Project Manager; Cost of Care

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Position Title: Project Manager (Cost of Care)

Job Description:

Project Manager

Location: This role requires associates to be in‑office 1‑2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work‑life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Project Manager will serve as Project Manager for complex, cross‑functional solution design initiatives that require strong communications coordination experience, process discipline, and technical capability to help us manage the relaunched Center of Collaboration (CoC) Hub—our digital command center for orchestrating DNA’s work and connecting teams across the and communication execution enterprise.

The Design for Narrative and Action (DNA) team is Elevance Health’s collaborative engine for shaping how our organization tells each Cost of Care story in a member‑centric way. We focus on connecting people, processes, and CoC initiatives through a clear, consistent and consumable member value narrative and defining business requirements for our most complex initiatives.

• Maintain highly detailed automated and robotic processes within the CoC Hub.

• Oversee Smartsheet and SharePoint integrations and workflows to support collaboration and transparency.

• Manage the development of a prescribed planning document; develop project charter; partner with sponsors to secure project approval.

• Develop communication management plan.

• Define project team roles and responsibilities, develop work plan structure and project schedule; develop deployment plan.

• Lead project meetings; identify, document and prioritize scope changes and facilitate approval process.

• Maintain and update all project documents; secure the appropriate skill sets for project; set and manage expectations with resource managers and team members.

• Provide performance feedback to team members and resource managers; maintain issue log.

• Facilitate resolution of issues; execute communication plans.

• Regularly report status of projects; manage and monitor ROI throughout the project lifecycle; track and manage time and budget against plan; develop testing strategy.

• Conduct project close‑out activities; prepare and participate in quality review checkpoints; obtain/secure and archive necessary approvals.

• Manage and update project plan; and perform other duties as assigned.

• Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 5 years project management experience in broad‑based information systems, full life‑cycle application development and/or building enterprise applications and/or data warehouse planning and development with 2 years spent working in a lead role on one or more projects; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.

• Requires experience in creating an effective team environment, building strong relationships, negotiation, solving problems and issues, resolving conflicts, managing resources in a matrix environment and communicating effectively at all levels of an organization.

• Requires experience working with project management tools, documentation tools, and reporting tools required.

• Project Management certification (PMP, Agile, or equivalent) preferred.

• Proven experience in automation design, data governance, and platform management preferred.

If this job is assigned to any Government Business Division entity, the applicant and incumbent fall under a 'sensitive position' work designation and may be subject to additional requirements beyond those associates outside Government Business Divisions.

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