Senior Project Manager

Description

The PM is expected to do the following:

• Drive strategic thinking through problem-solving, goal setting, and address objectives early on.
• Set projects up for success with strategies developed from concrete goals.
• Initiate efforts with an "outside-the-box" mentality.
• Gain credibility by representing business partners' best interests.
• Meet project deadlines.

Job Responsibility

Directs, plans and coordinates project activities to ensure goals and objectives of multiple and large projects are accomplished within prescribed time-frames and funding parameters.

• Manages all aspects of assigned projects including managing activities of various teams.
• Establishes timelines and ensures project deadlines are met.
• Maintains integrity and cost containment of projects.

Job Responsibility Plans

• Develops project initiation process by defining project scope, determining action items, assigning ownership, creating project timetables, and tracking execution and workflow;
• Prepares, presents, and distributes project status reports.

Evaluates, Plans, and Monitors Project Implementation

• Evaluates, plans, and monitors project implementation for clinical systems;
• Manages project and project delivery teams, ensures deadlines are met, escalates issues for appropriate, timely resolution, and adheres to standardized project management methodologies.

Interdisciplinary Project Teams

• Serves as liaison to project sponsors, project teams, and stakeholders.
• Works with internal and external groups to optimize success of project deployment;
• Communicates with user departments and project teams on project activities;
• Confers with project staff and vendors to provide support and resolve problems.

Success Metrics and Performance Evaluation

• Collaborates with clinical, financial and quality teams to define and develop metric goals;
• PARTners with management to develop tools and metrics to evaluate performance of target initiatives.
• Evaluates and drives risk management process improvements, efficiencies and workflow enhancements.

End User Support

• Partners with management, identifies end user education, training program and services;
• Assists in the development and maintains department policies and procedures.

Subject Matter Expert Support

• Provides subject matter expert support in the development of clinical and business information systems and integration to improve the timely completion of projects.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 5-7 years of project management for Information Technology projects, required.
• Experience in assigned technical area, required.
• PMP Certification, preferred.