IT Project Manager - Biomedical Informatics (Remote Available)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

4d • Remote

About The Position

As an IT Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating project team activities with occasional guidance. You will identify and secure appropriate resources, develop and manage project schedules, and ensure the timely delivery of project milestones. This role requires a thorough understanding of system scope and project objectives, as well as the roles and responsibilities of each team member, to effectively coordinate team efforts. You will also implement small development projects or components of larger initiatives and demonstrate the ability to analyze and resolve medium- to complex-level problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's (or equivalent experience); Master's preferred
• Minimum 2 years of IT project management experience
• PMP certification is a plus
• Experience managing IT projects such as: dashboard reporting, EMR solutions (Epic / Cerner) and light statistical analysis (SQL / Python experience is a plus)
• Project Coordination (Intermediate): Performs project tracking and reporting relative to task completion dates, dependency effects, problem anticipation, schedule conflicts, and assignment to appropriate staff for resolution. Manages prioritization procedures for changing scope [i.e., change management] and project acceptance procedures. Measures progress toward goals and revises project objectives and documents applying change control procedures. Assumes responsibility [as appropriate] for resolving issues and seeing work through to successful completion. Provides training to project managers and others on project related templates and toolsets. Develops methods to measure customer satisfaction and obtains feedback at critical milestones and at project completion to ensure project efforts meet customer expectations.
• Project Planning (Intermediate): Demonstrates ability to forecast complex resource needs, identify and break work down into discrete and measurable tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, prepare acceptance criteria and organize work for one or more large projects. Plans for and anticipates events outside of immediate responsibility. Anticipates problems and obstacles before they arise. Sets priorities with a proper sense of urgency and importance. Develops creative ideas and takes innovative action to achieve planned goals and objectives. Is proficient in the use of project management tools.
• Project Communications (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of project communications in practical applications of a difficult nature. Effectively transmits technical and business ideas and information to others, including non-technical audiences. Shares knowledge, ideas and information openly, and effectively sells new ideas and influences others. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering project communications without requiring support and instruction from others.
• Project Issues Management (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of Issues Management in practical applications of a difficult nature. Adept at identifying issues before they become problems and assigning those issues to the right people at the right time. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully managing internal project issues without requiring support and instruction from others. Able to anticipate and resolve unplanned project issues as they arise.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and oversees all phases of the project.
• Ensure timely completion of tasks in line with project objectives.
• Provide customers and leadership support through project management.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level