You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members. Centene is transforming the health of our communities, one person at a time. As a diversified, national organization, you’ll have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.
Position Purpose: The Program Manager, Skills Strategy & Enablement plays a key role in advancing Centene's workforce performance and skills transformation strategy. This role bridges data, design, and delivery to translate workforce insights into actionable programs and tools that drive internal mobility, close skills gaps, and align workforce capabilities with strategic business objectives.
***The Program Manager, Skills Strategy & Enablement is primarily remote. Candidates will be considered nationally. ***
Responsibilities:
Support skills taxonomy implementation and governance processes across the enterprise
Facilitate integration efforts between skills platforms and existing HRIS and People Systems
Facilitate cross-functional workshops for framework validation
Contribute to the creation and refinement of capability frameworks, skills libraries, and learning pathways that enable growth at scale
Design and maintain knowledge architecture that connects skills, roles, and career progression across business units
Implement career development, career pathing, and internal mobility program components as skills journey is advanced
Identify opportunities to increase efficiency, improve service levels and to ensure regulatory compliance through enhanced operations
Develop strategies to realize improvement opportunities, and ensure organizational prioritization and resource alignment
Manage multiple projects through full project life cycle process including requirements gathering, creation of project plans and schedules, obtaining and managing resources, managing budget, and facilitating project execution, deployment and closure
Utilize Smartsheet to effectively manage projects
Maintain detailed project documentation as needed including action items, issues lists and risk mitigation plans
Provide leadership and effectively communicate project status to all stakeholders, including executive summaries and presentations
Lead cross-functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and company’s objectives
Provide functional and technical knowledge regarding overall program requirements and operations
Highly Preferred Skills:
HR Project and Program Management
Workforce Data Analysis and Modeling
Governance and Standards
Change Management
Facilitation
Analytical & Data-driven
Stakeholder Collaboration and Influence
Communication and Storytelling
Agility and Adaptability
Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, related field, or equivalent experience. Master’s degree preferred. 5+ years project implementation, product or program management experience. Managed care or prescription benefit management experience preferred.
Pay Range: $86,000.00 - $154,700.00 per year
Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.
Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act