Mid Level Healthcare Project Manager  Baltimore  Duration 6 months.  Responsibilities:  * Determines Project goals and priorities with management, program manager and/or project sponsors.  * Supports requirements of the enterprise program manager to provide necessary information and support for successful program delivery.  * Creates all project planning documentation and follows all CareFirst Defined processes.  * Establish and publish clear priorities among project activities. Coordinates team activities to meet project milestones.  * Prepares, implements, monitors, and updates the project plan.  * Coordinates with the business owner and upper level management to ensure the actions are consistent with the approved plan.  * Identifies standards or requirements for change management. Participates in change control (for example, reviewing configuration change requests).  * Manages resource assignment and tracking to the project plan and project schedule in coordination with the line of business resource managers.  * Negotiate the performance of activities with team members and their managers in a matrix environment.  * Maintains current statements of work for all contractors; track and approve contractor invoices in a timely manner.  * Provides regular updates to project sponsor and stakeholders on the status of the budget.  * Documents reasons for budget excess or shortfall.  * Schedule meetings, publish meeting notes, action items, track the same for completion  * Report to Program Manager / Techinical Delivery Director, track/report progress per guidance.  Requirements:  * This position requires a four-year degree in CIS/MIS or equivalent experience of 2-3 years of related project management experience in a large scale, cross functional, multi-system environment. Out of the 2-3 years required, at least 1 year in a combination of the following:  * Progressive broad-based Project Management experience (which could include consulting) is desirable; knowledge and implementation experience in new computing architectures and networked computing structures.  * Experience as Project coordinator/Manager, with working knowledge of Systems development lifecycle and the Project Management Lifecycle.  This resource will work on HIPAA 5010 program as Project Coordinator / Jr.PM