Project Manager - Saskatoon, Canada - Saskatchewan Blue Cross

Saskatchewan Blue Cross

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Saskatoon, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Saskatchewan Blue Cross, one of Saskatchewan's Top Employers, is currently recruiting for a full-time temporary _Project Manager - Finance, Reporting & Analytics_ to join our team.

This position offers the flexibility to be in-office or participate in hybrid options in our Saskatoon office. This is a temporary position for up to 12 months with the possibility of extension. Contractors are welcome to apply.

JOB FUNCTION

WHY CHOOSE SASKATCHEWAN BLUE CROSS?

We're driven by a mission to empower communities on their journey to whole health and wellness, and have a lot of exciting things ahead of us.

We're improving our members' experiences through investment in our people, technology, services and products.

When you join our team, you're joining an organization where employees are valued, recognized for their contributions and empowered to make us stronger.

The wellbeing of our employees, our members, our partners and our communities is at the heart of our operations.

Saskatchewan Blue Cross is on an incredible journey right now We're building a bright future together, and it's a truly transformative time.

We're in the midst of a multi-year journey to reinvent key parts of our business through digitization, new product and service agility, and a suite of new tools to enable stronger relationships with our broker partners and our members.

Our industry is evolving fast, and so are we We're looking for people who:

Share our values
Believe that creating great experiences is totally within their control
Collaborate and always set others up for success
Build positive relationships and an understanding of what people's needs are
See solutions and possibilities (not problems)
Are simply outstanding at what they do

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensure the successful delivery and management of single or multiple projects from initiation through to completion within scope, quality, time, and cost constraints
Analyze project scope to make recommendations on estimated time frames and appropriate processes for accomplishing work
Work with leadership to identify opportunities, and establish objectives for assigned projects
Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones and required activities and tasks and prepare the appropriate planning documents
Implement project communication plans and ensure continuous, clear, concise, and timely communication with respect to decisions and changes
Perform risk assessment and implement mitigation plans
Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality, and integrity of the information, while providing consistency in content and "look and feel" in line with program guidelines and approach
Manage project plan to ensure timelines and key milestones are met and in line with business objectives and identify obstacles and solutions to challenges
Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget
Plan the day to day management of the business analysis, design, schedules, resource requirements, development and testing tasks
Create and maintain project documentation including charters, decision documents, risk/issue/action registers, change request and status reports
Adhere to program directed standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation
Oversee the test plan development process ensuring thoroughness and that they meet defined objectives
Conduct impact analysis, and prepare statistical and narrative reports
Actively lead project review meetings and deliver regular status updates to the Chief Transformation Office, Program Director, and Oversight Project Manager
Review and coordinate work plans with external service providers or consultants contracted to execute projects
Oversee the development of user training documentation to ensure effective and efficient use of new and existing technologies
Support change management and work with teams to integrate change management activities into the overall project plan
Assist in determining an action plan to support the integration of large projects into daily workflow
Participate on committees as required
Perform other related projects and duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

Previous experience on a largescale transformation project would be considered an asset
A proficient understanding of and working knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major defined PM approaches (i.e., PMI, Prince II and Agile)
Proven experience managing IT Infrastructure, system integration, digital and business process projects
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with both the user community and IT, and expertise in setting and managing customer expectations
Proven analytical, decision making and problemsolving skills, including the abil