Company Overview
Christian Care Ministry (CCM) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating Medi-Share, a faith-based healthcare sharing program that enables Christians to support one another by sharing medical expenses. With a mission rooted in community and compassion, CCM fosters a network of believers committed to helping each other in times of need.
CCM proudly employs over 700 team members across its locations in Melbourne, FL, Colorado Springs, CO, and remotely throughout the United States, ensuring nationwide support for its members.
Essential Job Responsibilities & Duties
- Vendor Management & Collaboration: Establish and oversee vendor relationships, setting clear expectations, monitoring performance, and addressing concerns proactively. Lead vendor evaluations, contract negotiations, and performance reviews.
- Vendor Onboarding & Implementation: Work closely with the Procurement team to onboard and manage vendors, ensuring successful implementation of solutions that enhance Medi-Share member services and offerings.
- Clear & Effective Communication: Convey information concisely and effectively in both verbal and written formats, ensuring alignment with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Meeting Facilitation: Lead structured and efficient meetings, ensuring key outcomes are achieved and follow-up actions are tracked to completion.
- Decision-Making & Accountability: Drive timely and informed decision-making while holding stakeholders accountable according to defined responsibilities.
- Risk Management & Mitigation: Identify potential risks early and develop proactive strategies to minimize impact across service lines.
- Escalation Management: Apply discernment to determine when escalation is necessary, ensuring timely resolution of critical issues.
- Project Tracking & Reporting: Generate accurate, concise, and timely project status reports in alignment with Project Management Office (PMO) standards.
- Business Analysis & Oversight: Guide Business Analysts in defining and tracking business requirements, ensuring deadlines are met.
- Resource Allocation: Define and manage resource allocation, balancing workloads and collaborating with service line managers to achieve project goals.
- Financial Oversight: Monitor project forecasts and budgets, explain variances, and apply earned value analysis to ensure fiscal responsibility.
- Change Control Management: Assess scope, cost, schedule, and opportunity cost impacts of project changes, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Strategic Decision-Making: Facilitate buy vs. build analyses in collaboration with operational and IT stakeholders to determine optimal solutions.
- Outcome-Driven Leadership: Partner with business leaders to drive projects with a focus on long-term success and impact.
- Continuous Learning & Business Insight: Deepen understanding of business implications for projects while applying expertise to steer initiatives toward successful outcomes.
- PMO Standards & Knowledge Sharing: Define and contribute to project management best practices, standards, and documentation within the Project Management Office (PMO).
- Mentorship & Leadership: Support the growth and development of Project Managers, fostering excellence within the organization.
- Portfolio Management & Optimization: Evaluate interdependencies across projects, determining optimal scheduling and resource allocation for portfolio success.
- Portfolio Modeling & Change Assessment: Assess the implications of project changes within the portfolio to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Commitment to Mission & Values: Actively contribute to the Christian mission and beliefs of Christian Care Ministry.
- Other Responsibilities: Perform additional duties as assigned.
Essential Skills & Abilities
- Project Scheduling Expertise: Proficient in creating detailed Gantt charts, including dependencies, milestones, and deliverables.
- Strong Communication & Vendor Relations: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence and foster collaborative vendor relationships.
- Project Portfolio Management (PPM): Experienced in PPM software and vendor management tools.
- Self-Motivated & Organized: Thrives in a dynamic environment, maintaining strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Results-Oriented: Approaches challenges with urgency, energy, and enthusiasm, delivering results even in a matrixed organization.
- Adaptability & Teamwork: Works effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Agile SDLC Knowledge: Familiar with Agile Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) best practices.
- Business Acumen: Quickly learns and adapts to Christian Care Ministry’s business practices.
Core Competencies & Values
- Trust & Integrity: Foster an atmosphere of trust and assume positive intent in all interactions.
- Collaboration & Leadership: Inspire teamwork and lead with purpose, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Commitment to Excellence: Uphold high standards of performance and continuous improvement in all initiatives.