IT Project Manager

Advocate Aurora Health; United States; Remote; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Project Manager to oversee IT projects. The role involves managing project execution, developing plans, and ensuring adherence to budget and timelines. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in IT and experience in project management. This is a fully remote position available across multiple states.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Health and Welfare Benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts

Educational Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 3 years of project management experience in IT.
• Proficient in project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manages execution of IT projects ensuring budget and schedule adherence.
• Develops project plans and monitors progress towards milestones.
• Facilitates risk identification and manages changes in project scope.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Visio

Job description

Department:

12265 Advocate Aurora Health Corporate - Project Management Office

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hou rs Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Fully remote positions, Full Time hours (40 Hours)

Major Responsibilities:

• Manages the execution of information technology projects and ensure adherence to budget, schedule and scope. Establishes targets, benchmarks, and success criteria for project delivery and plans, organizes, controls and evaluates projects from concept phase to implementation. Ensures effective utilization of all project resources, people and equipment, through all phases of the project to achieve project goals and to ensure project remains fiscally on target.
• Develops project plans including information such as project objectives, requirements, scheduling, funding, staffing, risk management, and change management. Continuous tracking of deliverables to project objectives. Captures, seeks to eliminate, and monitors risk throughout the project. Initiates and facilitates risk identification, establishes mitigation plans and manages their execution when triggered. Manages changes in project scope, schedule, and budget using established change control processes.
• Monitors and reviews progress towards project milestones and deliverables, continually evaluating the quality of work. Confers with project team members and ownership to identify and resolve problems leveraging project management expertise and best practices.
• Sets and continually manages project expectations with all project stakeholders. Establishes a clear Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed (RACI) matrix, escalation path, and holds team members accountable.
• Establishes and executes a timely project communication plans, all project stakeholders abreast of project variances and deviations to plan. Produces routine status reports and executive reports as needed showing progress towards project timelines and budget and holds regular status meetings with project team. Leads the daily work efforts of the project, assigning duties and responsibilities to project team members. Acts as a resource to other project team members regarding project management methodologies.
• Maintains documented processes, techniques, and tools that are part of project management methodology, and identifies and implements changes based on best practices. Keeps abreast of the latest strategies and trends and implements changes to increase productivity, as needed.
• Evaluates project post implementation and conducts lessons learned sessions to evaluate project results according to project plan and ensuring expected benefits and quality standards are obtained, and key insights are captured. Also contribute lessons learned to the Organization’s Process Assets (OPA’s) and knowledge base.
• Collaborates with Information Technology teams to ensure solution compliance with approved enterprise technical direction and architectural practices.
• Holds vendors/vendor resources accountable to meet agreed upon deliverables.
• Ensures accurate, complete and well-planned changes into production, following all change guidelines. Contributes toward achieving department performance Key Responsibility Areas (KRA) goals.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

• None Required.

Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent knowledge) in Information Technology or related field.

Experience Required:

• Typically requires 3 years of experience in project management in Information Technology with a proven record of successful project delivery.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Demonstrated leadership abilities to include project management and coordinating/motivating staff toward common goals. Ability to establish goals, milestones and priorities, and to instruct, guide, assign, advise and mentor project teams.
• Proven ability for risk identification, assessment and contingency planning.
• Proficient in the use of project management methodologies and processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tools.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with demonstrated ability to concisely communicate and present complex concepts.
• Proven ability to influence without authority.
• Highly motivated, organized, self-starter with a focus on delivery of key project objectives.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively and professionally with all levels.
• Strong facilitation and persuasion skills with ability to influence others.
• Excellent organizational, planning, prioritization and time management skills.
• Proven critical thinking and problem-solving skills with ability to facilitate creative long-term solutions.

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Preferred remote locations in IL, WI, NC, GA

Fully Remote Role from these states: AL, AK, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, KS, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY.

No relocation, No Sponsorship for this position now or in the future.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Position may require travel which may result in exposure to road and weather hazards.
• Exposed to normal office environment.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Pay Range

$40.30 - $60.45

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.