[Remote] Sr Project Manager OCM-26979

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Rush University Medical Center is seeking a Senior Project Manager for their Enterprise IT Strategy & Planning department. The role involves facilitating successful project delivery, managing project teams, and supporting the implementation of the RUSH ERP solution while ensuring operational efficiencies and providing solutions to business challenges.

Responsibilities

• Effectively manages multiple OCM activities simultaneously leveraging high-complexity, transformational, and RUSH wide change
• Directs and manages project development and progress from beginning to end
• Guides teams as they work with project sponsors and business stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, tasks, milestones, budgets, and measures of success
• Establishes project governance with key leaders and stakeholders and facilitate governance activities to ensure leadership effectively clears roadblocks and promotes the success of the project
• Acts as liaison between the Organization Change Management leadership, project teams, and multiple organizational structures
• Drafts and submits budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes
• Plans, estimates, and control project costs, including resource planning, to ensure project is delivered on time and within budget
• Builds, develops, and grows any business relationships vital to the success of the project
• Estimates and identifies the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Negotiates with contractors and internal department managers for the acquisition of required personnel
• Develops scaled project plans and associated communications documents using standard tools
• Identifies and manages project resource needs and goals - strategies, staffing, scheduling, issue resolution, contingency plans, communication plans, and change control
• Facilitate or participates in routine project team meetings to establish and continually manage project requirements and expectations with team members and other stakeholders
• Coaches, mentors, and motivates project team members and contractors, influencing them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
• Provides project management coaching and mentoring to others in the organization
• Determines the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyzes results and troubleshoots problem areas
• Collaborates and coordinates efforts with those of the organizational performance improvement
• Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path
• Identifies and resolves issues/conflicts and/or escalates where appropriate for resolution
• Proactively manages potential scope and schedule changes. Where required, escalates based upon standards established within communication plan
• Guides team in the maintenance of project management guidelines, training programs, policies, and procedures
• Conducts project lessons learned sessions and creates a recommendations report in order to develop best practices and tools for project execution and management
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, projection management, health care or related discipline and at least six years of project management experience required
• Strong organizational, analytical and communication skills
• Emphasis on interpersonal skills that encourages change behaviors
• Knowledge of formal project management methodologies and proven skill in effective execution required
• Proficient and functional knowledge of MS Office (including Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, Outlook) and Project Management software
• Strong time management and prioritization skills
• Ability to execute project management leveraging Lean process improvement methodology required
• Ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels in the organization
• Professional in Project Management (PMP) or Lean Six Sigma certification
• Organizational Change Management experience or training

Benefits

• Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).

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