Senior Project Manager

About the Role

Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Virtual, Virginia, United States

Department: HIT VHIE BSIS

Job Description:

Make a difference in the future of global healthcare!  Join our JPSys team!

Our mission is to manage and improve the interoperability and usability of clinical data.

J P Systems provides professional services for large Federal Healthcare IT projects. Be part of a team influencing the future of clinical data management by helping us to manage clinical data across the Federal Government.  

Responsibilities of the Project Manager Sr.:

• This is a highly visible client facing position in a fast-paced Federal environment.

• Oversee the daily operations of a Health Information Exchange team. Our JPSys team supports the U.S. Dept of Veteran Affairs and liaises with their data trading partners to manage the Veteran's Health Information Exchange within the VHA. 

• Activities would include management of kick-off, project plan development, risk assessment, implementation, testing, and close-out of each assigned task.

• Able to manage changing client requirements with a flexible positive attitude.

• Oversee all tasks and make sure deliverables are completed on schedule, within budget and with the appropriate resources.

• Oversee the development of metrics, Power BI dashboards for monitoring work products, recommend project improvements, and develop Project Management planning documents as needed to support the project.

• Assess success of projects and initiatives, provide project management support on assigned task orders. 

• Develop following high visibility deliverable project reports for twelve (12) total tailored statistical reports (an average of one report per month, (PWS 5.9.5). Respond to VHIE management requests for custom statistical analysis. Requests may include support for VA leadership queries, congressional testimony, interagency collaboration, and external partnerships. Produce a summary report compiling the year’s work, due at the end of the contract period.

• Produce additional reports as follows: a KPI Report (5.9.1), a VHIE Outcome Measures Roadmap (5.9.2), VHIE ROI Evaluation Proposal (5.9.3), and Dashboard Analysis and Improvement Reports (5.9.4).

• Manage large nationwide virtual team of 24 people.

Project Requirements:

• Manage the project staff including lead weekly client meetings, review and improve staff performance, develop staff professionally, perform weekly timecard approvals and annual reviews.

• Manage this new Healthcare Information Technology project throughout its lifecycle, including start up, implementation, execution and closeout.

• Apply Project Management Institute (PMI) project management methodologies to track costs, risks, scope, schedule, and report on progress.

• Identify, report and mitigate quality issues, (according to ISO 9001 QMS requirements), and risks to the project.

• Coordination, production and management of on-time, high quality deliverables.

• Monitor and control the project and formulate corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives.

• Develop work plans & staffing plans, assign responsibilities to project staff, monitor employee performance, and collaborate with other Project Managers and the Program Manager.

• Engage with our Federal Healthcare IT client (Veteran's Health Administration) and other stakeholders.

• Oversee all tasks and participate in making sure deliverables are executed within scope, with the appropriate resources and on schedule.

• Oversee the development of data and project metrics, recommend project improvements, and develop Project Management planning documents to support the project. 

• Utilize PMBOK principles to manage project

Skills and Qualifications:

• 5 - 9 years' experience required for this role.

• Healthcare or IT experience is preferred.

• Federal contracting experience is required.

• Must have 6 to 9 years' experience managing a similar size team.

• Strong technical & computer skills for managing the analysis and interpretation of data.

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years Microsoft Office suite experience required. Proficiency in Microsoft Teams and SharePoint required.

• Able to multitask and handle multiple priorities with a calm, positive attitude, and professional manner.

• Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form.

• Demonstrated ability to be self-starter and able to work with all types of personnel with a professional attitude.

• Excellent time management, organizational, and multi-tasking skills.  

• Able to mentor junior staff members.

• Must be a technically savvy, highly self-motivated and independent worker.

• Virtual meeting software experience such as MS Teams or Zoom is required. 

• ISO 9001-2015 Quality Management System (QMS) experience is a plus

• Must have 4 years of Power BI experience creating Dashboards

• PMP certification is highly desired

• SAFe Agile Project Management knowledge and an SPC certification is strongly preferred

Travel:

Travel up to 10% domestically may be required for this position. Written travel approval must be obtained for every trip.

Education Requirements:

A master's degree (or bachelor’s plus 2 years relevant experience) (or Associate’s + 4 years relevant experience) in either Management, Informatics, Information Systems, Business or related, technical or management discipline required. 

Educational Equivalents:

A bachelor's degree plus 2 years' experience may be used as an equivalent to a master's degree or an associate degree plus 4 years' experience may be used as an equivalent to a master's degree.

Although we are 100% virtual, you must be located in one of our hiring states of AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MD, MI, TX, VA, or WI.

Must have high speed internet connection.  

Relocation: Not paid

J P Systems does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

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