Business Partner, Project Manager

Abarca is igniting a revolution in healthcare.  We built our company on the belief that with smarter technology, we are redefining pharmacy benefits, but this is just the beginning…

Making healthcare awesome is key to everything we do at Abarca, and so the Strategy to Execution team helps us reach those heights through service design, project and process improvement, and strategy planning! From Project and Process Improvement to Innovation and Business Enabling to Strategic Management, this team tackles existing and innovative programs or processes at Abarca to rethink, reshape and rework how we do what we do.

As our Business Partner, Project Management, you will manage multiple medium-sized projects or 1-3 highly complex and large-sized projects. You will have overall accountability for each assigned project and be responsible for project conception through completion, including scope, time, and budget, following our Project Management and Process Improvement methodology. You’ll be expected to document status, agreements and learnings from all meetings and presentations, and lead overall coordination, status reporting and stability of project work efforts.

The fundamentals for the job…

• In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing multiple medium-sized projects or 1-3 highly complex large-sized projects.
• You are to oversee overall coordination, status reporting and stability of project work efforts.
• You’ll establish and implement management processes and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet expectations.
• You get to define the scope, develop plans, manage milestones, develop, and carry out appropriate communication plans with stakeholders; you also develop relationships with cross functional partners and align project timelines to ensure they are completed meeting stakeholder needs.
• Assemble project plans and teamwork assignments, direct and monitor work on a daily basis, identify resources needed, perform quality reviews, and escalate functional, quality, and timeline issues appropriately.
• Keep track of key milestones and adjust plans and/or resources to meet customer needs.
• Schedule and monitor project deliverables.
• Coordinate communication with all areas that impact the scope, budget, risk, and resources of the project.
• Manage and update project plan using Microsoft Project tool and leverage others, such as ADO, to keep the team informed of status and deliverables.
• Provide weekly/monthly/quarterly progress reports to management, as needed.
• Provide oversight and leadership in executing projects from planning to completion to provide results to the business​.
• Assess, prioritize, and provide a health check report of active projects.
• Provide advice to optimize business performance and assist in the development of the department’s strategy​.
• Provide operational process improvements, identifying, analyzing & improving current business processes to optimize performance, meet best practices & improve quality.
• Work in tandem with other teams to automate processes, improve functionality, identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement, and drive advances that impact both, the team’s performance as well as the client expecting deliverables.
• Provide education, training and presentation of project updates, new processes, and tools for users.
• Be generally amazing and awesome to the point that people want to work projects of which you are in charge.
• Perform any other tasks or special projects as assigned.

• What you’re made of

The bold requirements…

• Bachelor or Master’s Degree Engineering, Business or Economics (In lieu of a degree, equivalent relevant experience may be considered.)
• 3+ years of experience in consulting, engineering, and project management teams.
• Experience with data analytics tools (e.g. Excel, Tableau, PoweBI)
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives, driving performance, and executing on deliverables while leveraging tools and techniques.
• Experience in leveraging excellent communication to achieve commitment from stakeholders, good organizational skills for projects and problem-solving experience when issues arise.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, bilingual fluency in Spanish and English is required.
• We are proud to offer a flexible hybrid work model which will require certain on-site workdays (Puerto Rico Location Only)

Nice to haves…

• PMI Credential (PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-SP, or PMI-RMP).
• Experience with Microsoft Project Online.
• Experience in health insurance or PBM setting managing projects.

Physical requirements…

• Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

At Abarca we value and celebrate diversity. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are guiding principles of Abarca and ensure Abarca’s workforce reflects the communities it serves.  We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Abarca Health LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify.  “Applicant must be a United States’ citizen. Abarca Health LLC does not sponsor employment visas at this time”

The above description is not intended to limit the scope of the job or to exclude other duties not mentioned. It is not a final set of specifications for the position. It’s simply meant to give readers an idea of what the role entails.

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