Program Manager - Prior State Government Experience

Decca Consulting•Hillsboro, OR

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Office of Information Services (OIS) is seeking an experienced Program Manager to support the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory (OSPHL) with the implementation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). This role will focus on organizational change management, internal and external communications, team coordination, maintaining the decision log, and curating vendor feedback. The Program Manager will project manage multiple complex and detailed project schedules, maintain project timelines, monitor and control projects, advise on and escalate risks and issues, collaborate with managers for resource allocation, respond to requests for information, and support funding applications. The role also involves liaising with the OIS SE3 team, supporting organizational change management and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for the LIMS Replacement Project, and performing other OIS IT Project Management duties as assigned. The Program Manager will also write bi-weekly project status reports, work on resource capacity reports, and assist with EIS project deliverables.

Requirements

Office 365
Prior state government experience
Project Management
Exceptional communication skills
Ability to work effectively remotely
Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Nice To Haves

Organization Change Management in a Laboratory or Clinical Care setting.
Project Management experience in a Laboratory or Clinical Care setting.
Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) methodologies.

Responsibilities

Project manage multiple complex and detailed project schedules.
Maintain project timelines, milestones, and critical paths.
Monitor and control projects to assure timely completion.
Advise on and escalate key risks and issues that impact the projects.
Collaborate with managers and advocate for OSPHL resources to be allocated to the appropriate project tasks.
Respond to requests for information from LIMS vendor or members of the OSPHL team.
Support applications for funding opportunities to support this project work.
Liaise with OIS SE3 team and provide support.
Liaise with the OSPHL team to support organizational change management and User Acceptance.
Coordinate with the OSPHL team to project manage the User Acceptance testing effort for the LIMS Replacement Project.
Perform other OSPHL IT Project Management duties, as assigned.
Write project status reports, every other week (biweekly), to document all activities performed.
Work on resource capacity reports to identify OSPHL resources that are over-allocated and under-utilized.
Generate any ad hoc reports needed for OSPHL management to make informed decisions.
Document efforts on project planning and scheduling.
Update the project planner with new LIMS Subprojects based on input from the laboratory management team.
Provide assistance to complete EIS project deliverables for the Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Replacement Project and other related subprojects.