Senior Project Manager
The University of Iowa Health Care Information Systems has a great opportunity to join our team as a Sr Project Manager! The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for leading, strategizing, and overseeing complex projects and initiatives related to the UI Health Care Epic Community Connect at Iowa Program. This position requires the application of advanced project management methodologies to ensure that the Epic Community Connect Program meets its strategic goals and objectives while upholding the highest standards of quality and efficiency. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, developing comprehensive project plans, managing resource allocation across multiple projects, leading critical project meetings with executive stakeholders, ensuring alignment of the project portfolio with organizational strategy, addressing complex constraints, and implementing risk mitigation strategies with minimal supervision.
This position is eligible for hybrid work within Iowa and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually, and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location.
- Partner with executive leadership to execute UI Health Care's strategic values and financial goals.
- Facilitate collaboration between the Epic Community Connect at Iowa Program leadership and other internal and external stakeholders to successfully implement complex strategic initiatives and projects.
- Establish and maintain executive-level awareness, commitment, and accountability for the Epic Community Connect at Iowa Program and project outcomes across the organization through strategic deliverables and comprehensive performance metrics.
- Develop strategic methodologies to gather, analyze, and report on progress against action plans and expected benefits realization.
Position Responsibilities:
- Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes, and manages multiple projects.
- Identifies common risks and addresses them with contingency plans and options.
- Holds regular and ad-hoc project reviews and status meetings with project team, sponsors, and clients.
- Champions and mentors project organization methodology, tools, and techniques.
- Employs appropriate techniques for maintaining team enthusiasm, energy, and focus.
- Communicates both within the team and to stakeholders.
- Establishes and assures effective teamwork, communications, and reporting at the project level and at the management and stakeholder level for the status of projects.
- Develops continuous improvement and feedback processes to act upon lessons learned to improve the efficiency of the project management methodology.
- Gives continuing feedback, recognizes achievement, and recommends improvement.
- Mentor other staff in the field of project management.
- Controls strategic and mission-critical projects involving multiple parties.
- Indirectly manages projects providing project management best practices and mentoring to project stakeholders and team members.
- Creates and maintains project lists of issues and potential problems.
- Captures, records, aggregates, and reports project status across the organization.
- Cooperates with project team members to produce status report updates.
- Conducts and reports on project budget and variance analysis.
- Builds consensus among managerial, technical, and business stakeholders.
- Organizes projects that span disciplines, geographic areas, and business cultures.
- Plans for allocation of project resources in line with unit goals, strategic and business objectives.
- Coordinates team efforts on multiple concurrent projects.
- Consults on project planning, estimating, scheduling of high-risk, high-impact projects.
- Verifies and confirms project funding and budget assignments and allocations.
- Organizes projects and ensures that they are executed successfully to plan.
- Identifies risks and vulnerabilities and creates contingency plans.
- Identifies reporting and control requirements and reflects them in all project plans.
- Develops and maintains a positive, collaborative relationship with project stakeholder Imposes conformance on project plans, reports, and reviews.
Health Care Information Systems (HCIS): Provides and supports information and communication systems and technology that facilitate quality patient care, progressive medical education, and innovative research.
- Salary: $67,330 to commensurate – Paygrade 5B
- The University of Iowa offers a generous benefits package, including 24 days paid vacation per year to start and paid sick leave. Complete information regarding the full benefits package may be viewed at https://hr.uiowa.edu/benefits
- Percent of Time: 100%
- Location: 3281 Ridgeway Drive, Coralville, IA
- Staff Type: Professional & Scientific
- Type of Position: Regular
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Business or Management, Public Health, Health Administration or a related Health Industry discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience Requirements:
- Project Management experience, typically 3-5 years implementing and managing multiple medium to large-scale programs/projects
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with a strong focus on customer service utilizing established PMO
- Program/Project Management methodology, processes, procedures, tools, and techniques to improve quality measures and metrics.
- Ability to lead process improvement activities to make enhancement recommendations and implement workflow and business process changes.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with all levels of management and project team members.
- Demonstrated strong project management, organizational and facilitation skills.
- Experience leading teams and people to successfully implement change utilizing a positive, can-do attitude to inspire others.
- Proficient in Project Management tools including MS Teams, MS Word, MS Excel, MS SharePoint, MS Visio, and MS PowerPoint.
- Experience with the concept of the PMBOK (Project Management Book of Knowledge) and applying project management principles, methodology & processes, tools & techniques to managing projects.
- Ability to travel to customer sites and to the University of Iowa campus and facilities as needed to support various projects and work activities.
Desired Qualifications:
- Preference will be given to candidates with educational and certification credentials combined with Project Management experience in a health industry.
- Experience with complex, enterprise-wide system implementations
- Experience with portfolio management concepts and practices
- PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), Master Certificate in Project Management, Public Heath Certification, or Informatics Certificate, Prince2, AIPM Certified Practicing Project Manager (CPPM), ITILv3, Lean, Agile and/or Six Sigma certification.
- A Master's degree in Business Administration, Business or Management, Public Health, Health Administration, or a related Health Industry discipline.
- Working knowledge with Epic implementation and support in an ambulatory or hospital setting
- Proficiency with advanced project management tools and software platforms
- Proven ability to influence without direct authority
- Strong emotional intelligence attributes
To be considered, applicants must upload a resume (under submission relevant materials) that clearly addresses how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications of this position. A cover letter is desired as part of the application process. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.
Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.
Persons with disabilities who need assistance or accommodations with the application or interview process may contact University Human Resources/Faculty and Staff Disability Services, (319) 335-2660 or fsds@uiowa.edu. For jobs in UI Health care, please contact UI Health care Leave & Disability Administration at 319-356-7543.
