Project Manager

Job Summary: Under the supervision of the Vice President of Operations, the Project Manager coordinates the activities of projects, including readiness assessment, budgeting, vendor interactions, testing, and implementation. Projects will include a mix of Information Systems projects and other operational initiatives that support the strategic initiatives of the Brattleboro Retreat. The Project Manager manages all aspects of the project life cycle including creating project schedules, establishing benchmarks, tracking the progress of deliverables, and communicating statuses to all levels of management. The Project Manager will act as a primary point of contact for the project and will work with internal and external stakeholders to understand department needs and organizational impacts of the project. This position requires at least 50% onsite presence.

Qualifications

• Bachelors’ Degree in related field required
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience project management is required
• Minimum 2 years experience in the healthcare industry strongly preferred
• PMP Certification preferred
• Familiarity with IT infrastructure/network environment and IT application implementation project life cycle strongly preferred
• In depth knowledge of project management methodology and tools
• Experience with project management tools that integrate with the Microsoft365/Teams application suite
  
  
  

Core Competencies

• Manage the definition, design, oversite and implementation of medium to complex projects.
• Manage the project intake, approval and prioritization process through applicable Steering committees.
• Facilitates gathering project requirements and specifications.
• Collaborate with the department leadership and stakeholders to create/maintain project resource allocation estimates.
• Develop, plan and track detailed project plans, including schedules, resource needs, communication plans, decisions made and issue resolution plans.
• Facilitates the identification of project risks and creates mitigation plans.
• Facilitate project meetings to efficiently move through agendas, track open issues and decisions made.
• Works with Finance resources to develop and track project budgets.
• Develops and maintains the portfolio of all projects in the planning and implementation stages.
• Provide project leadership, work direction, and feedback to ensure project milestones and deliverables are met. Coach and train project team members on project management processes and best practices. Oversee work output of project team members.
• Communicate and report status to executives, business partners and other stakeholders.
• Deliver formal presentations to senior management on project status updates and recommendations.
• Conduct project postmortems to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Maintain project documentation archives.