Remote - Clinical/Healthcare Project Manager

Apex Systems is looking to hire a Remote Project Manager with Clinical/Healthcare experience for one of our top clients! This will begin as an 8 month contract with STRONG potential to extend long term or convert permanently! This is also a 100% Remote position with a Monday-Friday first shift schedule. If you are interested, please apply and we will reach out right away!

Job Summary:

• This position is responsible for planning, executing, and controlling project management activities, changes, and reporting across small to large projects for existing and new implementations within the academic, research, and healthcare system portfolios
• Under limited supervision, the Project Manager provides project leadership to include managing all project work and project communications assigned within the ePMO
• This role reports to a Program Manager within an assigned project team, with matrixed reporting to ePMO Senior Director

Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates self-awareness and provides mentorship to other team members
• Develop and implement key metrics to measure and report on progress of initiatives
• This position is responsible for all project management activities, updates, and reporting across existing and new application implementations within the academic, research, and healthcare system portfolios
• This position is expected to comply with, support, and provide feedback on enterprise-wide project management methodologies, tools, and applications
• Perform high level data analysis, including cost/benefit analysis
• Utilizes change management to control scope and communicate scope changes
• Exhibits strong project initiation and planning activities with experience justifying and planning projects, to include scope, requirements, defining and baselining project scopes (via charters, scope statements, work breakdown structures, statements of work)
• Ability to organize, manage, and lead the project team to success through building strong relationships with colleagues and system partners
• Develop cross-functional, change management and implementation strategies; ensure that all the participating parties have committed to effective implementation of the processes and procedures
• The PM will provide internal direction, leadership, and accountability for project management efforts among operations as well as across the system
• Tracks and reports project progress and forecast trends
• This role ensures the accurate recording and timely resolution of project issues, change requests, and risks, and for maintaining accurate and up-to-date project documentation
• Provide concise and timely status reporting as required
• Responsible for executing approved projects to meet customer expectations, deadlines, and budgets including: managing stakeholder expectations, planning, and scheduling project resources, managing team members as well as vendors
• Working knowledge of analytical and problem-solving techniques and tools with strong project execution abilities and strong attention to detail
• Assist team members in resolving project problems, escalates issues when necessary, and facilities decision-making
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, this includes utilizing standard project documentation and methodology and project tracking and reporting procedures
• Responsible for the analysis, initiation, planning, execution, and closeout of projects and ePMO initiatives as assigned by the Program Manager or other ePMO senior leader
• Responsible for customer satisfaction as it relates to implementation of projects
• Will define project objectives and measures to be tracked by the responsible business owners, and develop and maintain detailed project plans
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including summaries, presentations, and executive reports
• Work with other managers to achieve efficiencies across integration of projects
• Proactively manages risks and issues to deliver projects according to scope
• Identify trends and process improvement opportunities across departments
• The Project Manager manages day-to-day assignments for cross-functional and assigned team members and ensures compliance in the use of project management forms and processes, along with ePMO standards

Qualifications:

• Experience working for a Project Management Office (PMO)
• Experience using SharePoint, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Excel required
• At least two (2) years of healthcare experience and at least (2) years of management experience and leading a team
• An ability to quickly adapt to changes in a dynamic environment
• Proficiency of project management tools and techniques (e.g., project planning, risk/issue management, governance, cost/benefit analysis, project change controls)
• Experience managing vendor contracts and relationships
• Experience delivering presentations to senior management
• Experience with all phases of project management, with demonstrated success across a variety of project types with a focus on healthcare related projects
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent project management certification
• Experience must be in supporting, leading, or coordinating project activities
• Experience leading projects
• Bachelor's degree in business, mathematics, statistics, health care, management, or related business field required and five (5) years of Project Management experience, OR Master's degree in Healthcare or Business Administration or a related field from an accredited college or university and three (3) years of Project Management experience:
• Ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills and prioritize multiple tasks
• Ability to efficiently manage multiple projects concurrently
• Experience building and managing budgets and budget forecasting