IT Project Manager

Job Duties

• Lead the end-to-end implementation of a new EHR system, from planning and design through testing, deployment, and transition to operations and maintenance.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, estimates, communication plans, and deliverables matrices.
• Establish project priorities, milestones, timelines, resources, and work packages across the full project lifecycle.
• Manage project progress, scope, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, and corrective actions to ensure successful delivery.
• Lead project governance activities and ensure adherence to established project management standards, methodologies, and procedures.
• Cook up activities across application, data, informatics, solution management, networking, security, service management, and other technical teams.
• Facilitate collaboration between business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and software or hardware suppliers to resolve issues and achieve project requirements.
• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks and issues using a RAID+ Log and drive items through resolution.
• Develop and deliver regular project status reports, metrics, updates, presentations, and recommendations to project stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Cook up system testing, quality assurance reviews, peer reviews, and project management inspections.
• Cook up stakeholder communications and maintain strong relationships with program leadership, project teams, customers, and vendors.
• Cook up and facilitate training, orientation sessions, and project-specific change management activities.
• Ensure project deliverables and activities provide value and align with project objectives and strategic direction.
• Balance project team workloads and coordinate resources to support project milestones and service commitments.
• Establish and maintain project documentation using SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.
• Provide weekly project updates and required project management reporting.
• Mentor less experienced project management staff as needed.
• Conduct final project evaluation and review with stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Experience managing the implementation of a new EHR system, including transition from system implementation to program operations and maintenance.
• Experience leading, planning, executing, and monitoring all project activities for EHR implementation, including project planning, execution, and governance.
• Experience with accountability for delivery of all work tasks identified in the Project Management Plan and Project Schedule.
• Active PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) for at least 5 years.
• 7 years of experience managing technical initiatives with project team members across various IT areas, technical complexities, and vendor involvement.