Business Project Advisor - Express Scripts Canada

at  The Cigna Group

As a Business Project Advisor , you will provide advanced professional input to complex portfolios/projects. Leads medium sized time-limited project or components of larger project and directs one or more teams of business consultants involved in the evaluation of systems requirements and/or the development of new procedures/processes/policy solutions to address complex business needs.
May also assess impact and implications from a cost, schedule, scope, efficiency, quality, contractual, legal and/or regulatory standpoint. Evaluates project status and resource utilization and implements changes to improve the team’s effectiveness. Collects and analyzes process data to initiate, develop and recommend business practices and procedures. Uses Project Management and Industry best practices and knowledge to improve products or services. Solves complex problems. May coordinate with other project managers. Works on significant processes within a business organization or across various functional areas. Supports and provides direction to more junior professionals. Works autonomously, only requiring “expert” level technical support from others. Exercises judgment in the evaluation, selection, and adaptation of both standard and complex techniques and procedures. Utilizes in-depth professional knowledge and acumen to develop models and procedures, and monitor trends.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• College Diploma or Undergraduate Degree
• Minimum 4+ years Project Management experience
• Minimum 4+ years managing project forecast & financials
• Minimum 4+ years on a delivery team
• Experience with Scrum, exposure to Kanban and other Agile frameworks
• Certification in PMP; or PMI-ACP or; CSM
• Strong knowledge of, and work experience using, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio)
• Experience with Atlassian Suite of products (JIRA/Confluence)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of and experience with tools and techniques for planning, organizing, monitoring and controlling IT projects schedules, plans and costs
• Demonstrated experience identifying issues/risks and providing the proper mitigation Strategies
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; oral and written communication skills; inter-personal and negotiation skills
• Deep knowledge of and experience with tools and techniques for planning, organizing, monitoring and controlling schedules, plans and costs
• Knowledge of and experience with monitoring and reporting on progress and delivery
• Strong working experience in developing successful relationships with high level stakeholders including executives and managing 3rd party vendors.
• Risk management with the ability to establish approaches which continuously mitigate external and internal risks.
• Strong ability to leverage various reporting matrixes that provide project insight
• Experience working with high-performing teams

• Portfolio / Project Planning - Accountable for planning, prioritizing, executing and controlling a portfolio/project. Establishes appropriate governance for the portfolio/project, including communication for product scope, project scope and project duration. Develops reporting strategy for portfolio / project.
• Relationship building - organizes and leads a matrixed project team using clear and communicated Responsibility Assignment Matrix methods. Maintains clear communication regarding expectations, progress and dependencies. Monitors customer satisfaction. Builds relationships beyond the portfolio/project environment. Provides feedback and focus to all team members
• Portfolio / Project Execution - Takes responsibility for projects and actively executes to plan while maintaining quality standards. Ensures that all commitments are met in accordance with project goals/objectives.
• Demonstrates control of dependencies, costs, portfolio/project activities and customer hand-over requirements. Responsible for reporting on financials, scope, quality and schedule progress based upon portfolio/project goals. Ensures strategy for cost control is used and has good understanding of data to predict portfolio/project success.
• Manage Risks and Changes - Performs risk management, manages change, formulates action plans, mitigates risk to minimize delivery delays and costs.
• Portfolio/Project, Process and Tools - Actively uses project methods, processes and tools. Work within defined framework or responsibility and leverages a variety of project-tool.
• Financials – Manage financials for the assigned project(s) / portfolio including monthly variance analysis and working with people leaders for reconciliation.
• Remove impediments to delivery success through the proactive management of external dependencies, team problem-solving and the development of new solutions or approaches to ongoing challenges; authority to execute against new approaches and escalate issues through business and/or IT channels where necessary
• Defines and/or supports the definition of end-to-end schedules including release schedules, identify dependences, solutions to business problems, and provide updates as priorities and schedules change.
• Participates in the establishment of project management best practices and method within the PMO and the adoption of such practices across the company.