IT Project Manager - Laboratory Information Systems

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

19h

About The Position

The IT Project Manager is responsible for coordinating project team activities under occasional guidance. The role identifies appropriate resources and develops schedules to support timely project completion. It coordinates the team by building familiarity with the system scope, project objectives, and each team member’s role and function. The position implements small development projects or components of larger projects and solves medium- to complex-level problems. The role coordinates and oversees all project phases, ensures tasks are completed on time and in line with project objectives, and supports customers and leadership through project management. Work may include managing clinical laboratory projects involving application builds, interfaces with external systems and instruments, validation, training, communications, and related activities. The position may also coordinate vendors and project members across different home teams and lead projects affecting numerous stakeholder organizations. HealthIT supports Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s care, education, and research missions through information technology tools developed in-house or selected from the marketplace. The department’s colleagues provide ongoing support throughout each product’s lifespan and work in partnership with VUMC Information Technology. Its core values include accountability, transparency, and execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Two years of relevant work experience.
Ability to solve medium- to complex-level problems.
Intermediate project coordination capabilities, including project tracking, reporting, change management, and project acceptance procedures.
Intermediate project planning capabilities, including resource forecasting, task breakdown, prioritization, dependency management, scheduling, and acceptance criteria.
Intermediate project communication capabilities, including communicating technical and business information to varied audiences.
Intermediate project issues management capabilities, including identifying, assigning, anticipating, and resolving issues.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing multiple clinical laboratory projects involving application builds, foreign system and instrument interfaces, validation, training, communication, and related activities.
Experience leading projects that affect numerous stakeholder organizations.
Experience using both Planview and Jira for project management.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate vendors and project members across different home teams.
PMI-PMP certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and oversee all phases of projects.
Ensure timely completion of tasks in line with project objectives.
Provide customers and leadership with support through project management.
Identify appropriate project resources and develop schedules.
Coordinate project team activities and clarify project scope, objectives, and team-member roles.
Implement small development projects or components of larger projects.
Track and report task completion, dependencies, anticipated problems, schedule conflicts, and assignments for resolution.
Manage prioritization for changing scope and project acceptance procedures; measure progress and revise objectives and documentation using change-control procedures.
Forecast resource needs, break work into measurable tasks, establish priorities and dependencies, schedule activities, and prepare acceptance criteria.
Communicate technical and business information to technical and non-technical audiences.
Identify project issues early and assign them to appropriate people; anticipate and resolve unplanned issues.
Coordinate vendors and project members across different home teams.