Strategic Project Manager - Health Facilities Operations.

This position is open to current Colorado residents.

About the role

This position serves as the project leader and subject matter expert in project management, process improvement, and change management for strategic projects and departmental customers, such as health facilities programs including Civil and Forensic Mental Health (CFMH) hospitals, Division of Youth Services facilities, Regional Centers, and Veterans Community Living Centers.

The Strategic Project Manager (SPM) leads strategic, cross-departmental projects that improve how the department operates through the full project lifecycle, including planning, execution, and sustainment. The position uses project management, process improvement, and change management frameworks and best practices to ensure projects, such as the Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility mandated by HB22-1283, are delivered on time, meet goals, and are successfully adopted by stakeholders.

Weekly hybrid working arrangements: Minimum 2 days in office and maximum 3 days remote work at 1575 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203. Work arrangements are subject to change at any time.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage high-impact, moderately complex strategic projects that impact cross-departmental customers, such as health facilities programs including Civil and Forensic Mental Health (CFMH) hospitals, Division of Youth Services facilities, Regional Centers, and Veterans Community Living Centers, through the full project lifecycle.
• Independently manage high-impact, moderately complex process improvement efforts through the full project lifecycle for departmental customers such as health facilities programs.
• Develop and implement change management strategies for departmental customers, such as health facilities programs.
• Participate in professional development opportunities to build knowledge, skills, and abilities as determined by the individual performance plan.
• Maintain the required technical skills necessary to apply the appropriate technology to fulfill job duties.
• Participate in workgroups within Strategic Operations and Solutions (SOS) that guide program development.
• Carry out additional responsibilities aligned with the position’s strategic scope and classification.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

Option 1: Experience Only

• Seven (7) years of relevant experience in project management and health facilities programs, including experience managing complex, cross-functional projects from initiation through implementation, including planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.

Option 2: Education and Experience

• A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in project management and health facilities programs, equal to seven (7) years:
  • Three or more years of experience managing complex, cross-functional projects from initiation through implementation, including planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Relevant degree areas: public administration, social work, behavioral health, human services, public affairs, organizational development, education, public health, or related fields.

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis. Additional appropriate experience will substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in a project management role in a health facilities setting, where judgment and decisions were routinely relied upon to guide strategic direction and resolve risks or challenges.
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with project sponsors, executive leadership, subject matter experts, and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience with process improvement or project management in health facilities or other human services programs.
• Project management software experience, e.g., Smartsheet, and/or certifications.
• Relevant years of State service, prorated for part-time, that contribute to a candidate's position-related knowledge, skill, ability, behavior, or other posted competency.

Transfers Only: Relevant years of State service will be considered as a preferred qualification and given the weight of at least 15% of the overall score.

Conditions of Employment:

• Standard background check and reference check required.
• Employee must be able to travel throughout all parts of the State of Colorado and potentially nationally.
• This position requires State of Colorado residency at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment in this position.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose that information on the application, explain why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify you from the current position, and provide your employee number from your prior State employment.

Benefits

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans.
• Medical and dental health plans.
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account.
• Paid life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave.
• State of Colorado Employee BenefitHub Resource Center.
• Employee Wellness program.
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training, and more.
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions.
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.