The ideal candidate will have an engaging personality with the ability to communicate and engage all levels of the business and user community. The individual selected must be comfortable with technology, possess good analytical skills, and possess superior customer service skills. Individual must be a team player willing to do what is needed to get the job done
Essential Duties/ Job Responsibilities:
Executes the project plans and activities following project management best practices ensuring quality and integrity of the information throughout the entire life cycle of the project. Interacts with stakeholders across the organization including Sr. Leadership and Executives to accomplish goals, while successfully delivering project and improving business processes
Guides and facilitates stakeholders throughout the organization in establishing detailed requirements for complex projects. Defines and document the project scope, objectives, requirements, and deliverables in collaboration with those stakeholders and key technical resources to deliver projects on-time, on budget, and with promised results.
Create, manage, and maintain the project schedule, from initial creation throughout entire project life cycle.
Independently manages assigned projects to ensure outcomes match agreed upon customer expectations and outcomes.
Lead project team status meetings to ensure the project milestones are met and dependencies are tracked.
Monitor project progress and provide regular project status reports to stakeholders, including project health, risks, and issues.
Manage project risks and issues, identifying and mitigating potential roadblocks and providing solutions to ensure successful outcomes.
Manage project scope changes and ensure that they are documented, reviewed, and approved by stakeholders.
Manage project change control affecting project constraints including time, cost, scope, resources, quality, and risk.
Ensure IT systems and workflows are well-documented for future reference.
Participate in QA and UAT planning and execution.
Create and maintain all forms of project documentation and records.
Perform post-implementation reviews to ensure goals were met and identify lessons learned.
Desired Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in computer science, business or related field.
Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in project management or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong understanding of project management methodologies is required
Strong experience leading, facilitating and motivating teams for medium to large scale IT projects required
Strong understanding and experience working with stakeholders in achieving their goals required
Strong organizational, multi-tasking and time management skills required
Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills across all levels of the organization required
Advanced troubleshooting, critical thinking, analytical problem-solving, writing, and communication skills.
Ability to develop productive working relationships, communicate clearly, and collaborate with people across the organization; ability to manage projects to successful conclusion.
Demonstrable experience in managing vendor relations and partnerships within the project lifecycle.
Ability to handle multiple tasks beyond the routine
High degree of independence, intuition, and initiative
Ability to maintain composure and control when projects do not proceed as planned.
Ability to manage the work of a team engaged in providing specific services and projects.
Strong experience with Microsoft Project, Visio and Office
Prior healthcare industry experience highly preferred
PMP, Scrum or similar certifications desired.
New COTS implementation experience - Highly desired
Strong understanding of healthcare enterprise systems desired