Job Description:

Under general supervision, works with business and clinical sponsors to ensure that large projects and programs deliver expected business value and are considered successes. Contributes to a body of knowledge of the System’s project experience. Facilitates excellent team work within project teams and with customer teams.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Changes management of business and clinical projects by: managing relationship with customer; developing business case and requirements with customers; documenting customer processes being changed; facilitating redesign of processes; recommending changes to customer processes.
2. Manages projects and programs to ensure customer satisfaction, including: communicating progress to stakeholders and management; developing project charters, plans, estimates and schedules; ensuring work is completed and reporting variances; assigning tasks to team and controlling work loads; developing implementation, maintenance and support plans; tracking issues and risks; supporting project managers within other teams and mentoring junior project managers; facilitating prioritization of projects within a program; developing policies and procedures for projects; facilitating customer focus groups; designing project team staffing; negotiating service agreements with customers; developing and executing PM training; and socializing importance of PM to organization.
3. Ensures that knowledge gained from project experience is reused in subsequent projects by: ensuring complete project documentation; collecting data from project activity; facilitating team collaboration; ensuring lessons learned are captured and reused.
4. Ensures quality of projects by: reviewing adherence to methodology; correcting or elevating deviation from standards; and quantifying project benefits.

Qualifications

• Notes:
  • Other combinations of formal education, training and experience may be considered.

• Minimum Experience:
  • 8 - 10 years

• Minimum Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree

• Minimum Field Of Expertise:
  • Proven Project Management with Computer Science, Business or Systems Analyst
  • background. Healthcare experience preferred.

• Skills:
  • Excellent business relationship skills. Excellent communications and trouble shooting/problem solving skills; must be flexible, adaptable and able to function under pressure. Organizational skills, independent thinking and management competencies.