Senior Project Manager, PMO

Job Description

It’s Time For A Change...

Your Future Evolves H ere

Evolent Health has a bold mission to change the health of the nation by changing the way health care is delivered. Our pursuit of this mission is the driving force that brings us to work each day. We believe in embracing new ideas, challenging ourselves and failing forward. We respect and celebrate individual talents and team wins. We have fun while working hard and Evolenteers often make a difference in everything from scrubs to jeans.

Are we growing? Absolutely about 40% in year-over-year revenue growth in 2018. Are we recognized? Definitely. We have been named one of “Becker’s 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” in 2016, 2017 , 2018 and 2019, and One of the “50 Great Places to Work” in 2017 by Washingtonian . We recognize employees that live our values, give back to our communities each year, and are champions for bringing our whole selves to work each day. If you’re looking for a place where your work can be personally and professionally rewarding, don’t just join a company with a mission. Join a mission with a company behind it.

What You’ll Be Doing:
Evolent Health is looking for a Sr. Project Manager to join our Project Management Office. The Sr. Project Manager will manage a diverse collection of projects to drive strategic alignment, business improvement, and operational impact. The Sr. Project Manager will manage the entire lifecycle of the project from Planning to Closing. The Sr. Project Manager will employ standard templates and processes of the Project Management office and help socialize and champion the use of them across the organization.

• This position is responsible for managing projects for Health Plan Services initiatives. Projects may be related to business process/technology initiatives, change management, and other projects that align to the strategic objectives of the organization.
• Define a scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Manage project meetings with a geographically diverse organization.
• Develop and execute project plans across various groups within the organization and with external business partners.
• Maintain necessary documents, including but not limited to project plans, issues and action logs, status reporting, and risk mitigation.
• Demonstrate and help socialize project management best practices through our tools and processes.
• Inform and optimize organizational decision-making, operational execution, and resource allocation based on data and sound reasoning.
• Facilitate identification of project impacts across all business areas.
• Support business areas when roadblocks are encountered and aid in successful removal of obstacles (escalating where appropriate).
• Perform project closing activities to ensure a seamless transition to business owners in addition to gathering lessons learned for continuous improvement.

The Experience You’ll Need (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5-8 years of project or program management experience in healthcare

Finishing Touches (Preferred):

• Experience working on a virtual team
• Experience with budgets, forecasts and workforce projections
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications including advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Project
• Experience managing projects in an environment that utilizes a commercial Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system such as Clarizen One.
• Extremely strong collaboration skills, having demonstrated an ability to identify, communicate and manage risks in a dynamic environment
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Evolent Health is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.