Project Manager IV
About The Position
The Project Manager IV directs cross-functional teams responsible for regional, operating unit, or system initiatives, strategies, issue resolution, and alignment across Sutter Health. The role plans, organizes, monitors, and oversees three or more concurrent projects that are typically longer-term and larger in size, scope, budget, or impact. It develops project work plans, communication and risk management plans, workflow redesigns, metrics and measurement approaches, and return-on-investment analyses. The Project Manager IV assigns tasks to designated team members and oversees the work of other project managers and project coordinators. The role works independently under broad policy guidelines and exercises expert authority over assigned projects, using project management tools and standards outlined by the Project Management Institute to keep projects on track and integrated with other initiatives. This is a regular, full-time position on the Sutter Health Alliance - Valley team, with a day schedule, Monday through Friday, and 40 weekly hours. The annual pay range is $117,436.80 to $176,155.20, with actual starting pay dependent on factors including experience, education, skills, and organizational needs. Eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care administration, public health administration, or a related field; equivalent experience may be accepted in lieu of the degree.
- Eight years of recent relevant experience.
- Thorough knowledge of project management processes, including planning tasks and allocating resources, risk and issues management, time and financial management, quality management, monitoring and reporting, and documentation and record keeping.
- Significant business background sufficient to understand project operations and technical issues, anticipate and identify obstacles, and make accurate decisions and recommendations.
- Ability to provide direction, monitor, train, coach, and assign work to project staff.
- Interpersonal skills and ability to work with people from different disciplines and experience levels.
- Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and tactfully with management, vendors, peers, and staff.
- Adaptability and flexibility, including the ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity, and change.
- Thorough knowledge of Lean management system principles.
- Ability to gain cooperation and support through influence and persuasion.
- Conceptual, analytical, and negotiation skills, including the ability to solve moderately complex problems and develop actionable recommendations.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in vendor relationship management.
Responsibilities
- Direct cross-functional teams driving regional, operating unit, or system initiatives, strategies, issue resolution, and alignment across Sutter Health.
- Plan, organize, monitor, and oversee three or more concurrent, typically longer-term and larger-scale projects.
- Develop project work plans, communication plans, and risk management plans.
- Redesign workflows and develop and measure project metrics.
- Conduct return-on-investment analysis.
- Assign project tasks to designated team members and oversee the work of other project managers and project coordinators.
- Use project management tools and Project Management Institute standards to keep projects on track and integrated with other initiatives.
- Provide direction, monitoring, training, coaching, and work assignments to project staff.
- Plan and facilitate meetings.
Benefits
- Eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
