Information Technology Project Manager
McLaren Health Care · Grand Blanc, Michigan, United States
Hospitals and Health Care · 10,001+ employees
About the role
The Project Manager is responsible for initiating, planning, and executing projects while ensuring they remain within scope and budget. They also coordinate with stakeholders to identify system developments, manage project teams, and oversee quality control throughout the project lifecycle.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have either a high school diploma with six years of project management experience or a bachelor's degree with four years of experience. A PMP certification and experience in a healthcare environment are preferred qualifications.
Full description
Initiates, plans, executes, monitors and controls, and closes projects according to the project requirements and timeline, all while keeping the project within scope and budget. Assists with scoping and requirement gathering, creates and execute project schedules and oversee quality control throughout the entire project. Also, works with other business units and stakeholders to obtain appropriate resources and manages a team and third-party contractors and/or consultants. Finally, assess project issues and risks, and work with the project team to address these items through to successful project completion.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
- Works with appropriate customers to identify and coordinate new system developments and/or enhancements.
- Works with appropriate customers to develop project scope of work documents and project plans that include an analysis of benefit, cost, work schedule and any related risks.
- Assigns, schedules, reviews, and monitors and controls project work to ensure that progress is within expected guidelines and is completed on time and within budget. Mentors and provides expertise to other project team members.
- Works with appropriate customers to identify the roles of management, departments, project team members, project reporting structures and frequency of interaction and any training requirements that may be needed for a team member to complete a project.
- Develops project management artifacts, such as RACIs and Project Plans/Task Lists
Qualifications
Required:
- High school diploma or GED.
- Six (6) years of experience in a project management role.
OR
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in computer science, information systems, business administration or another related field.
- Four (4) years of experience in a project management role
Preferred:
- 3 year’s experience in healthcare/patient care environment
- Project Management Certification (PMP)
