Senior Project Manager Jobs

Senior Project Manager

*Special Skills:

• Implementations Background
• Operations Background

This role will also be expected to travel quite a bit 50-75%.

Job Summary –

• Works independently to plan, monitor, and manage multiple, diverse medium to large projects of high complexity across multiple teams, departments, service centers and client locations that have a direct impact on the organization and are highly visible.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to stakeholder relationships by proactively communicating and taking ownership of risks and issues, and by facilitating effective outcomes in a timely manner.
• Act as a single point of accountability on assigned projects, secure required resources, use Parallon Project Services project controls and standards, and ensure on-time completion according to specifications and within budgeted costs.
• Be responsible for the management of assigned Project Managers, Project Coordinators, or Project Specialists. Moderate to Heavy travel may be required.

Duties (included but not limited to):

• Organize project activities into manageable work efforts for team members and determine an effective approach to completing the work, as outlined in project plan
• Provide management of staff to assure quality of work and integration of team members’ work
• Author/facilitate project implementation documentation including, but not limited to implementation toolkits and migration schedules
• Leads or coordinates project planning, resourcing, staffing, supply and subcontract management, progress reporting, trouble shooting and people management
• Solves technical and non-technical problems throughout the life of the project
• Ensures project results meet requirements regarding technical quality, reliability, schedule, and cost
• Facilitate decision-making that is required for progress on the project
• Actively communicate with Parallon, Service Center, Division, Corporate, Facility or other client stakeholders to manager multiple project business owner(s) and team member(s) relationships to accomplish project activities
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, cross-project dependencies, and report on project/program status within published schedule
• Mentor staff in applying project management controls
• Author/facilitate strategic documents such as Project Charters, Education and Communication plans, detailed project plans, and present project updates/presentations to business owners
• Identify, manage and monitor completion of deliverables throughout project lifecycle.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Project Management - takes responsibility and applies Parallon project controls to identify and communicate project scope, goals, project plan, and project progress/performance; leverages resources to ensure projects remain on schedule; ensures high quality
• Tactical Execution - effectively manages the project controls of complex processes
• Facilitation – facilitates agreement in small to medium groups of people at various organizational levels for purposes of planning, problem solving, or project execution; opens discussions effectively and closes discussions with clear summaries
• Familiar with Agile and/or Waterfall methodologies
• Customer Orientation - establishes and maintains long-term customer relationships, building trust and respect by consistently meeting and exceeding expectations
• Contribution to Team Success - seeks opportunities to develop others’ an own ideas; as part of a team, clarifies the current situation, sets standards of excellence and encourages others to take responsibility
• Leadership - manages staff to assure they are meeting individual/group goals and lead project teams toward identified outcomes; subordinates personal goals
• Gaining Commitment - uses appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifies own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations, and individuals involved
• Organization – stays focused and proactively prioritizes initiatives; determines and effectively manages tasks and resources; schedules with keen ability to multi-task
• Financial Analysis - displays skills necessary to plan and track project budget performance for assigned projects.
• PC / Technical Skills
• Communications - clearly and succinctly conveys information and ideas to individuals and groups in a variety of situations; communicates in a focused and compelling way that drives others’ thoughts and actions
• Decision Making – applies decision making tools and techniques to all projects supported
• Leadership – Needs to possess the following: strong strategic planning / critical thinking abilities, ability to establish executive level communications, managerial courage, mentoring skills, emotional intelligence, organizational awareness and strong interpersonal skills at all levels of management

-Microsoft Office applications (including Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint) ---Online collaboration tools, such as WebEx and conference calling tools

-Project Management tools, including Microsoft Project 2013, and preferably the Microsoft Project -Server portfolio and project management tool

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with managing multiple projects to successful completion, preferably in healthcare financial services, clinical operations, supply chain, or information systems-oriented environments

• Minimum 2 years of management experience preferred, preferably in the healthcare industry

• Financial services, hospital operations, supply chain, or IT experience a plus

CERTIFICATE/LICENSE

• PMP and/or LEAN certifications preferred, but not required