We are currenlty hiring for a Business Project Manager to work in Downtown San Francisco. The ideal candidate will bring 8-10 years project management experience. Experience with Six Sigma, Agile, or PMI methodologies are required. Recent healthcare industry experience is preferred. This is a 4 month+ contract position. Please contact Aileen if you are interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
Job Description:
Senior Project Managers act as the single point of accountability for delivering large scale, complex, and crossfunctional projects on time and on budget. Senior Project Managers are expected to direct the daily activities of team members on multiple projects to ensure they provide high quality and cost effective services. Senior Project Managers design and develop approaches to projects that they implement themselves or are implemented by others, ensuring that the strategic directions of projects are in line with business objectives.
Create and review project, proposal or plans for own projects or for those managed by other project managers, Set project objectives, Complete cost/benefit analysis, Manage scope and scope change requests, Plan and direct schedules and budgets, Monitor projects from initiation through delivery and monitor for continuous improvement, Track large-scale projects against major milestones and adjust projects as needed, Analyze, interpret, and derive meaning from data, Identify and develop contingency plans to mitigate and address risks
Implement change management activities, Take responsibility for benefits realization as well as meeting milestone and budget targets, Responsible for assembling a project team, assigning and monitoring work of team members and providing guidance and leadership, Manage project staff involved in the planning, development and implementation of complex projects, Communicate with and influence internal and external stakeholders regarding key project objectives and steps, to ensure buy-in, Train, develop, coach, and mentor others (including project managers) in multiple areas, Conduct performance appraisals of team members, Resolve issues escalated by others, Hold an in-depth understanding of the scope of a project (including project lifecycle)
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Project Manager - Financial District
Today we have a Project Manager position in the financial district of San Francisco. This is a 6 month contract position. Experience with SAP, Quality Analysis and User Acceptance Testing is required. Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
Description
Responsible for managing people responsible for a systems project involving department or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of a computer based system through the design process and into a finished state for internal or external customers. Oversees and coordinates all aspects of project and serves as manager for project team who are the liaison between project management, line management and other departments. Plans and directs schedules as well as project budgets. Monitors the product/program/project from initiation through delivery, interfacing with customer on technical and non-technical matters. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals. Organizes interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the product/program/project on schedule and within budget constraints. Assigns and monitors systems analysis and program staff, providing technical and non-technical support and direction. This position may be in a matrix type of organization, where the position does not have responsibility over product development but does have overall product/program/project management responsibility.
Experience
8+ years experience in project management, requirements definition and/ or deployment of business requirements to information systems including 7+ years managerial experience. Knowledge/Skills: Advanced knowledge of building system solutions or business applications. Thorough knowledge of funding proposals. Strong writing, negotiation and presentation skills. Collaborative, customer-focused and able to create visible value. Proficient in SAP. Experience with Quality Analysis and UAT.
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Description
Responsible for managing people responsible for a systems project involving department or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of a computer based system through the design process and into a finished state for internal or external customers. Oversees and coordinates all aspects of project and serves as manager for project team who are the liaison between project management, line management and other departments. Plans and directs schedules as well as project budgets. Monitors the product/program/project from initiation through delivery, interfacing with customer on technical and non-technical matters. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals. Organizes interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the product/program/project on schedule and within budget constraints. Assigns and monitors systems analysis and program staff, providing technical and non-technical support and direction. This position may be in a matrix type of organization, where the position does not have responsibility over product development but does have overall product/program/project management responsibility.
Experience
8+ years experience in project management, requirements definition and/ or deployment of business requirements to information systems including 7+ years managerial experience. Knowledge/Skills: Advanced knowledge of building system solutions or business applications. Thorough knowledge of funding proposals. Strong writing, negotiation and presentation skills. Collaborative, customer-focused and able to create visible value. Proficient in SAP. Experience with Quality Analysis and UAT.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
6 EDI Analyst Positions
We are currenlty hiring for 6 EDI Analysts to work for one of our clients in El Dorado Hills. This is a 5 month contract position. The ideal candiadte will have healthcare industry experience along with some experience in testing or anlaysis.
Please contact Aileen if you are interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
Job Description:
Responsible & knowledge in 27x transaction & Testing experience for EDI x12 4010 and 5010 transactions sets including 270/271 (Eligibility/Benefits), 276/277 (Claim Status), and 278-13/278-11 (Authorizations). Ability to read and understand complex file layouts including x12 4010 and 5010 Ability to review and comprehend technical business requirement documentation Familiar with real-time and batch transaction processing Experience with testing business software applications including EDI interfaces testing Ability to run test cases, document results, and document software defects Healthcare industry knowledge in the areas of eligibility, benefits, claims, and utilization management.
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Please contact Aileen if you are interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
Job Description:
Responsible & knowledge in 27x transaction & Testing experience for EDI x12 4010 and 5010 transactions sets including 270/271 (Eligibility/Benefits), 276/277 (Claim Status), and 278-13/278-11 (Authorizations). Ability to read and understand complex file layouts including x12 4010 and 5010 Ability to review and comprehend technical business requirement documentation Familiar with real-time and batch transaction processing Experience with testing business software applications including EDI interfaces testing Ability to run test cases, document results, and document software defects Healthcare industry knowledge in the areas of eligibility, benefits, claims, and utilization management.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Health Data Analyst - 3 Month Contract to Hire
I am currenlty hiring for a Health Data Analyst to work for one of our client companies in San Francisco. This is a 3 month contract to hire position. The ideal candidate will bring 5 years experience and a MPH, MBA, MS, MA in science, social science, public health, health services research or business, or BA/BS with demonstrated equivalent work experience. Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
This position facilitates management of data within the Quality (QI) Department in support of ongoing organizational and healthcare delivery quality improvement efforts. Under the supervision of the Department Director and according to established policies, procedures and regulatory requirements, the position is accountable for multiple aspects of data management, including: request, preliminary analysis, interpretation, and presentation. The position provides analysis of data and trends in order to identify opportunities for improvement and to verify the success of quality improvement actions taken. Knowledge of multiple data sources is needed in order to request or seek out information required for quality/performance improvement activities, patient safety initiatives and regulatory compliance.
Specific duties and responsibilities:
• Designs reports that integrate data from multiple sources, including design of reporting systems and standardization of metrics and formats across departments and functional areas. Designs, builds and enhances database systems and applications for complex, high level reporting requirements.
• Develop and implement analyses of program performance and a regular reporting structure, which provide key indicators of performance and are linked to actions, which use the data to improve the effectiveness of program delivery.
• Develop and implement analyses that evaluate new quality programs or program features including the oversight to the testing and implementation of pilots of new program capabilities.
• Document analysis and project outcomes using company standards and templates as well as forms required by NCQA or URAC.
• Provide input into the development of tools, which support the ongoing evaluation of program performance and support the quality improvement cycle for program/outcome-operations teams.
• Work with the Medical Director for Quality and Director of Quality to establish linkages to customer health plans and employers to acquire data, which can be used as inputs to earlier participant intervention and for program evaluation.
• Provides training and mentoring for team members on best practices for analysis and reporting; serve as a resource to the organization regarding Quality Improvement processes and quality related accreditation and regulatory requirements.
• The position shall coordinate and/or participate in data analysis, discussion and development of action plans by appropriate quality committees, CQI Teams, and others.
• Assists in coordination of interactions between data analysis teams and support functions including information systems, provider relations and medical management
• Create presentations as needed
• Ad hoc assignments as required
Skills and Abilities: Strong analytical skills in area of data management and project design. Excellent skills in writing to describe program goals, methodology, outcomes and barriers, and opportunities for improvement. Proficiency in use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Access Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with internal and external customers/stakeholders supporting ability to effectively relate, inform, instruct and facilitate the understanding of quality improvement concepts and processes. Professional demeanor, highly flexible, able to manage multiple and changing priorities, and meet aggressive project deadlines. Ability to work with members of multiple disciplines to identify sources of data, project methodologies and improvement opportunities is required. Knowledge of medical terminology and familiarity with clinical care delivery preferred
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This position facilitates management of data within the Quality (QI) Department in support of ongoing organizational and healthcare delivery quality improvement efforts. Under the supervision of the Department Director and according to established policies, procedures and regulatory requirements, the position is accountable for multiple aspects of data management, including: request, preliminary analysis, interpretation, and presentation. The position provides analysis of data and trends in order to identify opportunities for improvement and to verify the success of quality improvement actions taken. Knowledge of multiple data sources is needed in order to request or seek out information required for quality/performance improvement activities, patient safety initiatives and regulatory compliance.
Specific duties and responsibilities:
• Designs reports that integrate data from multiple sources, including design of reporting systems and standardization of metrics and formats across departments and functional areas. Designs, builds and enhances database systems and applications for complex, high level reporting requirements.
• Develop and implement analyses of program performance and a regular reporting structure, which provide key indicators of performance and are linked to actions, which use the data to improve the effectiveness of program delivery.
• Develop and implement analyses that evaluate new quality programs or program features including the oversight to the testing and implementation of pilots of new program capabilities.
• Document analysis and project outcomes using company standards and templates as well as forms required by NCQA or URAC.
• Provide input into the development of tools, which support the ongoing evaluation of program performance and support the quality improvement cycle for program/outcome-operations teams.
• Work with the Medical Director for Quality and Director of Quality to establish linkages to customer health plans and employers to acquire data, which can be used as inputs to earlier participant intervention and for program evaluation.
• Provides training and mentoring for team members on best practices for analysis and reporting; serve as a resource to the organization regarding Quality Improvement processes and quality related accreditation and regulatory requirements.
• The position shall coordinate and/or participate in data analysis, discussion and development of action plans by appropriate quality committees, CQI Teams, and others.
• Assists in coordination of interactions between data analysis teams and support functions including information systems, provider relations and medical management
• Create presentations as needed
• Ad hoc assignments as required
Skills and Abilities: Strong analytical skills in area of data management and project design. Excellent skills in writing to describe program goals, methodology, outcomes and barriers, and opportunities for improvement. Proficiency in use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Access Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with internal and external customers/stakeholders supporting ability to effectively relate, inform, instruct and facilitate the understanding of quality improvement concepts and processes. Professional demeanor, highly flexible, able to manage multiple and changing priorities, and meet aggressive project deadlines. Ability to work with members of multiple disciplines to identify sources of data, project methodologies and improvement opportunities is required. Knowledge of medical terminology and familiarity with clinical care delivery preferred
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Lead Business Analyst
Kforce is currently hiring for a Lead Business Analyst to work in downtown San Francisco. This is a 6 month contract. Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
The day-to-day work of the Lead Business Analyst will consist of managing to the established tasks/milestones for the projects, documenting processes, identifying gaps and working at various levels of the organization to communicate progress/status and resolve issues.
Ideal candidates have the following skills/experience:
• Expert knowledge of health insurance sales and operational processes including proposals, group setup, enrollment, billing and benefit administration
• Expert knowledge of and ability to perform analyses such as, gap analysis, process mapping, root-cause analysis, risk analysis and requirements gathering
• Ability to interpret and summarize data for executive consumption, then deliver to executive audiences
• Facilitation of process improvement teams to resolve business issues and improve processes
• 3-5 years experience managing medium-sized projects (either in a consulting role or a team-based facilitation role) where you have evaluated opportunities for improvement in operational performance, created plans to address the issues, vetted solutions and implemented the fixes
• Demonstrated self-starter personality who can attack complex business problemswith little guidance and direction
• Experience using Visio and MS Office tools
Education/Requirements:
B.A/B.S. degree and 3-5 years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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The day-to-day work of the Lead Business Analyst will consist of managing to the established tasks/milestones for the projects, documenting processes, identifying gaps and working at various levels of the organization to communicate progress/status and resolve issues.
Ideal candidates have the following skills/experience:
• Expert knowledge of health insurance sales and operational processes including proposals, group setup, enrollment, billing and benefit administration
• Expert knowledge of and ability to perform analyses such as, gap analysis, process mapping, root-cause analysis, risk analysis and requirements gathering
• Ability to interpret and summarize data for executive consumption, then deliver to executive audiences
• Facilitation of process improvement teams to resolve business issues and improve processes
• 3-5 years experience managing medium-sized projects (either in a consulting role or a team-based facilitation role) where you have evaluated opportunities for improvement in operational performance, created plans to address the issues, vetted solutions and implemented the fixes
• Demonstrated self-starter personality who can attack complex business problemswith little guidance and direction
• Experience using Visio and MS Office tools
Education/Requirements:
B.A/B.S. degree and 3-5 years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Wireless Network Engineer
My client is currently hiring for a Wireless Network Engineer to work in their San Francisco location. This is a 12-18 month contract to hire position. The ideal candiate will bring a strong background in Cisco wireless technologies. Experience working for a small to mid-sized company is preferred. Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
- 5 years of wireless network administration experience, with strong Cisco wireless knowledge.
- Cisco certification required (CCNA)
- Wireless certification or equivalent experience required.
- The candidate should be able to work in a fast paced environment and have the ability to multi-task.
- Experience in the healthcare industry is a plus but not required. However, the candidate should be comfortable working near patients.
- The individual will be on an on-call rotation with 2 other employees. This will occur 1-2 times per month with compensation
- Candidate will need to be local to San Francisco (will not be permitted to work remotely)
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- 5 years of wireless network administration experience, with strong Cisco wireless knowledge.
- Cisco certification required (CCNA)
- Wireless certification or equivalent experience required.
- The candidate should be able to work in a fast paced environment and have the ability to multi-task.
- Experience in the healthcare industry is a plus but not required. However, the candidate should be comfortable working near patients.
- The individual will be on an on-call rotation with 2 other employees. This will occur 1-2 times per month with compensation
- Candidate will need to be local to San Francisco (will not be permitted to work remotely)
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
IT Project Manager with Behavioral Health
My client is currenlty hiring for an experience IT Project Manager with knowledge of behavioral health. This is an 8 month+ contract in San Francisco. The ideal candidate will bring 8-10 years overall IT Project Management expeirence including significant expeirence in the healthcare industry. Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
Requirements:
- Experience with multi-stream projects
- Experience working with multiple IT and Business stakeholders involving extensive communication.
- Experience with the projects involving redesigning data feed interfaces between company and vendors.
- Health Care experience is a big plus.
- Experience with the Behavioral Health (MHSA) projects is a big plus.
- Experience working with Magellan Health Services is a huge plus.
- Experience working with USBHPC is a plus.
- Tools: the HPPM experience is a plus.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Bilingual Healthcare Program Manager
We are currently hiring for a healthcare Program Manager to work in downtown San Francisco. This is an 8 month+ contract position in downtown San Francisco. An applicant who is fluent in Spanish would be ideal.
Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
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Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the resource planning, production scheduling, milestone tracking and project coordination on behalf of the Product Management and Development team. Oversees planning and execution of Product development project and production schedules. Gathers project requirements and defines scope of assigned projects. Manages group documentation, presentations, tools and deliverables Responsible for large/complex projects/programs.
- Exercises independent judgement in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criterion for obtaining results.
- Provides input into designing strategies for alignment with business unit goals and objectives.
- As part of a broader management team may have influence on business unit, or function strategies and objectives.
- May act as the business unit liaison to corporate initiatives and projects.
- May provide guidance and leadership to other team members as well as cross functional contacts.
- Ensures various team members provide high quality and cost effective services.
Requirements:
- Ability to influence team members functioning in a matrix environment.
- Demonstrated leadership, project management, program evaluation and consulting skills.
- Previous project management experience required.
- Generally requires Bachelors degree or equivalent and 6-8 years of experience in the related area. Masters degree strongly preferred.
- Bilingual Spanish skills are strongly preferred.
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Java Programming Lead
We are currenlty hiring for a Java Programming Lead to work in San Francisco. This is a 3 month+ contract with the potential for contract to hire.
Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
Responsbilities:
Provides technical expertise in the support of specialized programming projects using web based and client server tools. Responsible for design and development of systems including making recommendation on the use of technology standards and tools. Performs programming analysis. Performs business and application analysis and design. Develops applications using a variety of JAVA based tools. Consultant Operates under general direction. Assignments are very broad in nature and of the highest level of complexity. Able to impact beyond area of responsibility. May instruct, guide and oversee work of lower-level technical professionals. Consults and makes recommendations to management on significant issues. Responsible for developing and implementing new products and/or approaches in conjunction with implementing new/existing technologies. Knowledge encompasses entire scope of a technical discipline and has received recognition for development of one or more unique sub-specialties. Generally requires 8 to 12 years of directly related professional experience and possesses deep technical abilities in one or more primary products, programs or technologies.
Requirements:
- very strong technical skills with at least 7 to 10 years hands-on design, coding, integration and deployment experience in enterprise web applications
- expert level skills in using Spring, hibernate, quartz, Axis frameworks for enterprise web applications
- extensive experience in Java, JEE, JDBC, XML, XSL, MQ, SQL
- strong working knowledge of Java Script, AJAX, HTML, CSS, JSON
- Experience conceptualizing and proposing new designs, creating prototypes and proof-of-concepts and driving end-to-end implementations.
- Experience with iterative development life cycle methodologies and application of those principles, especially Agile development practices.
- Strong knowledge of design patterns
- Proficient in domain modeling, database modeling and database skills
- Experience with build systems (Ant, Maven), unit testing tools (Junit, HttpUnit, etc), version control software and defect tracking systems.
- Good understanding of SOA
- Expert in Web Services
- Good understanding of web content management, and experience with Teamsite or Tridion a plus
- Good understanding of search technologies, and experience with Ultraseek a plus
- Good team management and collaboration skills
- experience using RAD and IBM WebSphere
- Basic understanding of ATG frameworks (Nucleus, Relational Views, Repository Views) will be a plus
- Excellent communication skills and strong ability to work effectively with the business and technical people.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
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Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.
Responsbilities:
Provides technical expertise in the support of specialized programming projects using web based and client server tools. Responsible for design and development of systems including making recommendation on the use of technology standards and tools. Performs programming analysis. Performs business and application analysis and design. Develops applications using a variety of JAVA based tools. Consultant Operates under general direction. Assignments are very broad in nature and of the highest level of complexity. Able to impact beyond area of responsibility. May instruct, guide and oversee work of lower-level technical professionals. Consults and makes recommendations to management on significant issues. Responsible for developing and implementing new products and/or approaches in conjunction with implementing new/existing technologies. Knowledge encompasses entire scope of a technical discipline and has received recognition for development of one or more unique sub-specialties. Generally requires 8 to 12 years of directly related professional experience and possesses deep technical abilities in one or more primary products, programs or technologies.
Requirements:
- very strong technical skills with at least 7 to 10 years hands-on design, coding, integration and deployment experience in enterprise web applications
- expert level skills in using Spring, hibernate, quartz, Axis frameworks for enterprise web applications
- extensive experience in Java, JEE, JDBC, XML, XSL, MQ, SQL
- strong working knowledge of Java Script, AJAX, HTML, CSS, JSON
- Experience conceptualizing and proposing new designs, creating prototypes and proof-of-concepts and driving end-to-end implementations.
- Experience with iterative development life cycle methodologies and application of those principles, especially Agile development practices.
- Strong knowledge of design patterns
- Proficient in domain modeling, database modeling and database skills
- Experience with build systems (Ant, Maven), unit testing tools (Junit, HttpUnit, etc), version control software and defect tracking systems.
- Good understanding of SOA
- Expert in Web Services
- Good understanding of web content management, and experience with Teamsite or Tridion a plus
- Good understanding of search technologies, and experience with Ultraseek a plus
- Good team management and collaboration skills
- experience using RAD and IBM WebSphere
- Basic understanding of ATG frameworks (Nucleus, Relational Views, Repository Views) will be a plus
- Excellent communication skills and strong ability to work effectively with the business and technical people.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
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