Description
Position Description:
The Senior Project Manager in the Information Technology National Facilities Services Business Information Office (NFS BIO) is responsible for the successful delivery of one or more capital construction projects for facilities in the Northern Program through disciplined project management processes and close collaboration with business partners, team members and various IT functions. The NFS BIO partners with to provide the IT services needed to support construction projects at everything from single department remodels to new or replacement hospital construction. The Senior Project Manager will assume end-to-end project accountability to ensure delivery of IT solutions and services that provide the highest value in support of capital construction projects.
Responsibilities for this Senior PM include:
1) Provide IT Infrastructure (WAN/LAN/Wireless/VoIP) project management for project team members, set achievable objectives, maintain a positive outlook, take responsibility, make decisions, and provide constructive feedback.
2) Build, track and monitor project plan(s) using either MS Project or NIKU Workbench to ensure that the project is on schedule and budget and that it remains so.
3) Define and document project scope and requirements.
4) Ensure project data is accurate and available for review by management and unsure that management is proactively informed of potential problems and risks so that they can be mitigated or resolved before they become insurmountable.
5) Utilize a proactive change control process.
6) Use negotiation skills to achieve successful project outcomes around issues, scope, schedule, costs/budget and resources.
7) Manage the project funding/budget process.
8) Matrix manage project team members from other groups who supply resources and services to the project.
Requirements
This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management Information Systems or equivalent experience. Required is 8+ years of information technology experience that includes a broad understanding of IT infrastructure. Candidates should have 5+ years progressive experience as a project manager that includes managing implementations of medium to large moderately complex to complex projects. The candidate should possess a strong customer focus and excellent verbal and written communication skills; the ability to monitor and manage vendor performance; and excellent relationship building and management skills.
Preferred skills for this role include: Broad understanding of capital construction projects gained through professional services consulting and/or project management; Project management of at least one large-scale capital construction project or large-scale company wide initiative; Demonstrated costumer focus; And a general understanding of the health care industry.
Top 3 - 5 Daily responsibilities
1) Provide project management for project team members, set achievable objectives, maintain a positive outlook, take responsibility, make decisions, and provide constructive feedback.
2) Build, track and monitor project plan(s) using either MS Project or NIKU Workbench to ensure that the project is on schedule and budget and that it remains so.
3) Define and document project scope and requirements and manage the project funding/budget process
4) Ensure project data is accurate and available for review by management and unsure that management is proactively informed of potential problems and risks so that they can be mitigated or resolved before they become insurmountable.
5) Utilize a pro-active change control process
Top 3 - 5 Required Skills
1) Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management Information Systems or equivalent experience
2) Requires 8+ years of information technology experience that includes a broad understanding of IT infrastructure.
3) 5+ years progressive experience as a project manager that includes managing implementations of medium to large moderately complex to complex projects.
4) Strong customer focus and excellent verbal and written communication skills; the ability to monitor and manage vendor performance; and excellent relationship building and management skills
Desired skills
1) Broad understanding of capital construction projects gained through professional services consulting and/or project management
2) Project management of at least one large-scale capital construction project or large-scale company wide initiative (Scope, Schedule, & Budget)
3) Demonstrated costumer focus
4) General understanding of the health care industry
Soft Skills
Minimum educational requirement: (per this needs to be atleast the same minimum requirements as a FTE in the same role)
Requires a HS Diploma or GED. Prefers Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management Information Systems or equivalent experience.