Strategic IT & Program Management Director

Northwell Health; Manhasset (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in New York is seeking a senior IT project leadership professional to direct and oversee our project portfolio, ensuring performance aligns with budget, schedule, and business objectives while standardizing technologies and processes.

You will lead IT&S Project Management, manage budgets, coordinate across multiple sites, mentor staff, and partner with IT, vendors, and customers to define deliverables and risks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 8–12 years of relevant experience and 7+ years of leadership/management experience.
• PMP, PgMP or PfMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Directs an IT&S Project Management group by communicating with and developing staff members, and building consensus for programs and goals that support a business, function or geographic area.
• Leads a functional unit in multiple sites by developing, communicating, and building consensus for goals/programs that support business or region.
• Develops and articulates a short-term strategic vision for areas of responsibility.
• Prepares and manages budget for the department.
• Directs multiple Program Managers in planning and coordinating staff and activities of an assigned area and ensures project milestones and budgetary constraints are maintained; collaborates with Program and Project Managers to define time-frames, funding, procedures, deliverables and staffing levels.
• Directs and manages cross-functional team engagement and alignment as it pertains to requirements, scope and project delivery.
• Ensures Program Managers work with IT teams, vendors and customers to develop project proposals outlining deliverables, requirements, risks, assumptions, key stakeholders, roles and responsibilities and budgets.
• Collaborates with the leadership to build and manage program management function in support of projects; assists in defining and developing departmental wide program management practices, governance standards, processes and metrics.
• Reviews high level deliverables across assigned Service Line projects and reports to the leadership on projects' status; reviews quality assurance procedures in accordance with established methodology and ensure successful project execution by Program and Project managers.
• Escalates risk issues to the leadership when project scope requires intervention; assists in evaluation, re-prioritization and re-design of project plans and objectives as necessary.
• Contributes to Portfolio Management and Planning for assigned areas; collaborates with administrative leaders to create, enhance and deliver improved project management processes and practice.
• Ensures Program Managers train assigned staff in appropriate processes and documentation standards; manages resources including operating budget, supplies, equipment, space, staff, and information.
• Uses knowledge and skills to contribute to the development of functional objectives and principles to achieve goals in innovative ways. Problems addressed are of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial.
• Performs performance reviews and provides feedback directly to Program Managers.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

PMP Certification

PgMP Certification

PfMP Certification

Tools

Epic

Job description

Northwell Health in New York is seeking a senior IT project leadership professional to direct and oversee our project portfolio, ensuring performance aligns with budget, schedule, and business objectives while standardizing technologies and processes.

You will lead IT&S Project Management, manage budgets, coordinate across multiple sites, mentor staff, and partner with IT, vendors, and customers to define deliverables and risks.