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University of Washington SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (2 OPENINGS) in Seattle, Washington

Req #: 236586

Department: UW MEDICINE IT SERVICES

Appointing Department Web Address: http://uwmits_hires.uwmedicine.org/

Job Location Detail: Primary work location may be fully remote within AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, WA or at the Safeco Plaza Building on the corner of 4th and Madison in downtown Seattle.

Posting Date: 09/20/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $8,970 - $11,292 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, click here.

UW MEDICINE IT SERVICES has an outstanding job opportunity for a Senior Project Manager position.

PLEASE NOTE: AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ONLY CONSIDERING CANDIDATES LOCAL TO: AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, WA, or those that would be willing to relocate to the Seattle, area. WORK SCHEDULE

  • 100% FTE – 40 hours per week

  • Day Shift – UW MEDICINE ITS SERVICES CORE HOURS ARE 07:00 – 16:00 (PST), Monday-Friday DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION UW Medicine IT Services (ITS) is a shared services organization that supports all of UW Medicine. UW Medicine is comprised of Harborview Medical Center (HMC), UW Medical Center-Montlake Campus (UWMC-Montlake), UW Medical Center-Northwest Campus (UWMC-NW), Valley Medical Center (VMC), UW Medicine Primary Care (UWMPC), UW Physicians (UWP), UW School of Medicine (SOM), and Airlift Northwest (ALNW). ITS is responsible for the ongoing support and maintenance of the infrastructure and applications which support all these institutions, along with the implementation of new services and applications that are used to support and further the UW Medicine mission.

    POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

  • 100% remote opportunity

  • Values-based work environment

  • Active departmental Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

  • 15 days of vacation your first year – Also, 12 days of sick time, 1 personal holiday, and 11 paid holidays each year

  • 100% matching, 100% immediately vesting 403(b) PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • You manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business.

  • You handle full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously.

  • You manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives.

  • You report on project success criteria results, metrics, test, and deployment management activities.

  • You prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project.

  • You procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes.

  • You manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings.

  • You develop with stakeholders KPIs for projects, programs, and/or portfolios.

  • You understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs in order to help team(s) achieve organizational goals/objectives.

  • You provide onsite leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones. REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor’s degree in a healthcare oriented profession, a technology field, a business-related field, or other discipline that demonstrates analytical or communications abilities, or related field or equivalent education and/or experience.

  • 5+ years of overall experience to include the below.

  • 5+ years of experience serving in a project leadership role with responsibility for managing progressively more complicated vendor-packaged system deployment and/or process improvement projects.

  • 3+ years of recent experience utilizing MS Project to manage projects.

  • Demonstrated experience leading, motivating, and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding all teams accountable for performance.

  • Demonstrated leadership, diplomatic, and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across, and down multiple business and technology organizations/business units.

  • Demonstrated experience effectively working with multiple, diverse stakeholders in a complex project environment within a cross-functional matrix environment.

  • Demonstrated experience managing project work and/or work of others within an established standard project lifecycle framework.

  • Strong experience presenting to executive sponsors and demonstrated communication skills; both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff, all levels of management.

  • Strong experience in successfully leading projects and programs to on-time, on-schedule and within budget close.

  • Strong experience in SDLC, Waterfall, and Agile Project Methodologies.

  • Experience negotiating vendor contracts.

  • Experience drafting and submitting budget proposals and recommending subsequent budget changes where necessary.

  • Experience maintaining relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus, and achieve objectives.

  • Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from executives sponsors, team members, stakeholders and peers.

  • Experience researching best practices within and outside the organization to establish benchmark data and using continuous process improvement disciplines to achieve results. ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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