WPS Health Solutions is a leading not-for-profit health insurer and federal government contractor headquartered in Wisconsin. WPS offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, seniors, and group health plans for small to large businesses. We process claims and provide customer support for beneficiaries of the Medicare program and manage benefits for millions of active-duty and retired military personnel across the U.S. and abroad. WPS Health Solutions has been making health care easier for the people we serve for more than 75 years. Proud to be military and veteran ready.

Our Senior Technical Project Manager (PM) will manage complex projects as part of our Shared Services group – assisting with all lines of business. Our Senior Project Manager will be working in our PMO group which consist of about 14 individuals that includes: Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Agile Specialists.  In this role, you will coordinate resources, tasks, deliverables, and timelines ensuring successful delivery of technical projects.

• Track and manage multiple highly complex projects with heavy technology components using agile methodologies (both Scum and Kanban).
• Define, communicate, and manage project objectives/ scope.
• Manage activities of project team resources on a day-to-day basis and create an atmosphere of collaboration and creative problem-solving.
• Review, and be responsible for, overall work effort and deliverables of project team.
• Ensure the end solution meets stakeholder expectations.
• Complete and maintain accuracy of documentation required in each project phase as defined by PMO Life Cycle Guide.
• Escalate significant issues and project deviations to project stakeholders and PMO Management/Program Manager.
• Manage project vendors as part of implementation activities.
• Ensure all requirements, project plans, and resolved issues and changes are communicated to all affected team members.
• Review and manage all changes to project through a formally defined change process.
• Adhere to WPS Values: Customer Focused, Individual Responsibility, Mutual Respect, and Driven & Passionate.

• Are passionate about organizing groups of people to accomplish important work.
• Are open to delivering projects using multiple methods.
• Enjoy collaborating with peers to help everyone succeed.
• Enjoy leading without direct authority and collaborating with a variety of people.
• Are ready to take initiative to drive projects forward.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to Department of Defense restrictions.
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent post high school and/or related work experience.
• 1 or more years of related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 or more years in Project Management working in highly technical or complex environments.
• Proven leadership skills with ability to motivate others and work collaboratively with teams.
• Project Management Professional certification (PMP, PgMP).
• Scrum Master Certification.

Remote Work Requirements

• High speed cable OR fiber
• Minimum of 10 Mbps downstream and at least 1 Mbps upstream internet connection (can be checked at https://speedtest.net).