Kootenai Health - Cda, ID

posted 3 days ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Cda, ID
Hospitals

About the position

Strategic Project Managers are pivotal in advancing Kootenai Health's success by leading key initiatives that support the organization's strategic plan. This highly visible, results-driven role is responsible for independently guiding cross-functional teams through planning and executing strategic projects of varying size and complexity, ensuring alignment, measurable impact, and sustainable outcomes. Acting as a strategic partner to service line and department leaders, the position requires superior organizational and communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to manage complexity while driving change. As part of the Strategic Planning & Business Development team, Strategic Project Managers also support the Strategy Portfolio of high-priority initiatives, leveraging best practices in project management, change management, and performance improvement to achieve organizational goals.

Responsibilities

  • Creates and oversees project scopes, timelines, tasks/responsibilities, and deliverables for assigned projects in collaboration with multi-functional teams
  • Works with executive and service line leaders to develop charters, objectives, metrics, stakeholder engagement and communication plans, and monitoring systems
  • Ensures tracking of deliverables, objectives, and outcomes for each project, including project status reporting to key stakeholders and sponsors
  • Sets up and leads multi-disciplinary work teams to deliver on key deliverables and deadlines
  • Ensures effective communication, training, and post-implementation support strategies are created and implemented among all stakeholder teams
  • Responsible for positive relationship management with project team members as well as assisting teams
  • Facilitates decision-making among multiple stakeholders with varying priorities
  • Engages stakeholders in solving problems of varying complexity, strategic priority, and visibility
  • Uses change management and performance improvement tools
  • Builds awareness and commitment to the change effort, and leads the ongoing communications and alignment of stakeholders throughout the process
  • Identifies, gathers, and analyzes all pertinent data, research, and/or information necessary to help make recommendations, inform decisions, and accomplish project goals
  • Conducts post-initiative assessments and makes recommendations for improvements based on those assessments
  • Stays aligned with and shares best practices with other members of the project management team
  • Applies a wide degree of creativity and latitude and relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
  • Performs other related duties and special projects as required as assigned
  • Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field
  • Regular and predictable attendance is an essential job function
  • Competent to meet age specific needs of the unit assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Management, Business Administration, Project Management, or related discipline or equivalent experience required
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in Communications, Healthcare, Project Management, Planning, Business Analysis, and/or other relevant experience
  • Strong project management experience, including development of work plans, metrics, and monitoring processes
  • Experience in managing virtual teams preferred
  • PMP certification preferred
  • Experience with Lean and/or Six Sigma preferred

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical plan options, including options for fully paid employer premiums for full-time employees
  • Tuition assistance program available after 90 days
  • Retirement plans with matching contributions based on years of service
  • Competitive salaries with night, weekend, and PRN shift differentials
  • Award-winning and incentive-driven wellness program
  • Employee discounts at The Wellness Bar, PEAK Fitness, and more
  • Robust and interactive employee referral program
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