Job Details: SOA Project Manager

Job Title: SOA Project Manager
Job ID: 57952
Company: CIGNA
Position Type: Permanent
Pay Rate: very competitive base + bonus
Skills: MS-Project, Service Oriented Architecture strategy development experience
Date Posted: Jul-23-08

Major Duties:
The SOA Project Manager will be responsible for overall coordination, status reporting and stability of complex cross-functional work efforts. The SOA Project Manager will be responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources to meet the need. The SOA Project Manager must possess the ability to express oral and written ideas effectively to differing audiences.

Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage multiple detailed resource-loaded Microsoft Project work plans
- Communicate and ensure compliance with software development processes
- Resolve dependencies, issues, and risks when escalated
- Manage issues as required
- Provide timely communication of project status, performance results, issues and risks to schedule, cost and quality
- Coordinate, document, and facilitate project workgroup meetings
- Writes status reports, assesses risks and mitigates issues.
- Execute plans to continuously improve the organization

General Qualifications:
- Strong project management/leadership background. Proven track record of delivering on large scale or multiple projects. Experience overseeing all aspects of the project, including planning, resource allocation, budget, project design and execution.
- Communicates well up, down, and across the organization.
- Ability to write effectively for a variety of audiences in appropriate language.
- Responds to changing demands and priorities.
- Knowledge of SOA environment and web services.
- Ability to consistently deliver high quality results and manage multiple priorities.
- Must possess exceptional leadership, people management, interpersonal, organizational and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to anticipate and build contingency staffing plans.
- Demonstrated track record of successfully planning and managing large-scale enterprise based program implementations (Service Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Application Integration based solutions) through all stages of the program development life-cycle, from requirements gathering to production.
- Experience of working in a fast moving environment and the ability to handle various tasks at once.
- Proficient in MS Office tools including MS Project.
- Articulates ideas clearly and concisely in a variety of settings, adjusting the message to match the audience.
- Experience managing consulting and off-shore employees, including staffing, training, coordinating, organizing, monitoring, and coaching.

How to Apply:
Please email your resume to michael.mueller@cigna.com

EEO Statement:
CIGNA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Location: [rss] US-CT-Bloomfield
Telecommute: No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name: Mike Mueller
Contact Phone:
Contact Email: michael.mueller@cigna.com
URL: http://careers.cigna.com


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