IT Project Manager II (AI)

Overview

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Please note this position will require a twice/month onsite meeting with our AI organization and potential ad hoc onsite stakeholder meeting requests.

Description

The IT Project Manager II coordinates plans supports and executes enterprise-wide information technology and artificial intelligence initiatives. Provides strategic input for project planning budget scope schedule resource needs and delivery approach. Manages the project management lifecycle from initiation through closure while applying predictive Agile and hybrid delivery methods appropriate to the work. Builds alignment among multidisciplinary clinical operational technical data security compliance and vendor stakeholders.

The role supports responsible delivery and adoption of AI-enabled capabilities including generative AI machine learning intelligent automation predictive analytics and enterprise AI platforms. The IT Project Manager II establishes delivery transparency facilitates iterative planning manages dependencies and risks and confirms that project outcomes governance requirements and value measures remain aligned with organizational priorities.

*Please note this position will require a twice/month onsite meeting with our AI organization and potential ad hoc onsite stakeholder meeting requests in Atlanta*

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Applies industry-accepted methodologies (i.e. Project Management Institute PMI) to ensure adherence to project management standards and requirements and to provide stakeholders with continual reports on project progress and performance.
• Influences supports and strategizes with project participants leaders and decision makers to ensure strategic and effective decision making occurs and mediates conflicts and works effectively with managing priorities.
• Provides project management subject matter expertise (SME) to the department and mentors and supports Project Management Office (PMO) employees.
• Performs project management research to improve and refine skills and to identify trends and best practices for improving PMO performance.
• Meets with stakeholders to validate business cases and to gather facts for establishing and gaining agreement on project charters.
• Consults with project sponsors to clarify project directives scopes deliverables and timelines and to analyze risk.
• Conducts bid sessions and/or vendor RFP efforts to select and manage suppliers and supplier payments.
• Interacts with Enterprise-wide senior management to represent EHC ITs interests understand customer requirements validate assumptions and to ensure adherence to project methodology.
• Applies PM tools and methodologies to ensure project milestones are achieved and scope is maintained.
• Observes project team dynamics to ensure effective team member synergies and to resolve issues.
• Creates progressive project milestones for facilitating smaller-scale achievements and to motivate the project team.
• Utilizes PM tools to manage project timelines and accuracy ensure project resource commitments are met and to track activities and variances.
• Closes project contracts to validate supplier statements of work (SOWs) and verify deliverables.
• Determine project goals and priorities in consultation with Governance committees CIO EHC IS Managers and Directors LITS Directors Vendors or other key stakeholders.
• Analyze risks establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating mitigation action with stakeholders.
• Proactively identify changes in work scope and ensure appropriate planning measures are taken with internal and external customers to reassess and amend the scope of work requirement budget and/or timeline.
• Manage relationships with project stakeholders internal and external customers and vendors keeping them informed of progress and issues to manage expectations on project requirements and deliverables.
• Involve functional expertise and subject matter experts in design reviews and key decisions.
• Manage change to preserve the commitments in the plan.
• Establish and publish clear priorities among project activities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Project management certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).
• Agile certification such as PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Professional Scrum Master (PSM I or II) SAFe Agilist or an equivalent credential.
• Experience leading AI machine learning generative AI intelligent automation predictive analytics data analytics cloud or digital-transformation projects.
• Experience supporting enterprise AI platforms or services such as Microsoft Copilot Azure AI Services Azure OpenAI Azure AI Foundry Epic AI Qualified Health or comparable technologies.
• Experience with AI governance responsible AI model or solution evaluation privacy security compliance monitoring adoption or value-realization projects.
• Experience as a Project Manager in healthcare clinical operations health information technology etc.
• Experience managing suppliers RFPs statements of work time-and-materials engagements deliverable acceptance and vendor performance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATONS:

• Bachelors degree in IT or related field preferred.
• 3-5 years experience in using formal project management methodology techniques and tools required.
• Combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Demonstrated expertise in creating and maintaining project deliverables: project charter project plan status reports estimates communication plan reports risk management plan budget schedule and milestone/deliverable charts.
• Demonstrated experience in managing issues scope and quality while bringing projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements.
• Proficiency with project management software tools such as Microsoft Project.
• Demonstrated expertise in team building and leading teams.

Additional Details

Emory is an equal opportunity employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcares Human Resources at . Please note that one weeks advance notice is preferred.

Required Experience:

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