IT Project Management Senior Advisor - Evernorth Health Services -Hybrid

The Cigna Group is seeking a seasoned IT Project Management Senior Advisor to join our Global Intake Planning and Delivery (GIPD) team to support strategic project planning for Global Infrastructure & Operations (GIO.) Please note, candidates must be local to one of the following office locations:

- Morris plains, NJ

- Bloomfield, CT

- Philadelphia, PA

- Bloomington, MN

- St.

Louis, MO

Specific Areas of Responsibility:


* Ensures projects are delivered on time and within budget, adhere to high quality standards, and meet stakeholder expectations


* May manage and direct one or more project teams, establishes role expectations for all Global Infrastructure & Operations project team members, and provides performance feedback to project team members' managers


* Understands project objectives, business and customer impacts, and provides context to GIO project team members to ensure alignment of priority and critical decisions throughout the project lifecycle


* Applying industry standard project management processes and methodologies to track and report progress


* Responsible for the quality and timely delivery of all project artifacts


* Tracks key project milestones and adjusts schedules and resources to meet project needs


* Manages work across teams in standard toolsets, manages budgets as needed; facilitates and keeps teams focused on critical path


* Evaluates and effectively communicates project progress results, risks issues, and needs


* Validates forecast and provides on-going reconciliation of resource plan


* Closely collaborates with team members to successfully execute development initiatives using Agile practices and principles


* Participates in large-scale development projects involving multiple areas outside of core team


* Demonstrates value based decision making and Agile principles across teams


* Shares knowledge and experience to contribute to growth of overall team capabilities


* Participates in the deployment, change, configuration, management, administration and maintenance of deployment process and systems

Qualifications:


* Successful candidates are strong planners, have solid facilitation skills, and an ability to build and maintain strong and positive relationships


* 6+ years of related work experience as a project team member, including 2 or more years in a project leadership position, or an equivalent combination of education and experience


* Prior experience supporting IT infrastructure and/ or a background in application projects highly preferred


* Demonstrated experience working on enterprise level projects required


* Candidates are able to demonstrate ownership of their assignments, confidence in leading others, and ability to maintain focus of delivery from inception to successful implementation


* Skills that are strongly needed are critical thinking, analytical and curious mindset, and technically savvy.


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