Senior IT Project Manager​/BA Coordinator

Senior IT Project Manager/BA Coordinator

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate: $39.159

This full‑time/permanent on‑site role is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating agile and hybrid project teams with a focus on achieving business results. The role requires a proven track record in managing medium to large‑scale Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) projects.

• Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value.
• Organize and lead project status and working meetings.
• Prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues.
• Correct deviations from plans and perform delivery planning and operational readiness for assigned projects.
• Provide complex, highly visible project oversight at the senior or expert level.
• Assist in team development, hold teams accountable, remove roadblocks, and mentor team members.
• Leverage organizational resources to improve capacity for project work and monitor trends to align with strategic goals.
• Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, stakeholder communications, and effective governance; may also serve as Product Owner.
• Maintain project documentation and keep stakeholders informed, resolving issues.
• Promote empowerment of the team, ensuring engagement and motivation.
• Monitor and report vendor performance metrics; drive vendor delivery against contract deliverables.

• Minimum:
  Bachelor’s degree in project management, business administration, public administration, business information systems, or related field and seven years of experience as a project manager/program manager overseeing major/long‑term projects; or five years of experience with PMP or PgMP certification; or seven years of experience on complex projects.
• Preferred:
  Bachelor’s degree or higher; at least 7 years of medium–to–large scale project experience; 7 to 10 years of experience with project or program planning, resource planning, work‑plan development, and project management processes; PMP certification; experience with blended methodologies at enterprise level;
  Medicaid & Long‑Term Care Information Systems experience; experience with SDLC (Waterfall and Agile, preferably Scrum).

• Strong interpersonal skills: conflict management, listening, collaboration, team building.
• Analytical, planning, and organizational skills to manage competing demands.
• Critical thinking for complex decision making.
• Deep understanding of business needs and ability to establish high customer trust.
• Proficiency with project management tools (Jira/Confluence, Workfront, , Microsoft Project, Visio) and Office Suite.
• Excellent oral and written communication at all levels, including executive.
• Transparency in reporting project progress, risks, and vendor performance.
• Creative and analytical problem solving with high‑value solutions.
• Vision of big‑picture impacts of new technologies, systems, and teams.
• Leadership to drive projects forward and support business analysts, program managers, and coordinators.

Comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement, and professional development opportunities.

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.