IT Project Management Advisor - The Cigna Group
Bloomfield, CT
About the Job
The job profile for this position is IT Project Management Advisor, which is a Band 4 Senior Contributor Career Track Role with Cigna-Evernorth Services, Inc.
Provide expert content and professional leadership on complex IT Project Management assignments and projects;
• Manage and direct project teams of project managers, specialists, analysts and programmers to meet complex project objectives;
• Coordinate, schedule and assign project tasks and maintain working relationships with client functional areas outside of IT;
• Provide thought leadership within IT Project Management while working on broader projects, utilizing understanding of wider business;
• Review, evaluate and formulate project plans, schedules and budgets, to develop detailed work plans to ensure project success;
• Apply project development methodologies and reporting techniques to indicate project status;
• Allocate staff and budget resources to meet changing corporate needs;
• Identify and negotiate schedules, milestones and resources required to meet project objectives;
• Organize and guide project operations through the use of methodologies accepted by the industry;
• Evaluate progress and report progress in terms of quality and performance metrics common to IT projects;
• Work with client departments to coordinate systems testing, installation, training and support; and
• Provide subject matter expertise while working collaboratively across project teams;
• Work from home benefit available.
• Up to 20% travel required per year.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Science & Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field and 5 years of experience as a Technology Lead, IT Specialist, Consultant or in a related occupation.
• Experience with providing functional analysis and business solutions to stakeholders;
• Experience with coordinating development and implementation of batch handling jobs and related SQL databases;
• Experience with Jira;
• Experience with implementing, resolving, and maintaining Network file system and firewall security issues;
• Experience with acting as coordinator during sprint rollouts to production;
• Experience with managing scrum ceremonies; and
• Experience with using: Cron, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System, Java, and PL/SQL.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
About The Cigna Group
Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
_Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws._
_If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email:_ _SeeYourself@cigna.com_ _for support. Do not email_ _SeeYourself@cigna.com_ _for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response._
_Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner_
_consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances._
_The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State._
Provide expert content and professional leadership on complex IT Project Management assignments and projects;
• Manage and direct project teams of project managers, specialists, analysts and programmers to meet complex project objectives;
• Coordinate, schedule and assign project tasks and maintain working relationships with client functional areas outside of IT;
• Provide thought leadership within IT Project Management while working on broader projects, utilizing understanding of wider business;
• Review, evaluate and formulate project plans, schedules and budgets, to develop detailed work plans to ensure project success;
• Apply project development methodologies and reporting techniques to indicate project status;
• Allocate staff and budget resources to meet changing corporate needs;
• Identify and negotiate schedules, milestones and resources required to meet project objectives;
• Organize and guide project operations through the use of methodologies accepted by the industry;
• Evaluate progress and report progress in terms of quality and performance metrics common to IT projects;
• Work with client departments to coordinate systems testing, installation, training and support; and
• Provide subject matter expertise while working collaboratively across project teams;
• Work from home benefit available.
• Up to 20% travel required per year.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Science & Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field and 5 years of experience as a Technology Lead, IT Specialist, Consultant or in a related occupation.
• Experience with providing functional analysis and business solutions to stakeholders;
• Experience with coordinating development and implementation of batch handling jobs and related SQL databases;
• Experience with Jira;
• Experience with implementing, resolving, and maintaining Network file system and firewall security issues;
• Experience with acting as coordinator during sprint rollouts to production;
• Experience with managing scrum ceremonies; and
• Experience with using: Cron, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System, Java, and PL/SQL.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
About The Cigna Group
Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
_Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws._
_If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email:_ _SeeYourself@cigna.com_ _for support. Do not email_ _SeeYourself@cigna.com_ _for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response._
_Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner_
_consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances._
_The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State._
Source : The Cigna Group