It Project Manager (Healthcare)

Healthcare IT Project Manager

Position Summary

We are looking for a Project Manager to manage IT and software development projects that support government programs and customers. This Project Manager will be responsible for the planning, implementation, and execution of healthcare technology projects within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The position will play an important role in customer relationship management.

• Experience working with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs
• Ability to interface with high level corporate and government managers
• 5-7 years’ experience leading professional or support staff
• Need To Have: Experience with building, implementing, or managing clinical quality measures and/or clinical decision support artifacts
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills for interacting with team members as well as external customers and partners
• 3+ years’ experience managing government contracts
• Ensure that all customer contract requirements are met or exceeded, on time and within budget
• Experience with budget and contract management
• Responsible to partner with subcontractors by setting goals, reviewing tasks, providing direction, and management of task completion
• Experience managing software development and/or IT hosting projects
• Experience managing a team of clinical and technical partners building artifacts for implementation in a healthcare setting
• Responsible for creating and managing a project schedule, by working with team members to identify tasks and estimating and managing their durations
• Manages project budgets, including direct labor and subcontractor labor
• Responsible for identification and management of issues and risks, with appropriate and timely escalation to internal and external stakeholders
• Responsible for managing the relationships with partner vendors to ensure successful integration between systems and products
• Responsible for managing customer relationships and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction
• Responsible for clear and concise status reports (e.g. biweekly, monthly) on team execution to senior internal leadership and customer stakeholders
• Requirements:Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Responsible for driving Agile team scrum objectives and customer deliverables to completion
• Demonstrated experience with a health-related system and/or corporate systems
• Nice to Have:Agile training
• Strong writing skills: ability to produce technical documentation and business reports
• Strong communication skills to listen to the customer and articulate back technical solutions
• Duties:Responsible for oversight of software development project team(s) to ensure a successful, on-time, on-budget project delivery
• Ten (10) years of Project Manager experience