Technical Project Managers

University of Utah•Salt Lake City, UT

31d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Utah Data Coordinating Center (DCC) as a Technical Project Manager, where your work will directly enable innovative clinical research at the University of Utah and across national partners. This position will be responsible for the overall planning, management and completion of projects across the DCC. This is a growth-focused role ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative, mission-driven environment. The Utah DCC supports large-scale health data infrastructure that underpins national emergency response, clinical registries, and federal research initiatives. The Technical PM will work with a cross-functional team, including: program directors, administrative staff, report developers, statisticians, data managers, IT staff and other project stakeholders. Typical projects include new initiatives and implementation of new technologies. Establish project teams and provide overall direction for technical projects from initiation through to delivery. Perform project requirements, estimation, and budget management. Formulate project scope and delivery strategies and establish milestones/schedules. Maintain and report project status and monitor progress of all team members. Gather required data from end-users to evaluate objectives, goals, and scope to create technical specifications. Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments to ensure that all targets and requirements are met. Keep leadership informed of key issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results. This position will report to the Associate Director of Program Delivery & Portfolio Management who leads the IT Project Management Office. The Utah DCC offers a career ladder for Technical Project Managers and provides growth and professional development opportunities. To learn more about the Utah DCC visit http://uofuhealth.org/UtahDCC

Requirements

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
Technical Project Managers, II: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.
Technical Project Managers, III: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.
Technical Project Managers, IV: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.

Nice To Haves

Project Manager Professional (PMP) certified
Master's degree in related field

Responsibilities

Establish project teams and provide overall direction for technical projects from initiation through to delivery.
Perform project requirements, estimation, and budget management.
Formulate project scope and delivery strategies and establish milestones/schedules.
Maintain and report project status and monitor progress of all team members.
Gather required data from end-users to evaluate objectives, goals, and scope to create technical specifications.
Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments in order to ensure that all targets and requirements are met.
Keep leadership informed of key issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results.
Delivery Process: Accountable for the various projects that are under the ownership of this role. Ensure delivery to agreed time, cost and quality parameters. Ensure project goals are achieved on time in alignment with the stakeholders' expectation. Ability to manage both large, small, simple and complex projects. Ability to escalate and remove blocks to progress. Have proven delivery experience and capability which enables this role to provide guidance, coaching and mentoring to junior project managers.
Quality, Risk & Compliance: Ensure all risk and issues associated with owned projects are recorded and managed in the appropriate Risk & Issue logs in a timely manner, according to project standards. Ensure all Risks and Issues have clear action/mitigation/contingency plans defined, with named action owners and timelines for completion.
Team Leadership: As a member of the team, contribute the development of talent and capabilities. Use experience to bring new ideas and to identify and challenge ineffective practices. Based on the proven experience this person will be responsible for guiding, mentoring and coaching the junior project managers in the team. Manage the selection of project managers.
Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with others to improve our IT delivery methodology covering tools, sourcing, processes and quality assurance.
Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor and summarize progress of projects
Think creatively about solutions to technical and non-technical problems
Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
Facilitate effective meetings that produce clear action and consensus
Ensure that IT plan is consistent with project design and requirements
Build trusting relationships within and beyond the IT Team to achieve the goals and contribute to the success of the Utah DCC.

Benefits

Excellent health care coverage at affordable rates
14.2% retirement contributions that vest immediately
Generous paid leave time
11 paid Holidays
50% tuition reduction for employee, spouse, and dependent children
Flex spending accounts
Free transit on most UTA services
Employee discounts on a variety of products and services including cell phones & plans, entertainment, health and fitness, restaurants, retail, and travel
Professional development opportunities

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