Project Manager I -Technical

ARUP Laboratories Career•Salt Lake City, UT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager I - Technical is responsible for facilitating projects from definition and scope through delivery. This role involves project leadership, management, and oversight, including risk assessment, milestone tracking, and status reporting. The Project Manager will independently manage projects of varying scope and complexity across the organization, focusing on Information Technology centric and/or complex enterprise projects. Key responsibilities include gathering data from stakeholders to define objectives and requirements, managing the end-to-end project process (research, architecture, development, implementation, validation, training), and serving as a liaison between technical and non-technical departments to ensure project targets and requirements are met. The role ensures technical projects are completed on schedule and within budget, keeping leadership informed of potential issues. The Project Manager may work with various software systems such as ERP, CRM, LIS, HRIS, automation systems, databases, or web applications. ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology, based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ARUP fosters a diverse work environment with opportunities for professional growth and continuous development, committed to serving over one million patients monthly and advancing medicine. They seek individuals who embody accountability, integrity, service, and excellence.

Requirements

Facilitate projects including project definition and scope, deliverable, risk assessment, milestones, project tracking, and status reporting.
Provide project leadership, management, and oversight throughout the project.
Independently manage projects small to large in scope and complexity, and at any level of the organization.
Lead, organize, coordinate, monitor and communicate Information Technology centric and/or complex enterprise projects or programs from initiation through delivery.
Gather data from sponsors, stakeholders, and end-users to evaluate objectives, requirements, goals, and scope to create technical specifications.
Manage end-to-end process that may include research, architecture, development, selection, customization, implementation, validation, training and promotion.
Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments to ensure all targets and requirements are met.
Ensure technical projects are completed on schedule and within budget.
Keep leadership informed of key issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results.
Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Mobility: Occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
Communicate: Frequently communicate with others.
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.

Nice To Haves

May work with software such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), laboratory information system (LIS), human resource information system (HRIS), automation systems, database, or web applications.

Responsibilities

Manages ARUP projects as defined by the Project Management Policy, including developing and monitoring project timetables, deliverables, project communications and progress reports, and other project requirements.
Follows project management methodologies as defined and outlined by Project Management Institute (PMI) and ARUP policies and procedures.
Creates and executes project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
Maintains professional relationships with sponsors, stakeholders, team members, vendors, and consultants.
Gains a comprehensive technical understanding of the business challenge and solutions proposed by the project team.
Serves as a liaison between technical and non-technical departments, and vendors.
Identifies resources needed and assigns responsibilities for a project.
Maintains a comprehensive understanding of project management and uses strong problem-solving, communication and leadership skills to keep projects on track.
Works in collaboration with software development teams and/or sourcing on projects that involve 3rd party product evaluation, selection and implementation (i.e., off-the-shelf solutions).
Facilitates and troubleshoots problems associated with developing complex systems or with coordination, development, or design of projects.
Manages day-to-day operational aspects of projects and their scope.
Minimizes exposure and risk on project.
Manages project budget, including tracking and reporting expenses, capital costs, and resource costs.
Analyzes project return on investment, profitability, revenue, and utilization.
Establishes and maintains communication as required with the project sponsor and operational committees and management.
Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client, project sponsor, or stakeholder.
Presents analysis, recommendations, and project status to senior management and other oversight committees.
Maintains open and effective communication with and between personnel on work teams and with other members of the organization.
Ensures proper processes are being followed, and assists in establishing new processes as required.
Other duties as assigned.