HCS IT Project Manager - ISD Project Management Office

UNC Health; North Carolina; Remote; USD 61,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Morrisville, NC, is seeking a Project Manager for the ISD Project Management Office. You will oversee cross‑functional initiatives, manage scope, cost, and schedule, and mentor team members to ensure successful delivery.

This full‑time role offers remote work options, standard 40‑hour weeks, and compensation based on experience within UNC Health’s pay bands.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of project management experience with Bachelor's degree.
• Seven (7) years of project management experience with Associate's degree.
• Nine (9) years of project management experience with a high school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Acquires resources and manages internal and external project resources to meet scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Closes the project by ensuring all scoped deliverables are accepted and resources are released.
• Develops the project scope, timeline, and cost estimates with stakeholders and maintains the consolidated plan.
• Engages the project team and reports status to stakeholders and IT Management.
• Provides project management mentoring and support to team members and staff.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with the health system's strategy, commitments and goals.

Responsibilities

• Acquires the necessary resources in partnership with resource owners to fulfill the planned project roles/responsibilities and activities. Manages all internal and external project resources to ensure that project scope is delivered on time, on schedule, within the approved project budget, and with a high degree of quality.


• Closes the project by ensuring all scoped deliverables are accepted, project documentation is stored, and project resources are released.


• Develops and manages the project scope and objectives, high-level timeline, and cost estimate with the project sponsor and other key stakeholders and establishes the overall project management approach. In addition, develops and manages the consolidated project plan including detailed schedule (with critical path), cost estimate, roles/responsibilities, communications, and risks.


• Engages the project team continuously and periodically reports project status to all key project stakeholders as well as IT Management.


• Provides project management mentoring, coaching, and support to less experienced team members as well as all health system employees and contractors as necessary or appropriate.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems Management or related field (or equivalent combination of education, training and experience).

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• No licensure or certification required.

Professional Experience Requirements

• If a Bachelor's degree: Five (5) years of experience in project management.


• If an Associate's degree: Seven (7) years of experience in project management.


• If a High School diploma or GED: Nine (9) years of experience in project management.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Proven ability to lead complex project initiatives, develop and implement program strategies, and manage multiple projects simultaneously is required. Excellent analytical and communication skills. Ability to work well in a team environment. Highly responsive to internal customers.

Job Details

• Legal Employer: NCHEALTH


• Entity: Shared Services


• Organization Unit: ISD Project Management Office


• Work Type: Full Time


• Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00


• Salary Range: $44.56 - $64.06 per hour (Hiring Range)


• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity


• Work Assignment Type: Remote


• Work Schedule: Day Job


• Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville


• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes


• This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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