Application Development Senior Manager- Hybrid

U.S. Government Technology, Claims & Enrollment - Application Development Senior Manager

Position Overview:

The job profile for this position is Application Development Senior Manager, which is a Band 4 Management role.

The Claims & Enrollment Applications organization is looking for an experienced innovative and motivated leader with strong technology acumen, a strategic mindset, and demonstrated empathic collaboration.

The Application Development Senior Manager will oversee a team dedicated to the end-to-end implementation of solutions for the core administration of Medicare Advantage and CareAllies health plans.

To ensure future success and cultivate a sustainable and agile team, this leader will play a critical role in identifying and developing team practices, skills, and partnerships needed to achieve business and technology objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead developers, analysts, and testers in the delivery of software solutions for supported core administration platforms, including QNXT and Capitation Adjudication (f.k.a. EZ-CAP).

• Build partnerships with Medicare and CareAllies programs and operations, and collaborate to prioritize, design, and implement new and modified capabilities, processes, and insights supporting business objectives.

• Coordinate, delegate, and prioritize team responsibilities with clear alignment to business milestones, system processes, technology currency, compliance and audit needs, service-level agreements, and other relevant metrics, controls, and constraints.

• Build and retain talent through strategic hiring, contracting, onboarding, and career development, including professional and technical mentorship.

• Define and drive relentless improvement to processes, data, and documentation, including onboarding materials.

• Lead and innovate through change, both internal and external, with attention to emerging technology and technical debt, as well as evolving business strategy and regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with other teams and leaders within Claims & Enrollment Applications and the broader U.S. Government Technology organization to establish common strategy, goals, metrics, and practices.

Required Experience / Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or other related discipline and/or equivalent work experience.

• Experience working within Healthcare, Medicare and government regulation

• Prior experience in a technology management role.

• Experience working in a distributed software environment, with both packaged vendor solutions and in-house code.

• Business acumen and experience within a highly-regulated managed care line of business.

• Demonstrable problem solving, collaboration, and communications skills within a large matrix team setting.

Desired Experience / Qualifications:

• Experience with TriZetto products, e.g. QNXT, QCS, and Facets.

• Leadership experience within a production support or software engineering team.

• Working knowledge of DevOps principles and tools, such as Git, Jira, and Octopus Deploy.

• Working knowledge of software quality methodologies and software design patterns, including cloud-based systems, and experience driving software quality with attention to non-functional requirements.

• Working knowledge of agile principles, and experience leading in a Scaled Agile paradigm.

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills across a variety of technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience maintaining CMS Universes, Sarbanes-Oxley, and other relevant controls, including supporting system audits and action plans.

Statement of Commitment:

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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