Technical Project Manager

Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 102,948 - 136,437; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager responsible for leading critical projects in healthcare. The ideal candidate will manage project scope, deliverables, and timelines while ensuring alignment between clinical and business operations.

With a bachelor's degree and at least seven years of relevant experience, you will lead project teams, facilitate communication, and guide process improvements. This position offers a competitive hourly rate starting at $74.73.

Qualifications

• Seven years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.
• Ability to manage disputes appropriately, communicate concepts concisely.

Responsibilities

• Lead definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Negotiate and resolve risks associated with project plans.
• Ensure all costs over and above the project's financial scope are approved.
• Develop and institutionalize sound project management processes.

Skills

Project management

Agile methodologies

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Technical knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university

Job description

Job Overview

Senior IT Project Manager at Stanford Health Care is responsible for end‑to‑end management of critical projects, leading multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring successful integration of clinical and business operations.

Location

Stanford Health Care

Key Responsibilities

• Lead definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables, and set expectations across all stakeholders.
• Negotiate and resolve scope creep and other risks associated with executing project plans.
• Establish detailed project schedule and budget in conjunction with Project Managers, coordinators, Team Leads, Managers and Directors.
• Ensure all costs over and above the financial scope identified at the outset of the project are clearly identified and approved.
• Lead project steering committee meetings with appropriate content related to project progress, risks, issues, mitigations and any other items that require steering committee actions.
• Identify ways of improving work‑smart processes and making appropriate changes to project management.
• Maintain up‑to‑date project documentation for all initiatives that include technical details, user expectations, project goals, work effort, accountability, and deliverables.
• Engage with the education team to understand their needs and direct internal project activities to facilitate end‑use training.
• Research issues and use independent analysis and judgment to produce solution options, including alternative solutions when necessary.
• Lead smooth coordination and turnover of projects at the initial stage, project conclusion, and transition to the education team and end users as required.
• Develop and institutionalize sound project management process disciplines and continuous process improvement.
• Lead periodic customer satisfaction surveys – guide project coordinators to collect data and report to IT management.
• Provide input into annual performance review of all project team members as required.
• Perform miscellaneous job‑related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university.
• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of goals and interdependencies of functional departments in the health care industry and ability to lead large‑scale complex IT projects.
• Knowledge of SDLC, Agile and other software development methodologies.
• Knowledge of information technology disciplines including network operations, databases, software applications and interfaces, quality assurance and systems management.
• Strong written, oral, instructional, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Highly self‑motivated, change oriented with strong customer orientation.
• Ability to direct staff in integrating IT services with work requirements and deliverables.
• Understanding of principles and practices of organization, administration, fiscal and personnel management.
• Ability to manage disputes appropriately, communicate concepts concisely, and use visuals when appropriate.
• Knowledge of current issues and trends in health care and clinical operations.
• Ability to apply judgment, make informed decisions, develop programs and lead process improvement projects.
• Ability to foster effective working relationships, build consensus, and manage relationships with external vendors.
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, work independently, meet deadlines, strategize, implement change, supervise, coach, mentor, train and evaluate work results.

Licenses and Certifications

None.

EEO Statement

Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non‑discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale

Generally starting at $74.73 - $99.04 per hour.