IT Senior Project Manager

Children's of Alabama; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's of Alabama is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams on complex IT initiatives in a hospital environment. You will define, plan, organize, set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor progress to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role requires 6+ years of PM experience, including traditional and agile methods, and strong written, mentoring and communication skills. Expertise with MS Office, SharePoint, and ITSM tools is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience with IT project management in a hospital or healthcare setting.
• Strong writing, mentoring and communication skills; ability to plan and facilitate meetings.
• Executive level documentation, reporting and presentation skills using MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS SharePoint and MS Azure DevOps, Ivanti and/or ServiceNow.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to manage large, complex IT initiatives in a hospital setting.
• Define, plan, organize, and establish deadlines; assign responsibilities and monitor progress.
• Ensure projects are completed on time, within scope and on budget by collaborating with sponsors, stakeholders and vendors.
• Oversee staff as needed to meet project goals and manage governance across the project lifecycle.

Skills

IT project management

Communication skills

Mentoring

Meeting facilitation

Strategic thinking

Decision making

Adaptability

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or applicable work experience

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Visio

MS SharePoint

MS Azure DevOps

Ivanti

ServiceNow

Job description

Summary

This position manages cross-functional teams responsible for large, complex strategic initiatives on behalf of Children’s of Alabama. They oversee all aspects of assigned projects including defining, planning, organizing, establishing deadlines, assigning responsibilities, monitoring and summarizing project progress. The Senior Project Manager oversees and manages multiple large projects, in varying stages of the project life cycle. Performance goals are to ensure quality project deliverables are on time and on budget. They collaborate with sponsors, stakeholders, team members, vendors, and other departments to ensure the projects are completed within the approved time, cost and scope. The position is empowered to manage staff if needed to meet the stated goals of the projects they manage.

Other information

Experience with IT project management in a hospital and/or healthcare setting a strong plus. This includes, but not limited to task planning, allocating resources, risk/issue management, time management, financial management, working in teams, quality management, documentation and reporting. Strong writing, mentoring and communication skills; ability to plan and facilitate meetings. Strategic, conceptual analytical thinking and decision-making skills. Adaptability and flexibility including ability to manage deadlines, ambiguity and change. Ability to utilize a combination of formal authority and persuasion skill sets. Executive level documentation, reporting and presentation skills, using tools such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS SharePoint and MS Azure DevOps, Ivanti and/or ServiceNow a strong plus. Ability to articulate complex matters to non-specialists; ability to communicate effectively with senior management. A technical background sufficient to understand the technologies and technical issues involved with the project and industry, to be able to anticipate and identify technical obstacles, and to make accurate technology decisions.

Education with Equivalent Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or applicable work experience required

Experience with Equivalent Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years project management experience, including large complex projects


• Must have held previous traditional and agile project management or IT management related positions

Schedule: Weekday Standard M-F, Day Shift, Monday-Friday Standard Days