Enterprise Project Manager

New York Blood Center Inc•City of Rye, NY

2d•$127,000 - $137,000

About The Position

The Project Manager - Enterprise is responsible for leading and delivering complex, cross-functional projects that drive strategic initiatives across NYBC Enterprises. The Project Manager – Enterprise ensures that enterprise-level projects are executed on time, within scope, and within budget—while aligning with business objectives and maintaining stakeholder engagement across multiple departments and business units. The Project Manager - Enterprise plans, executes, and delivers all projects on time, on budget, and within scope in accordance with business priorities. Throughout the lifecycle of each project, the manager tracks project status and manages project teams to mitigate issues and risks. This role will interact regularly with members across NYBC Enterprises and departments (Example: Leadership Team, Finance, IT, Quality, Operations etc.) and key stakeholders for facilitating the efficient implementation and growth of the managed projects and programs. Requires self-direction, the ability to operate with ambiguity, and a level of perseverance to manage multiple iterations of tasks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Systems, or related field.
7+ years of experience with multiple Project Management Methodologies (Six Sigma, Agile, Waterfall, PMBOK, Lean, etc.) in managing Enterprise level projects.
Demonstrated success in coordinating concurrent small, medium and /or large-scale projects and delivering on time and within budget.
Proven project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities, and adapt to new projects rapidly and effectively in a matrix environment.
Experience and high proficiency with project management tools/software packages (ServiceNow, Smartsheet, MS Project, SharePoint, MS TEAMS, OneNote, Visio, Office 365, etc.)
Strong multitasking skills, able to shift focus and priorities, and reprioritize project portfolio as needed.
Experience in managing stakeholders.
Knowledge of project management and change management principles and practices.
Knowledge of the healthcare industry.
Knowledge of software requirements, test specifications, and computer systems validation.
Cultural competency and the ability to communicate effectively in a culturally sensitive manner with both individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds.
Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
Analytical mindset with data-driven decision-making skills.
Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Asana).
Exceptional organizational and time management skills.
Problem solving and root cause identification skills along with strong analytic and decision-making abilities.
Excellent presentation skills are required.
Excellent communication and negotiation abilities.
Deep understanding of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).
Ability to manage budgets, contracts, and vendor relationships.
Ability to use and analyze data to identify process improvement opportunities.
Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems within established policies and procedures.
Ability to lead the work of several concurrent projects and work in a strong team environment.
Strong customer service orientation toward internal and external customers.
Ability to use personal influence to build positive working relationships with others.
Team player, collaborative, adaptable, and committed to quality.
Ability to conduct effective meetings.
Ability to prepare proposals, reports, and other written documents with strong attention to detail.
Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
Ability to be responsive and available to leadership teams to address issues and concerns as they arise.
Ability to provide the highest quality service to all customers. Must be able to multi-task proficiently.
Any combination of education, training, and experience equivalent to the requirements above that has supplied the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience to perform the essential functions of the job.

Nice To Haves

Education may be substituted in lieu of extensive directly related professional experience.

Responsibilities

Builds, leads, and coaches multiple project teams throughout project lifecycles across NYBC Enterprises divisions.
Define and create project plans for project and program prioritization and implementation.
Defines and coordinates the securing of commitments from cross-functional groups and external providers in terms of resources, cost, schedule, and performance.
Produces all relevant project management deliverables such as project objectives and requirements, risk assessments, project plans, project status reports, open issues log, change logs, action items list etc.; project risks will be escalated to sponsors on a timely basis for decision resolution and disposition.
Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects.
Assess and resolve all high-priority project risks as they are encountered.
Defines and leads strategy, implementation, operational planning/excellence, establishment, execution, and evaluation of multifaceted and cross-functional programs.
Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company.
Continually update relevant business stakeholders of project status across enterprise.
Ensure all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in business cases.
Ensure compliance with all aspects of policies, guidelines, practices, procedures, and regulations.
Tracks project status and manage project teams to mitigate issues and risks.
Acts as an intermediary between the business community and the technical community working with project teams and business clients to collect, clarify, and translate business requirements into documentation and conceptual design.
Works with organizational leaders to create and maintain an operating plan to achieve the strategic vision and operating platform that defines the people, processes, tools, and technologies as applicable.
Partners with business and technology partners to elicit, analyze, translate, and document business requirements into technical requirements as applicable.
Regularly updates relevant business stakeholders of project status.
Manages vendors, consultants, and developers to ensure appropriate documentation, process flows, specifications, and system testing.
Coordinates the project resources to ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Identify and acquire appropriate resources needed, ensuring availability necessary for project deliverables. Manage resources within respective departments, other internal departments, outside service providers, as well as materials committed to the projects.