Technical Project Manager
Job summary
The Project Manager drives Automation and Development projects from planning through delivery, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. This role proactively removes roadblocks, holds stakeholders accountable, facilitates collaboration, and keeps initiatives moving forward on time and within scope.
Min. qualification
Bachelors
Experience level
Mid level
Experience length
3 years
Language
English
Working hours
Contract - 8 to 5
Applicant location
Kenya
Job description & requirements
Key Responsibilities
Project & Workflow Management
- Create and manage detailed project plans with defined timelines and clear milestones
- Prioritize, assign, and track work to ensure deadlines and goals are met
- Monitor daily team activities and provide daily support to team members
- Hold stakeholders accountable for commitments, deadlines, deliverables, and project outcomes, including individuals who do not report directly to this position.
- Anticipate risks, identify roadblocks, and collaborate with leadership to solve critical issues
Performance & Reporting
- Track and report on project progress and results
- Partner with leadership to refine and expand automation and development KPIs
- Communicate proactively with leadership and provide regular KPI updates
- Develop, maintain, and standardize SOPs, training guides, and other departmental resources
Collaboration & Leadership
- Collaborate with leadership on workflow changes before implementing to ensure consistency across departments
- Assist the RCM Services and IT Services teams as needed
- Reinforce new processes and department-wide initiatives to ensure smooth adoption
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and performance management
- Model Medbill’s Core Values and foster a collaborative, supportive, productive, and accountable team culture
- Facilitate communication with all stakeholders involved in projects, including vendor integrations, customers, staff, and leadership
Ownership & Initiative
- Proactively identify opportunities for improvement without being directed
- Drive projects forward with minimal supervision
- Escalate issues early and propose solutions rather than waiting for direction
- Demonstrate urgency and bias toward action
- Independently follow up with stakeholders to maintain project momentum
Communication & Responsiveness
- Maintain consistent availability during established working hours
- Respond to leadership and stakeholder communications within agreed service levels
- Provide proactive status updated without prompting
- Surface risks, blockers, and missed deadlines immediately
- Facilitate difficult conversations and hold stakeholders accountable for commitments
Key Competencies
- Ability to lead and coach team members effectively
- Collaborative, team-oriented, and dependable
- Professional verbal and written communication
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Proven organizational and prioritization skills
- Critical thinking and problem-solving ability
Remote Work Requirements
- Proven success working in a fully remote environment
- Demonstrated ability to self-manage priorities and workload
- Strong written communication skills
- Comfortable operating with limited oversight and evolving priorities
- Availability during established Eastern Time business hours is required.
- Candidates must also be able to actively participate in meetings, respond to stakeholder requests, and support project execution during core working hours.
Qualifications
- Active PMP certification required
- Additional Agile, Scrum Master, PRINCE2, or related certifications are preferred
- Previous project management experience, preferably in healthcare, automation, or software development
- Experience with project management tools (e.g., Azure, Jira, MS Project)
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall)
Success Looks Like
Success in this role means becoming a trusted leader who consistently drives projects forward, removes obstacles, and ensures teams remain aligned, accountable, and focused on results.
To support long-term success, a structured development plan will be established during onboarding, including 30-day, 60-day, 90-day, 6-month, and 1-year milestones with clear expectations, learning objectives, and performance goals.
By the end of the first year, a successful Project Manager will:
- Maintain accurate project plans, timelines, and priorities across multiple initiatives.
- Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and roadblocks and drive resolution before they impact delivery.
- Provide consistent, timely communication and project updates to leadership and stakeholders.
- Establish strong working relationships across Automation, Development, Operations, and Leadership teams.
- Improve accountability by ensuring commitments, deadlines, and action items are clearly tracked and followed through.
- Contribute to the development of project management standards, reporting, documentation, and operational processes.
- Successfully deliver projects that support Medbill's strategic objectives while fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Operate with a high degree of independence, initiative, and professional judgment while maintaining alignment with organizational priorities.
- Ensure project commitments are tracked, communicated, and completed with minimal leadership intervention. This role may not be a fit for individuals who: Prefer highly structured day-to-day direction. Wait for assignments rather than identifying next steps. Avoid difficult accountability conversations. Struggle with proactive communication or follow-through. Prefer individual contributor work over cross-functional leadership.
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