Encapsulates individuals who manage projects and programs within IT.
Essential Functions:
- Manages simple individual projects including a sub-project within a program.
- Total managed project budge up to $1 million.
- Project complexity includes 1 site and 1 work track.
- Accountable for the success criteria, development, publication and updating of project deliverables.
- With support, develops and executes user adoption, implementation and training plans.
- Manages project close-out activities.
- Contributes to the technical documentation as detailed under Project Integration Management.
- Create, manage, and coordinate receipt of all KP-required technical documentation.
- Applies knowledge of change management process - resources, schedule, scope - for assigned project.
- Manages the tracking of interdependencies (start to finish relationships) within the project.
- Contributes to the accuracy of IT components of the business case.
- With support, negotiates agreement on project schedule and budgets.
- Prepares project forecast for resources/labor hours and translates into financial forecast.
- Manages to project budget and proactively communicates project cost variances and provides variance explanations.
- Supports quality assurance reviews and quality control monitoring efforts.
- May determine resource requirements and procure resources.
- Works with project team to review progress against team and project objectives.
- Responsible for documenting and organizing project deliverables, scope and content, including all decisions.
- Participates in identifying risks, developing risk management plan, developing risk response plans, and risk monitoring and control.
- Understands and adheres to Kaiser Permanente policies for procuring and purchasing hardware, software, telecom, or human services.
- Understands contract approval process and reflects timeline in project plans.
- Understands all project delivery life cycle phases and applies knowledge in the delivery of at least one phase of the project delivery life cycle. Establishes the project environment.
- Assists in the coordination ofcollection and validation of business requirements and their success criteria with business partners.
- Delivers a project based on its function, e.g., development, infrastructure, etc.
- Engages with release managers and informs managers of potential scheduling conflicts.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in project management.
- Working knowledge of policies, practices and systems.
- Frequent use and general knowledge of industry practices, techniques, and standards.
- General application of concepts and principles.
- Full use and application of standard principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.
- Participates in internal and external project management forums to develop expertise in project management methodologies.
- Understands and applies approved IT and business project management methods to projects.
- Adheres to approved IT project management standards and controls.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Project, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) from the Project Management Institute.
- Proficient in RPM for time reporting, scheduling, and project management.
- Understands Remedy to review release schedules.
- Understands Ariba to procure goods and services.
- Understands Cognos for financial processes.
- Understands Borland suite for requirements, testing, and document management.
- Should have managed project budget of up to $1 million.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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