Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stanford Health Care is a healthcare organization committed to delivering exceptional patient and family experiences. The Senior Project Manager leads complex strategic and cross-functional projects, overseeing planning, governance, budgets, schedules, risks, stakeholders, and project delivery while managing project managers and coordinators.
Responsibilities
- Conduct project intake, develop project teams, define objectives and scope, document current and future-state processes, develop and maintain project schedule, document risks and assumptions, and oversee development, operational workflows and implementation
- Provides leadership and direction in building client engagement, project development, strategic decision-making, project scope and deliverables
- Collaborates with and provides recommendations to management related to department policies, procedures, business development opportunities, strategic planning, and resource planning
- Provide project leadership for large strategic and cross-functional improvement programs for executive stakeholder, department, and project team members by defining strategic intent of programs and overseeing deliverable development to ensure project goals are met
- Manages project design and structure for department’s key endeavors and projects within assigned leadership division, develop strategic input management regarding business objectives of clients for both current and future projects
- Directs and manages project managers, project/senior project coordinators in the design, development, and execution of projects
- Mentor other project managers, project/senior project coordinators
- Coordination with Transition Strategy Senior Operations Manager and BOSI manager on project budget targets, status and resolution of related issues
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with project owners, operational leaders, business services, IT, vendors, and other project stakeholders
- Balances both internal and external stakeholder interests to maintain alignment of the project outcomes
- Understands customer requirements and manages the dynamics of these individuals
- Work with and drive change across physician groups that balance clinical, academic and research interests
- Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects. Oversees all aspects of projects. Tracks milestones and anticipates deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project
- Delivers concurrent various sized projects to successful completion
- Follows Transition Strategy standard work/processes, policies and processes, develops detailed project plans and completes required project documentation
- Define project scope, duration, resources and cost, as well as the best course of action/approach to attain the project objectives
- Conduct project kick-off meetings communicate individual roles and project expectations, and in conjunction with the project/senior project coordinator serve as the initial point of contact for projects
- Complete and manage detailed project work plans using the designated project management tool, utilize tools to report project status, manage issues, identify risks, and escalations
- Coordinate post-project review and lessons learned meetings following stabilization of projects
- Manages communications on a regular and timely basis, ensuring that all project participants are informed of project status, issues, risks, escalations, and required actions. Includes executive-level presentations
- Prepares and maintains accurate, timely, and auditable project documents, and cost estimates with department procedures
- Prepares and manages project reports and budgets for senior leadership regarding status of projects
- Provides input for tracking project budget targets (overall) and stays current on status (through BOSI coordination and knowledge of related PO’s, vendor relationships)
- Working knowledge of foundational activities (i.e. facilities, patient care services, IT, business services, patient experience, operational efficiency, supply chain, engineering & maintenance, etc.)
- Incorporates Lean practices to effectively manage stakeholder and operational leader expectations
- Assists in the development of policies, guidelines, standards, and acts as department representative on committees and professional organizations
- Implements quality control measures to ensure project compliance with department, hospital, and university policies, government codes and regulations; ensures conformance to the requirements of all project participants. (regulatory, OSHPD, Joint Commission, etc.)
- Basic understanding the building maintenance systems and/or building infrastructure (BMS)
- Conduct project planning workshops to create project charter, lock scope, identify project deliverables, create project schedule and identify critical path
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university or applicable professional experience
- • 5 years of progressively responsible and related work experience required
- • Ability to work independently and make sound decisions while meeting time sensitive deadlines
- • Ability to exercise judgment and demonstrate effectiveness in decision making occasions
- • Ability to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form
- • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents
- • Ability to write reports using original or innovative techniques or style
- • Ability to identify issues, risks, and escalations, assemble data, validate conclusions and incorporate resolutions
- • Strong knowledge of medical and non-medical equipment, organizational programs and procedures
- • Basic experience with business case preparation and cost benefit analysis
- • Expertise in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio) and Microsoft SharePoint
- • Moderate proficiency with Microsoft Project, Primavera and another PPM software tool
- • Demonstrated track record of establishing priorities and meeting deadlines
- • Demonstrated highly motivated self-starter
- • Strong interpersonal, presentation and facilitation skills to communicate with and persuade a wide range of audiences
- • Superior supervisory and matrix management skills and ability to oversee tasks delegated to others
- • Serve as a change agent and transformational leader
- • Advanced ability to identify, develop and quantify any required corrective action plans
- • Manage a significant workload, prioritize projects appropriately and work independently
- • Executive level “presence."
- • Excellent Conflict Resolution skills
- • Effective leadership, influencing, and work delivery through others
- • Workshop design and facilitation experience
- • Seven (7) years project leadership role(s), including three (3) years consulting experience with major firm, or two (2) years managing complex corporate-wide major programs/initiatives for large organizations. preferred
- • Lean Six Sigma Certification preferred
- • PMP - Project Management Professional preferred
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