of experience in project or program management.
- Proven experience leading large-scale, complex programs with multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Demonstrated leadership, decision-making, ownership, and accountability.
- Extensive stakeholder management experience, including direct interaction with Directors, VPs, and executive leadership.
- Proven ability to influence decisions, resolve complex issues, manage competing priorities, and drive results.
- Strong cross-functional leadership experience across business and technology organizations.
- Excellent communication, presentation, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed environment and manage ambiguity.
- Demonstrated ability to lead programs from planning through successful implementation and completion.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading system implementations and business transformation programs.
- Experience managing governance forums, steering committees, and executive reporting.
- Healthcare industry experience, particularly within:
- Health Plans
- Healthcare Payers
- Health Insurance
- Third-Party Administrators (TPA)
- Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM)
- Claims
- Enrollment
- Benefits Administration
- Experience managing complex programs involving multiple business, technology, and external delivery partners.
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.
