Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

Join Avera as a Project Manager and join a mission driven organization with a great company culture, and team environment.

Position Highlights:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) available on Day 1!
• Options for Free Health Insurance!

• Positive Work Environment: Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations.
• Career Growth opportunities with the largest employer in South Dakota.

Job Summary

• The Project Manager role is responsible for leading and driving cross-functional teams through the successful completion of medium to large complexity projects across the Avera organization.
• Projects may involve several technical or operational teams, include repeatable processes or team members, and/or be a standardized rollout of new software, operational process, or vendor based system implementation.
• The Project Manager may also grow their experience by managing a subset of high impact/high value level project(s) or tasks under the direction of another Project Manager.
• The Project Manager is expected to utilize established and formal project management methodology and Avera Organizational Excellence and Project Management-defined best practices to drive project activities and results within a supportive and collaborative team environment.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of three years of working experience as a Project Manager or relevant experience leading multiple project teams and incorporating the PMBOK and the application of that framework within a project or within project lifecycle practices.
• Excellent communication skills and experience communicating with leaders, senior leaders, vendors, and project team members including in person or informal presentations, reports, and facilitating meetings.
• Experience in leading teams, managing stakeholders, communicating with leadership level stakeholders, coordination or management of tasks in a matrixed environment.
• Experience managing project sponsors, stakeholders, team, and vendors in a matrixed environment.

Certification, Licensure and/or Registration

• CAPM or PMP certification preferred.
• This position requires a valid driver’s license and that the employee is insurable by the Avera Health automobile liability insurance carrier.

Work Schedule

• 8:00am-5:00pm, occasional weekend; 80 hours every 2 weeks

What Makes Avera Special?