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Why This Role Is Important To Arcadia

Arcadia is looking for engineering project managers who have a deep understanding of the software development cycle and the DevOps philosophies that make high performing technology organizations perform at their highest levels. In this dynamic role, you’ll have an opportunity to self-direct and organize around key principles, objectives and goals that drive an organization’s transformation and continuous learning values systems.

The project management role is important because they have autonomy and a perpetually important mission – continuously improve the organization to put us at the top of high performing technology organizations in healthcare.

The right candidate can spend an inordinate amount of time discussing the ideas that drive excellence in software development and how continuous integration and delivery concepts serve as vehicles for high quality and speed to delivery. They understand what should and shouldn’t be measured, can articulate why and what capabilities drive true cultural and technical transformations. They should be able to dive deep into the four metrics that define high performing technology organizations and the capabilities that drive them. The best of candidates can discuss architecture, tradeoffs and collaborate with the most knowledgeable of minds in evaluating high value investments to drive the organizational goals of the future.

What Success Looks Like

In 3 months

- Network within the company is expanding

- Identify the various organizational roles associated with delivering customer satisfying products

- Managing your very first project and diving deep into the tempo and improvements of the project

- Fully engaged in project details and able to move a project forward

In 6 months

- Contribute and make process changes that focus on outcomes and limit inefficiencies

- Build an extensive network within the company and understand who the influencers, movers and shakers are

- Audit process changes to check if the expected outcomes have been delivered

In 12 months

- Lead process creation and abolishment activities

- Lead discussions with large engineering groups on DevOps philosophies and process improvements

- Design process adherence checks that are effective and build on better business outcomes

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing the required hands-on software development lifecycle and project management, cross-functional coordination, activity tracking and inter/intra team communications to deliver outstanding program outcomes
• Managing project schedules, identifying possible issues and clearly communicate them to project stakeholders
• Creating assignments/roles/RACI for a project
• Determining and defining clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for staff members required for specific projects or initiatives
• Owning project reporting and standard operating procedures for project creation, monitoring and tracking
• Working closely with software engineers, QA, product managers and other engineering teams to get high-quality products and features through the software project lifecycle (build, test and release on time)
• Identifying and managing project risks and facilitate cross-functional discussion to plan risk mitigation
• Providing resources, tools and coaching to help promote process adherence
• Ensuring engineering teams’ goals are aligned with proper prioritization of business or departmental goals
• Coordinating timelines, risks and expectations with vendors, consultants and our external partners
• Establishing and implementing training processes and strategies for all technical personnel
• Working with Product Strategy Leads and Technical Architects to develop a broad understanding of Portfolio Outcomes, Technology Vision and Goals for the Portfolio
• Working directly with Product Strategy Leads to identify and determine sequencing to minimize blocking
• Supporting development lifecycle by tracking and reporting on product delivery performance metrics for the teams working in the Product Portfolio
• Supporting Quality Team Members / Release Team Members in coordinating quality testing plans and environment readiness plans as they evolve.
• A good eye for process improvement, introduction, abolishment, and standardization

What You'll Bring

• Experience working with teams within the agile process
• Worked as a manager, developer, or product role within the software development process
• Ability to collaborate and create process systems that work just-in-time for the agile teams
• A keen ability to work with teams and limit waste in meetings, processes, and discussions
• An excellent meeting conductor – focus on meeting purpose, objective, and execution is paramount
• Comfortable working in ambiguity to determine what subsequent activities bring us towards our goals

Would Love For You To Have

• Strong understanding of architecture system design
• Maintain a well-informed tether to the industry DevOps reports (DORA, Puppet)
• Certification in lean agile disciplines

What You'll Get

• The opportunity to be a part of a company that desires individuals with new ideas who can conduct (like a symphony) transformational activities
• No longer work with wasteful processes, be the one creating useful processes valued by many in the organization
• You seek a fun culture that encourages you to speak up and fosters creative thinking
• You enjoy working with customers and thrive as a team player
• You want to use your skills to make an impact in healthcare
• Awesome work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Great benefits like flextime time off
• Be a part of a mission driven company that is transforming the healthcare industry by changing the way patients receive care
• A flexible, remote friendly company with personality and heart
• Employee driven programs and initiatives for personal and professional development
• Be a member of the Arcadian and Barkadian Community 

About Arcadia

Arcadia.io helps innovative healthcare systems and health plans around the country transform healthcare to reduce cost while improving patient health. We do this by aggregating massive amounts of clinical and claims data, applying algorithms to identify opportunities to provide better patient care, and making those opportunities actionable by physicians at the point of care in near-real time. We are passionate about helping our customers drive meaningful outcomes. We are growing fast and have emerged as the market leader in the highly competitive population health management software and value-based care services markets, and we have been recognized by industry analysts KLAS, IDC, Forrester and Chilmark for our leadership. For a better sense of our brand and products, please explore our website, our online resources, and our interactive Data Gallery.

This position is responsible for following all Security policies and procedures in order to protect all PHI under Arcadia's custodianship as well as Arcadia Intellectual Properties. For any security-specific roles, the responsibilities would be further defined by the hiring manager.