Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Position Summary

Reasons you will want this position:

We are a rapidly growing company with limitless career growth and advancement for top performers

Our culture appreciates and rewards creative ideas, especially those that achieve better outcomes for everyone

This position is viewed as essential for our continued success by clients and senior leadership.

Remote hybrid work schedule with flexible hours.

Summary

As a Senior Project Manager (SPM) at Cedar Gate Technologies, you will deliver expected Business Value for large, complex strategic projects, including new products, product integration, client migrations, operational improvements and optimization, new vendor products, and Security/Risk compliance. The SPM is expected to understand the Company’s strategic direction to ensure project alignment and manage associated risks and issues. Your projects will consist of multiple workstreams, cross-project dependencies, and cross-functional teams based in two countries across various time zones. We want a Senior Project Manager who is a Change Champion leading the definition and implementation of Enterprise SDLC / PMO practices, tools, and Center of Excellence (COE), resulting in optimization and maximized team results. Occasionally, you will manage special projects with corporate executives.

Roles & Responsibilities

Lead, drive, and deliver tangible Business Outcomes for Strategic projects instrumental to Corporate Goals

Apply standard Project Management discipline on software development projects with one or more workstreams

Effectively report project status to multiple levels of the organization

Contribute to the development and execution of an Enterprise PMO vision

Define and implement standard Enterprise SDLC / PMO Center of Excellence (COE), including policies, practices, artifacts, and governance

Develop and deliver presentations to clients, employees, and executives

Facilitate and collaborate one-on-one and with large groups from various backgrounds and levels

Negotiate, influence, lead complex problem-solving, and provide ongoing feedback

Identify and champion continuous improvement ideas

Job Location: Hybrid Remote at our office in Houston, TX

Required Experience / Qualifications

Five (5) or more years of experience managing large software projects with cross-functional teams; more than ten (10) years of experience would be preferred

Effective Project Management discipline on large software development projects (project, scope, schedule, budget, issue, risk, and change management)

Driven thought leader for Business Value and Client Excellence with tangible results

Experience defining and implementing Enterprise SDLC and PMO policies, practices, artifacts, and governance

Proven ability to persuade, inspire, lead, and coach others from various backgrounds and levels with strong verbal and written communication

Proactive and adaptive leader who understands when to be a leader or individual contributor and has the willingness to do both

Ability to travel for project and client meetings when necessary

Business, Technical, or Liberal Arts Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and education

Preferences – Not Required

PMP or ScrumMaster certifications

More than two (2) years of healthcare industry experience

Five (5) years of experience leading and developing cross-functional teams across multiple time zones with optimized results

Experience with Waterfall and/or Agile Methodologies

Expertise and experience in Project Portfolio Management

Enterprise capacity planning experience

Your Future Working Environment

If you join Cedar Gate, you can make great ideas happen for some of the world's most dynamic companies. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results in the medical industry. Choose a career at Cedar Gate and enjoy an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life.

Next to our excellent terms of employment and fringe benefits, we invest considerable resources to provide ongoing training that builds and extends professional, technical, and management skills in all areas. At Cedar Gate, you will operate in a professional environment where teamwork and innovation are immensely encouraged. Together with colleagues, you will work on high-impact projects for many dynamic companies.

About Cedar Gate

Cedar Gate enables payers, providers, employers, and service administrators to excel at value-based care. Our unified technology and services platform enhances and automates data management activities to deliver employer and provider analytics, care management, and payment technology necessary to pursue every payment model and optimize performance in all lines of business. From primary care attribution to bundled payments to capitation, our platform is designed to improve clinical, financial, and operational outcomes for all.

Based in Greenwich, CT, Cedar Gate is private equity backed by GTCR, a leading Chicago-based private equity firm, Ascension Ventures, a strategic healthcare venture firm, and Cobalt Ventures, the investment subsidiary of BCBS of Kansas City. To learn more, visit