Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Travel Nurse Across America is seeking a Project Management Manager to provide strategic leadership for their Project Management Office (PMO). The role involves overseeing project execution, developing project management talent, and ensuring alignment with business objectives while managing a team of Project Managers.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the organization's Project Management Office (PMO), ensuring consistent execution of project management methodologies and governance
- Establish project management standards, templates, tools, reporting, and best practices across the organization
- Develop and maintain the enterprise project portfolio, ensuring projects align with strategic priorities
- Evaluate organizational capacity and prioritize projects based on business value and available resources
- Provide executive leadership with visibility into project status, risks, and resource utilization
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
- Directly supervise, coach, mentor, and develop Project Managers and other project management staff
- Assign projects based on workload, expertise, and organizational priorities
- Provide guidance and support to Project Managers throughout the project lifecycle
- Personally lead the organization's most strategic, complex, and high-impact initiatives
- Develop project charters, implementation strategies, budgets, communication plans, resource plans, and success metrics
- Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within scope, and within approved budgets
- Manage cross-functional teams consisting of leaders from Operations, Sales, Recruiting, Clinical Services, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Information Technology, and other departments
- Partner with executive leadership to identify strategic initiatives and organizational priorities
- Translate business strategies into executable project plans
- Facilitate collaboration across departments to resolve competing priorities and improve organizational effectiveness
- Advise leadership regarding project risks, organizational readiness, implementation planning, and resource allocation
- Oversee project budgets, forecasting, and financial reporting across the project portfolio
- Monitor project resource allocation and workload balancing across Project Managers
- Evaluate project return on investment (ROI) and organizational impact
- Ensure efficient utilization of both internal resources and third-party contractors
- Proactively identify organizational and project risks and develop mitigation strategies
- Conduct project post-mortems and lessons learned reviews
- Promote innovation and operational improvements throughout the organization
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or related field required
- 8+ years of progressively responsible project management experience
- 3+ years of experience leading or supervising Project Managers or project management teams
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide strategic initiatives
- Experience managing third-party vendors, consultants, and implementation partners
- Expert knowledge of project management methodologies, governance, and portfolio management
- Proven leadership and people management skills
- Strong coaching, mentoring, and employee development abilities
- Excellent executive communication and presentation skills
- Strategic planning and organizational leadership capabilities
- Strong financial and budget management experience
- Advanced negotiation and vendor management skills
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
- Ability to influence without direct authority across all organizational levels
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and project management software (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Monday.com, Asana, Jira, or similar platforms)
- Master's degree preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred
- Experience building or managing a Project Management Office (PMO) preferred
- Lean Six Sigma, Agile, Scrum, or related certifications are preferred
- Healthcare staffing, healthcare services, or professional services experience preferred
Benefits
- Benefits (Start Day 1!)
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- Long-Term Disability
- Short-Term Disability
- Accident
- Critical Illness
- Legal Assistance
- Identity Protection
- Pet Coverage
- Retirement Plan with Employer Match
- Generous vacation plan
- 8.5 paid holidays
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