IT Program Manager

Position Summary

At Stony Brook Medicine the IT Program Manager is a valuable member of our Information Technology team, who will be recognized as the expert in managing projects with a demonstrated record of success on highly complex business critical programs. The IT Program Manager will be responsible for leading these programs from initiation through closure to achieve the program’s strategic objectives. Expected to help align and shape organizational and strategic decisions at the senior management level that affect program goals, and manage program activities at the senior leadership level.

Duties

• Responsible for all program activities related to program definition, program benefits delivery, and program closure - incorporating change management throughout.
• Incorporates management of program-related work that is part of ongoing operations.
• Includes integrated project scheduling, budgeting and forecasting, resource planning, contracting, risk and issue management, integrated change control and conversion management, and status reporting.
• Manages the program/function team, assesses staffing capacity and capability needed to support strategic priorities, monitors staff deployment and workload across program/function team.
• Establishes processes and procedures for maintaining program oversight and decision-making support for policies and practices through the course of the program.
• Accountable for ensuring program complies with established enterprise portfolio management governance and processes including intake, weekly reviews, and annual planning.

Qualifications

• Minimum (7+) years of IT experience in a complex healthcare environment, preferably in academic medical centers or tertiary care settings.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer science, Information Systems or related field will ensure that the incumbent has the conceptual skills required for this role. In lieu of computer science or information systems related degree, 6-8 years of experience as a healthcare IT Project Manager and/or Integration Architect.
• Thorough understanding of the standard tools, workflow processes, and/or procedures and concepts used in the development and deployment of application software necessary to run the healthcare systems (business, clinical and/or financial systems) or thorough understanding of Electronic Medical Record in either a Hospital and/or Ambulatory setting.

Preferred

• System Thinker with the ability to identify upstream dependencies and downstream ripple effects and integration points.
• Risk Taker and Innovator with the motivation to look outside the box to develop solutions and approaches to implementations.
• Critical Thinker/Analyst with keen ability to know the right questions to ask and know when the right question is answered.
• Ability to pinpoint the problem to be solved, and the ability to hone in on paths to get to solutions.
• Effective communication skills - Effective at communicating information and trade-offs to all levels of the organization.
• Facilitation skills - Ability to accelerate work by effectively translating various perspectives to achieve common outcomes. Includes meeting facilitation and documentation.
• Ability to contribute to future direction of how we work at Stony Brook Medicine IT such as resource allocation and management.
• Strong leadership skills with initiative, persistence, diplomacy, pragmatism, and flexibility.
• Strong management skills with a balanced strategic and tactical focus.
• Certified PMP.