Senior IT Program Manager - Healthcare / Application Development (PMP)

Position Description:

The Program Manager serves as the single point of contact for the day-to-day IT project operations. The position shall oversee and direct all resources provided. His/her responsibilities shall include overall project governance, communications with executives, planning, budgeting, execution, monitoring, control, quality assurance and implementing course corrections as needed. The Program Manager is responsible for performing the following:

1. Managing day-to-day project activities;
2. Identifying issues and risks and recommending possible issue and risk mitigation strategies;
3. Facilitating State agency and Contractor discussions / meetings;
4. Ensuring that performance is within scope, consistent with requirements, and delivered on time and within budget;
5. Identifying critical paths, tasks, dates, testing, and acceptance criteria;
6. Ensuring the application of State SDLC standards;
7. Providing solutions to improve efficiency (e.g., reduce costs while maintaining or improving performance levels);
8. Monitoring issues and providing resolutions for up-to-date status reports; and
9. Documenting and delivering project management related artifacts.

REQUIRED Specialized Experience:

• Demonstrate at least eight (8) years of experience managing complex IT development projects, similar to that described in the Statement of Work
• At least 12 years of experience in program or project management with a minimum 2 years healthcare project management experience.
• Candidate must have experience in a leadership role for at least three (3) successful projects with an organizational change management component that involve working with stakeholder groups across the organization
• Candidate must possess at least five (5) years of experience using PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) methodologies and artifacts

REQUIRED Education:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or a related discipline.

REQUIRED Certifications:

Candidates must possess a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

General Experience:

• Strong leadership aptitude to foster a positive work environment that considers the dynamics of physical, social, psychological, and environmental factors
• Strong interpersonal skills to build client rapport and develop/discipline/reward employees
• Solid analytical skills and ability to make decisions and solve problems
• Excellent time management abilities
• Demonstrated problem-solving and customer service skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and manage work to a defined schedule
• Experience conducting meetings, interviews and making presentations 
• Specific experience in evaluating quality assurance /quality control testing and User Acceptance Testing efforts
• Team player and a consistent, dependable performer with an excellent work ethic, flexible “can do” attitude, and a results-driven commitment to success
• Ability to apply industry best practices and future state/federal mandates to existing systems