Encapsulates individuals who manage projects and programs within IT.
Essential Functions:
- Manages large complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity.
- Total Managed Project Budget up to $15 million.
- Project Complexity can be multiple sites and up to 20 integrated work sites.
- Manages development of project plans and/or coordinates development of project plans across several independent projects.
- Demonstrates knowledge, experience and use of change management process and impact on business.
- Responsible for accurate time reporting for a project.
- Provides consulting for business partners for business case development.
- Directs the quality/testing strategies for the project. Evaluates best practice recommendations and trade-off scenarios to enhance the Project Quality Plan.
- Determines program resource requirements and procures resources.
- Assigns work, sets priorities, provides guidance in the completion of tasks and review of program deliverables.
- Proactively communicates with enterprise-wide projects to plan and manage project interdependencies.
- Responsible for applying the risk management process.
- Develops requirements and technical specifications for RFPs.
- Manages all phases of the project delivery life cycle and consults for other projects.
- Determines the impact of current/existing technologies on the project.
- Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives.
- Designs communication plan frameworks to be used by project managers within context of overall program/project being managed.
- May manage 4 - 7 project managers.
- Manages a combined project team of up to 100 resources.
- Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. May supervise the activities of others.
- Provides managerial responsibility for two or more teams or departments, which may be managed by employees with formal supervisory responsibilities.
- Provides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department/function.
- Recognized as authority in project management across IT.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.
- A minimum of 8 years of Project Management experience.
- Demonstrates understanding of, and knowledge in IT methods and project management, and applies this in all stages of project.
- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.
- Viewed as functional expert in field within KP.
- Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.
- Sustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during projects.
- Leverages project management experience and knowledge by acting as tutor on relevant training or by providing on-project PM learning to team members.
- Having broad expertise or unique project management knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
- Ability to influence others and build strong partnership with others.
- Team and Service oriented.
- Service Oriented.
- Demonstrate strategic thinking.
- Ability to deal with people dynamic with minimal guidance.
- Ability to resolve conflict with minimal guidance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Healthcare industry knowledge
- Information technology experience
- Should have managed project budgets of up to $15 million
- Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.
- Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) in MS Project.
- Identifies individuals who can competently practice as a project manager leading and directing project tasks.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.