Senior Project Manager – Information Services

At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best.

Children’s Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We provide primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. Our reputation draws patients and families from around the country.

We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families, and encourages you to be at your best every day, please apply today.

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What you will do:
Directly responsible and accountable for project management oversight of multiple, large technology driven projects, initiated and sponsored by the IS department. Manages strategies and change management activities, advances conceptual designs, completes business assessments, assists in the development of project budgets, and develops, manages, and integrates detailed project work plans. Ensures communication, coordination, and integration of project work with all areas affected including end users, information services, impacted vendors, and business unit leadership. Serves as a key liaison with the business leaders and executives in relationship to assigned program activities.
Essential Functions
- Manages projects requiring significant IT support from original concept through design and implementation and ensures technical requirements, quality standards and project objectives are achieved within the agreed upon scope, timeline, risk tolerance, and resource levels.
- Reviews and seeks approval for project deliverables, work plans, and milestones with business and IS leaders, third party consultants, and IT product vendors.
- In conjunction with other leaders, monitors the status of projects and takes any steps necessary to focus priorities, improve project structures, resolve issues, and/or enhance work plans to ensure completion of the project objectives. Monitors activities of any closely related project(s), which have interdependencies with assigned project(s).
- Under general direction, manages budget, including gathering estimates, seeking budget approval, and tracking actuals to estimates.
- Under general direction, ensures that technical support documentation is created or updated as a result of project changes.
- Completes business assessments and develops project budgets, to achieve expected outcomes and to quantify the cost/benefit of proposed system solution(s).
- Designs and implements methods and systems for measuring and reporting performance on business, financial, and process metrics to assess the degree to which the project goals, objectives, and metrics are being met.
- Ensures communication, coordination, and integration of project work with all areas affected including end users, information services, impacted vendors, facility leadership, and physicians/clinicians.
- Under general direction, assists with the management of vendor and consulting resource time as per contract and escalates when necessary
- Mentors/teaches project management methodology and documentation as assigned.
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree Knowledge of healthcare delivery, project management, information technology, basic budgeting, and healthcare legislation at a level acquired through completion of a Bachelor’s degree with a technical discipline or equivalent experience Required
- Master's Degree or advanced technical degree Preferred
Experience:
- Experience with recognized performance improvement and change management methodologies and strong technical background strongly Preferred
- 7+ years relevant work experience in technical program/project management, directing/managing complex projects and project teams, defining projects, collecting requirements, writing detailed function and test specifications, coordinating efforts to scope, schedule, and deploy new features sets Required
- Healthcare experience leading interdisciplinary projects that include various healthcare providers, hospital administrators, and information system professionals Preferred
- Experience with application implementation and operational systems and their interrelationships. Strong technical understanding of relationships within systems and processes Required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong communication and presentation skills to communicate with diverse groups and resolve conflicts appropriately. Demonstrated ability to adapt style and content of communication for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Analytical ability to assess situation, evaluate risks, and make recommendations as well as analyze situation/information and formulate a plan of action that is in line with business and financial constraints.
- Detailed in creation of supporting documentation and development of complex project plans, including critical work breakdown and key resources, risks and alternatives, supporting documentation and justification, and quality assurance procedures.
- Ability to display creativity and flexibility during all aspects and phases of the project and operate effectively at all levels of the organization including with customers and project teams.
- Knowledge of recognized improvement and change management methodologies preferred.
Licenses and Certifications:
- PMP-Project Management Professional - Project Management Institute preferred
Required for All Jobs:
- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be requested in the performance of this job.
- Employment is at-will. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.

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