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Job Type:
RegularScheduled Hours:
40Job Summary:
A Project Manager is responsible for managing the coordination and timely delivery of multiple projects. Under general direction, responsible for assembling a project team, assigning individual responsibilities and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of a project. Manages project work from original concept through final implementation. Familiar with the system scope and project objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member, in order to effectively coordinate the activities of the team. May possess highly specialized knowledge of a specific technology. Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables. Manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables. Strong organizational, multitasking, negotiation and communications skills are important.Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
Job Description:
Plans and organizes projects:
- Develops preliminary scope statements and develops project charters that are a clear reflection of project objectives and scope
- Identifies and procures needed project resources
- Determines critical path project activities
- Estimates project time and cost
- Creates work breakdown structures and creates project work plans
- Identifies areas of high risk and develops risk mitigation plans
Maintains control of projects:
- Provides direction to project resources regarding assigned project activities and monitors progress vs. plan
- Identifies variances from plan and determines if they warrant corrective action or change
- Closely manages project labor and material resource costs, striving to stay within approved limits
- Manages relationship with project sponsors and business resources, ensuring that their needs and expectations are being met
- Reviews content of key project work products and ensures the quality of the project deliverables
- Identifies issues which have the risk of impacting project timeline, cost or scope and facilitating issue resolution so as to minimize impact on project timeline, cost and scope
- Holds regularly scheduled progress meetings with team members and project sponsors
- Tracks project change requests and facilitates approval or denial of project scope and timeline changes
Communicates project status:
- Publishes clear and comprehensive weekly project update summaries to management
- Provides updates at project sponsor / steering committee meetings
Develops and supports project process standards:
- Participates in development of project process standards
- Trains project team members, including support staff, on processes
- Adheres to project process standards
Supports the IS budgeting process:
- Provides assistance to IS Management in the preparation of departmental budgets
- Monitors project expenses to ensure compliance with departmental budget.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education, Credentials, Licenses:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Bachelor's degree requirement can be waived if the candidate has four (4) or more years of previous project management experience.
Specialized Knowledge:
- Required to know PC applications, including Microsoft Project & Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook.
Kind and Length of Experience:
- Minimum of three (3) years Information Systems project management experience. Must prove excellent written & verbal communication skills on all levels: customers, vendors, and company personnel.
FLSA Status:
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