IT Project Manager

Stony Brook University•Town of Smithtown, NY

11d•$103,733 - $122,039

About The Position

At Stony Brook Medicine, the IT Project Manager will be a member of the Stony Brook Medicine IT PMO Team and will report to the Assistant Director, IT Program Management. This individual will work in a fast-paced environment as part of multi-disciplinary project teams implementing IT solutions within the Stony Brook Medicine Health System. Develops the project charter, scope, work plan, work breakdown structure, and schedule using a designated project management tool for project team usage. Project Plans include sufficient task level detail to capture known dependencies and major milestones. Responsible for management of all projects assigned to oversee. Duties of an IT Project Manager may include the following but are not limited to: Utilize effective project and time management skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Ensure all projects are consistent with overall customer objectives and strategic plans. Manage the day-to-day activities of cross-functional project teams and ensures the adherence to the project plan. Deploy best practices approach defined by IT PMO team. Responsible for creating and managing the Project Charter and Scope document. Initiates Change Management when change requests are submitted that increase the agreed scope, timeline, and/or budget of the project. Works to control change, adjust the budget, timeline, and project scope to accommodate approved changes requests. Produces timely, detailed summaries and high-level reports Provide timely and accurate project status providing transparencies for issues, risks, current project state Identifies and mitigates project risk, keeping issues visible, to avoid affecting the project's success. Confirm the alignment of customer expectations and project goals. Creates the Test Plan for each Project. Ensure proper quality assurance and user acceptance of solutions prior to implementation. Review and finalize deliverables and monitor quality control. Develops and maintains strong working relationships with all key stakeholders including, IT and Practice Executives, Directors, Managers, and Resource Allocation Managers. Collaborate with Resource Managers to ensure resources with required skills are available to support the implementation of solutions implementations. Management of all resources assigned to projects. Motivate, guide and lead implementation project team to achieve organizational goals and satisfy customers. Proactively identify project and staff related issues. Participate in performance appraisals and contribute to project team performance appraisals. Development and tracking of an overall Budget for each implementation. Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Health Science and/or Applied Health Informatics or related field AND
At least 2 years’ experience managing and/or leading IT projects.
In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, 6+ years of demonstrated experience managing and/or leading IT projects preferably in an enterprise healthcare and/or Ambulatory Practice environment.
Experience working with tools to create and manage project plans, such as MS project/Smartsheets or other comparable tools.
Verification of degree (e.g., diploma or official transcript) is required for this role. Upload of documentation must be included with your application for consideration.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of project management best practices such as PMBOK.
Familiarity with IT Systems Implementation Management.
Familiarity with SDLC, change management and risk management processes.
Experience managing project budgets and project teams.
Background in managing projects in a matrix environment.
Experience with healthcare EHR/EMR (Cerner), medical equipment, ancillary systems, and HL7 interface projects .
Experience with Healthcare infrastructure.
Experience with Health Information Technologies.
Master’s Degree.
Certified PMP.

Responsibilities

Develops the project charter, scope, work plan, work breakdown structure, and schedule using a designated project management tool for project team usage.
Responsible for management of all projects assigned to oversee.
Utilize effective project and time management skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Ensure all projects are consistent with overall customer objectives and strategic plans.
Manage the day-to-day activities of cross-functional project teams and ensures the adherence to the project plan.
Deploy best practices approach defined by IT PMO team.
Responsible for creating and managing the Project Charter and Scope document.
Initiates Change Management when change requests are submitted that increase the agreed scope, timeline, and/or budget of the project.
Works to control change, adjust the budget, timeline, and project scope to accommodate approved changes requests.
Produces timely, detailed summaries and high-level reports
Provide timely and accurate project status providing transparencies for issues, risks, current project state
Identifies and mitigates project risk, keeping issues visible, to avoid affecting the project's success.
Confirm the alignment of customer expectations and project goals.
Creates the Test Plan for each Project.
Ensure proper quality assurance and user acceptance of solutions prior to implementation.
Review and finalize deliverables and monitor quality control.
Develops and maintains strong working relationships with all key stakeholders including, IT and Practice Executives, Directors, Managers, and Resource Allocation Managers.
Collaborate with Resource Managers to ensure resources with required skills are available to support the implementation of solutions implementations.
Management of all resources assigned to projects.
Motivate, guide and lead implementation project team to achieve organizational goals and satisfy customers.
Proactively identify project and staff related issues.
Participate in performance appraisals and contribute to project team performance appraisals.
Development and tracking of an overall Budget for each implementation.
Performs other related duties as required.