Program Manager

Creative Solutions Services, LLC; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Solutions Services, LLC in Hillsboro, OR is seeking an experienced Program Manager to support the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory (OSPHL) with implementing a new LIMS. The role focuses on organizational change, communications, and coordinating vendor feedback and project tasks.

You will report to a Senior Project Manager and drive schedules, risk management, and status reporting across multiple subprojects within a 36+ month program. Hybrid work arrangement is offered.

Qualifications

• Office 365 proficiency and collaboration tools.
• Experience in state government programs.
• Proven project management expertise across complex initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote/hybrid environment.
• PMI-PMP certification or equivalent training.

Responsibilities

• Project manage multiple complex and detailed project schedules.
• Maintain project timelines, milestones, and critical paths.
• Monitor and control projects to assure timely completion.
• Advise on and elevate key risks and issues that impact the projects.
• Collaborate with managers and advocate for OSPHL resources to be allocated to the appropriate project tasks.
• Respond to requests for information from LIMS vendor or members of the OSPHL team.
• Support applications for funding opportunities to support this project work. Liaise with OIS SE3 team and provide support.
• Liaise with the OSPHL team to support organizational change management and User Acceptance.
• Coordinate with the OSPHL team to project manage the User Acceptance testing effort for the LIMS Replacement Project.
• Perform other OSPHL IT Project Management duties, as assigned.
• Write project status reports, biweekly, documenting all activities performed.

Skills

Office 365

State government experience

Project Management

Communication

Remote work

PMP certification

Job description

Title: Program Manager

Location: Hillsboro, OR (Hybrid)

Duration: 36+ months

Interview: Web-cam

Job Description:

Client seeks an experienced Program Manager to support the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory (OSPHL) with the implementation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). In addition to supporting the Senior Project Manager, this Program Manager will focus on: organizational change management, internal and external communications, team coordination, maintaining the decision log, and curating vendor feedback from OSPHL team.

Responsibilities:

• Project manage multiple complex and detailed project schedules.
• Maintain project timelines, milestones, and critical paths.
• Monitor and control projects to assure timely completion.
• Advise on and elevate key risks and issues that impact the projects.
• Collaborate with managers and advocate for OSPHL resources to beallocated to the appropriate project tasks.
• Respond to requests for information from LIMS vendor or membersofthe OSPHL team.
• Support applications for funding opportunities to support this projectwork. Liaise with OIS SE3 team and provide support.
• Liaise with the OSPHL team to support organizational changemanagement and User Acceptance.
• Coordinate with the OSPHL team to project manage the User Acceptancetesting effort for the LIMS Replacement Project.
• Perform other OSPHL IT Project Management duties, as assigned.
• Write project status reports, every other week (biweekly), to documentall activities performed, including (but not limited to):

• o Status on all activities listed in the bullets above.
• o Work on resource capacity reports to identify OSPHL resources that are over-allocated and under-utilized.
• o Any ad hoc reports needed for OSPHL management to make informed decisions.
• o Efforts on project planning and scheduling.
• o Updates to the project planner with new LIMS Subprojects based on inputfrom laboratory management team.
• o Assistance provided to complete EIS project deliverables for the Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Replacement Project and other related subprojects.

Required skills and experience:

• Office 365
• Prior state government experience
• Project Management
• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to work effectively remotely
• Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP)certification

In addition, the ideal candidate will have skills and experience in:

• Organization Change Management in a Laboratory or Clinical Care setting.
• Project Management experience in a Laboratory or Clinical Care setting.
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body ofKnowledge (PMBOK) methodologies