- Remote: Yes
- Area of Interest: Business Professionals
- FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0
- Department: PMO Project Execution
- Shift: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
- Job ID: 182228
Overview
UnityPoint Health is seeking a Project Manager to join our team! This role is responsible for leading project teams and managing all activities in a project life-cycle (initiation planning, executing/controlling, and closing) associated with projects that are long duration, enterprise wide and medium to high in risk, scope and complexity. Additionally, the Project Manager will be responsible for tracking both operational and capital project budget.
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Location: Remote - applicants must reside within the UPH footprint of Iowa, Illinois or Wisconsin
Why UnityPoint Health?
At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We're proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Beckers Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you're in. Here are just a few:
- Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
- Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
- Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.
With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.
And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.
Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.
Responsibilities
Project Coordination
- Consults with business partners to clarify and define project requirements, including risk analysis and development of all project-related artifacts and templates.
- Develops and revises medium to high-risk complex project plans and budgets, working with users to understand complex problems and focuses on bringing issues to resolution and escalating as necessary to meet deadlines.
- Produces and delivers presentations to senior leadership, demonstrating ownership of the entire project process from beginning to end.
- Communicates concepts to team members, customers and vendors.
- Create project artifacts that meet a specific project need.
Project Management
- Develops and implements program and project level processes, procedures and performance metrics.
- Responsible for sourcing, negotiating and managing outside vendors.
- Manage a series of projects associated with a specific business function.
- Tracks issues, risks and decisions.
- Facilitates meetings with diverse participation and representation to drive decisions around the project success criteria.
- Facilitates initiative outcomes and influences solution development by gathering and reviewing stakeholder information and working with teams to assist in making decisions.
- Manages a project budget. Partners with Finance to develop reports on budget/forecasting and financials related to the initiatives ensuring service quality and cost-effectiveness of solutions.
- Assists in the development and implementation of business requirements as well as leading and facilitating cross-functional, crossline of business teams.
- Gathers project requirements, gain stakeholder approval, and communicates solution design needs effectively.
Portfolio Reporting & Prioritization
- Manages the development of initiative plans, roadmaps, and manage interdependencies.
- Manages the development of metrics and tracking/evaluating performance of programs, services and initiatives tied to specific project plans.
- Creates initiative reporting, progress and metrics reporting as it relates to key business partners' needs.
- Monitors initiatives to ensure requests are met on time and within sizing, keeping all parties informed of impacts and changes.
- Supportive of regular reviews of the initiative with Information Technology and business management.
Project Leadership:
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of project management principles. Supports communication from management to all team members as well as across various teams.
- Works in a "Project Team Environment" to provide leadership for enterprise clients.
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Health Science or Project Management or equivalent education and work experience
- PMP Certification preferred
Experience
- Minimum 5 years project management experience
- Knowledge of the technology used within the healthcare industry
- Project management experience in healthcare industry preferred