Project Manager, Project and Portfolio Management Office

PDS Health•Irvine, CA

7d•$116,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager establishes and maintains direction and guidelines for managing strategic projects and initiatives; this includes resource allocation, project duration, schedule and the project budget. Collaborates with the project workgroup, managers, customers and vendors in identifying key business issues and developing solutions. Responsible for overseeing and providing guidance to a team committed to achieving the project goals. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
4 years of full cycle project management experience
PMP Certification required
Ability to manage 10+ interdependent or integrated processes and 6+ Applications

Nice To Haves

7+ years dedicated project management experience
Dental, managed healthcare, or retail industry experience

Responsibilities

Manages medium size complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity
Manages all phases of the project and consults for other projects
Responsible for creating, coordinating and developing project charters, business cases, technical and architecture specifications and project plans for identified projects
Effectively manages all project constraints; budgets, resources, schedules and quality, in order to fulfill deliverables and implement effective business solutions
Responsible for completeness of all project documentation throughout the project lifecycle and for obtaining appropriate approvals at each phase of the project
Manages project progress by establishing and conducting regularly scheduled meetings with the project workgroup
Monitor and direct resolution to ensure solution design meets standard architecture considerations and approvals – standard database structures, code standards, common components and reusable programs, security and performance levels system interfaces and dependencies
Identify areas of potential concern in sufficient time to mitigate risk. Assist the project workgroup in managing those risks throughout the project by communicating, tracking and mitigating issues
Provides updates to Management as required
Leverage analytical skills to distill large volumes of data into clear, concise action plans aimed at improving the delivery of projects/initiatives
Proficiency in performing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative analyses, such as root cause, impact, risk, gap and cost/benefit
Perform systems analysis, as needed
Builds strong partnerships with internal customers in order to increase value and delivery of ROI
Ensures all action items are assigned and completed
Assesses performance and provides feedback of assigned project personnel as required
Manages vendor selection
Other duties as assigned by management