Project Manager in Clinical / Enterprise IT

UTHealth Houston is looking for a Project Manager to help out our Clinical Information Technology team, which works with enterprise-level solutions throughout our clinical organization. The employee will perform cross-functional, enterprise-level project management. They will be responsible for the development and implementation of project management activities in support of the Central IT Chief Clinical Information Office (CIO), which assists our clinical operations. You will utilizeextensive project management skills to ensure accurate, efficient, and timely delivery and implementation of project deliverables while meeting stakeholder requirements and effectively managing project scope. Often, this Project Manager works under the guidance of a Senior Project Manager on large projects or handles small and medium ones on their own. What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’s resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.Once you join us, you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus: 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equate to around 37-38 days per year)The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...Free financial and legal counselingFree mental health counseling servicesGym membership discounts and access to wellness programsOther employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.Resources for child and elder carePlus many more!Position Key Accountabilities:1. Manage multiple complex projects while maintaining consistency and effectiveness of project deliverables. Manage technology and business process improvement projects and contracts. Develop effective plans and meet deadlines. Obtains and maintains a clear understanding of all appropriate legal and contractual matters related to projects.2. Ensures project initiation is well defined, including a detailed review of customer expectations, business drivers, requirements, design, SLAs, and success metrics. Keeps projects on track while managing risks and controlling quality.3. Provide effective leadership, guidance, and critical communications to project team(s) as appropriate while promoting and contributing to a cohesive team environment. Monitors the performance of project team resources. Makes recommendations for and/or facilitates problem resolution where appropriate.4. Works with management, vendors, customers, and IT staff to coordinate, plan, assign, and review project plans and deliverables, as well as contracts and work products. 5. Initiates internal, enterprise-level projects as requested, obtains authorization and commitment, and ensures that projects demonstrate business need and feasibility.6. Analyzes established project management procedures for continual improvement. Facilitates and/or makes recommendations for improvements as appropriate.7. Prepare comprehensive and accurate schedules and reports. Perform evaluation, interpretation, and effective presentations of pertinent data to various groups.8. Other duties as assigned.Certification/Skills:Project Management Professional (PMP) by Project Management Institute (PMI) preferredMinimum Education:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related discipline or related experience in lieu of education.Minimum Experience:Five years of IT and team management experience to include oversight of technology or business improvement projects and management experience required.Physical Requirements:Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or up to a negligible amount constantly to move objects.Security Sensitive:This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.Residency Requirement:Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.Job SummaryJob number: ZOProfession: Information Technology