Senior IT Project Manager

Role Description

Responsible for the coordinated management of multiple large-scale, critical or complex projects. The Senior IT Project Manager (PM) is responsible for overseeing all aspects of project work to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within the constraints of the budget, schedule, and stakeholder expectations. Monitors progress according to plan, identifying and coordinating resolution of issues, reporting progress and escalating problems when necessary. Communicates project status updates to stakeholders, including senior management.

Key Functions/Responsibilities

• Leads and manages cross-functional project teams, coordinating the implementation of complex IT solutions, including enterprise tools, analytics platforms, and healthcare systems.
• Oversees multiple large-scale projects with high complexity, ensuring alignment with business objectives and IT strategy.
• Coordinates and manages activities of a large project team, controlling the indirect management of resources and schedules to ensure timely completion.
• Works on multiple diverse projects of significant size, scope, and complexity.
• Performs project management tasks including:
  • Drafting project documents
  • Establishing and facilitating meetings of cross-functional workgroups and project steering committees
  • Overall project coordination, including planning and sequencing work, setting milestones and deadlines, assigning responsibilities and providing status updates.
• Responsible for identifying project risks and creating and implementing contingency plans.
• Identifies and works to resolve issues and obstacles, escalating where necessary for resolution to business owner and/or IT Lead.
• Responsible for adhering to and communicating project change management.
• Responsible for project budgeting including project cost tracking for assigned projects.
• Provides input into BMCHP’s project management process and project templates and works within the project governance process.
• Has responsibility for ensuring the completion of project deliverables as specified in BMCHP’s SDLC process.
• Leads system projects by managing all stages of the systems development life cycle.
• Applies solid understanding of prevailing methods, principles, and techniques of a System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in a single technical area or business function.
• Performs post implementation activities, including transition plans, lessons learned and project close-out.
• Improves project team performance by building team cohesiveness, leading, and motivating in order to facilitate cooperation, ensure project efficiency, and boost morale.
• Mentors and educates more junior Project Managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, IT, engineering, business or related subject required.
• Master’s degree a plus.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (preferred).
• Agile certification (CSM, SAFe, PMI-ACP) (preferred).

Requirements

• 7-10 years of experience in project management, including software/system project experience.
• Experience with tools used for project management (MS Project, Planview, ServiceNow PPM, Clarity, Jira, etc.) required.
• Proven success managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience in all phases of project management on medium-to-large-scale projects.
• Healthcare project management experience (e.g. hospital, health insurance, pharmacy, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.) preferred.
• IT project management experience (e.g. enterprise software implementation/upgrade, hardware implementation/upgrade, IT infrastructure projects, health insurance product implementation, etc.).
• Proven success working in a highly matrixed environment.
• Proven experience in managing multiple vendors.
• Prior supervisory experience a plus.
• Demonstrated technical skills and knowledge.

Knowledge and Skills

• Deep understanding of healthcare IT systems, data interoperability, and regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, SAFe).
• Demonstrated competence using MS tools, including MS Office products, MS project, and Visio.
• Proven ability to manage project deliverables on schedule.
• Ability to understand and interpret a situation, and suggest a solution based on logical reasoning.
• Working knowledge of System Development Life Cycle and PMI project management best practice.
• Must be able to utilize analytical skills to interpret a situation, and suggest a solution based on logical reasoning.
• Ability to build successful relationships and manage expectations with IT and the business, and is capable of managing strong personalities.
• Must have critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and oral communication skills, ability to maintain transparent and open communication with team members, the Business, and IT Senior Management.
• Is able to successfully negotiate or re-negotiate project scope, resources, timelines, and budgeting.
• Must have the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of the position.
• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
• No or very limited physical effort required. No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Compensation Range

$112,000.00- $162,500.00. This range offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications. However, our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and a broad range of factors is considered when making an offer. This includes education, experience, skills, and certifications/licensures as they directly relate to position requirements; as well as business/organizational needs, internal equity, and market-competitiveness. In addition, BMCHS offers generous total compensation that includes, but is not limited to, benefits (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), discretionary annual bonuses and merit increases, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) savings matches, paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and resources to support employee and family well-being.

Equal Opportunity

Employer/Disabled/Veterans. According to the FTC, there has been a rise in employment offer scams. Our current job openings are listed on our website and applications are received only through our website. We do not ask or require downloads of any applications, or “apps” job offers are not extended over text messages or social media platforms. We do not ask individuals to purchase equipment for or prior to employment.