Sr. Project Leader for Commercial

12 months

US Authorized

The Commercial Systems PMO provides project management for all projects that support the Commercial Lines-of-Business, including Major Group, National Alliance, Small Group, Individual, BlueChoice (HMO), Companion Property and Casualty, CIMR (outside the state of SC), InStil, and PGBA Medicare Advantage (including external customers).

The Project Leader (PL) is responsible for all project management activities in a matrixed project environment utilizing waterfall/PMBOK-based methodology. The project environment is fast-paced and deadline-focused. The successful PL is able to: work independently while keeping management informed, handle deadline pressures, and effectively escalate project issues. The PL is accountable for the delivery of projects on time, on budget, and on target. Facilitating project team through the definition of scope, requirements, and design. Responsible for authoring (using input from project team) required project documentation, including scope document, design document, and implementation document. Responsible for facilitating the WBS process and translating WBS into an MS-Project project schedule, detailed to an 8/80 level of granularity. Responsible for keeping the project schedule updated throughout the project life cycle, and for managing a change control process to reflect changes in requirements, deliverables, dates, or budget. Responsible for facilitating the identification of project risks and issues, and tracking these through the project life cycle. Responsible for coordination of customer testing, with the assistance of a Test Analyst on larger projects. Responsible for scheduling, facilitating and recapping project team meetings. Responsible for the escalation of project issues, and for communications of project status to all levels of management on both customer and I/S side.