Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Insight Global is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager with strong NCPDP experience to lead complex healthcare technology initiatives. The role involves managing large-scale projects related to pharmacy claims and regulatory compliance, ensuring timely delivery while adhering to healthcare standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT projects supporting healthcare, Medicaid, PBM, or pharmacy systems
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams, project timelines, dependencies, risks, and deliverables
• Utilize Waterfall project management methodologies to drive structured project execution and governance
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, resource allocations, and status reporting using tools such as Microsoft Project
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including software engineers, developers, architects, QA teams, business analysts, and external vendors
• Facilitate requirements gathering, solution design reviews, UAT planning, test execution, defect management, and production deployment activities
• Serve as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders, customers, and executive leadership
• Manage project governance activities including steering committee meetings, status reporting, risk mitigation, and escalation management
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, HIPAA requirements, and NCPDP standards where applicable
• Create and manage project artifacts including project charters, requirements documentation, test plans, implementation plans, and executive presentations
• Drive stakeholder alignment across technical and business teams while ensuring project objectives are met

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, Business, or a related field
• 7+ years of IT Project Management experience managing enterprise technology implementations
• Hands-on experience managing projects involving NCPDP standards, pharmacy claims processing, PBMs, Medicaid, Medicare, or healthcare payer systems
• Strong experience managing multiple simultaneous workstreams and complex cross-functional initiatives
• Proven experience working directly with software developers, engineers, architects, QA teams, and technical stakeholders
• Extensive experience utilizing Waterfall SDLC methodologies
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, risks, issues, and vendor relationships
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience creating executive-level status reports and project documentation
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and related project management tools
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification – Required or strongly preferred
• Experience with Medicaid modernization, Denti-Cal, healthcare claims adjudication, or PBM implementations
• Familiarity with NCPDP D.0 and F6 transaction standards
• Familiarity with Pharmacy claims processing
• Familiarity with Eligibility and benefits verification
• Familiarity with Prior authorization workflows
• Familiarity with Coordination of Benefits (COB)
• Familiarity with HIPAA-compliant healthcare integrations
• Experience working in a client-facing consulting or vendor environment

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