Senior Project Manager, Research Core

Location:

Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

Works collaboratively with project stakeholders both internal and external and functional managers to develop project goals and objectives, set project timeline, manage change, and control scope. Leads project team in collaboration with IT functional leadership to achieve project goals and objectives on time and within budget. Reports and appropriately escalates project progress, concerns, and issues to project stakeholders and leadership.

Job Duties:

• Assemble project team, establish authority as project manager, gain consensus, and develop and effectively communicate a clear understanding of the project scope, objectives, mandates, timeframe, budget and other project requirements.
• Ensure project requirements, constraints, and assumptions are defined, documented, and effectively communicated in order to establish the project deliverables using requirements gathering techniques.
• Ensure realistic labor and cost estimates are applied to project activities and tasks in support of project plan and schedule development.
• Collects status information regularly from the project team and maintains visibility to overall project status for stakeholders and leadership.
• Establishes and executes on a communications plan meeting the needs of the project, including status meetings, status reports, change management, and issue escalation.
• Creates agendas, ensures the capture of minutes, and conducts meetings in an effective and efficient manner.
• Manage changes to project scope, schedule and costs using appropriate verification techniques so as to keep the project plan accurate and reflective of authorized project changes Maintains, documents, and communicates scope and schedule variances to plan to leadership as appropriate and per the communications plan.
• Manage project risks through facilitating pro-active risk identification and management and ensuring appropriate contingency plans are developed and implemented to minimize the probability of and impact to the project.
• Organize, manage and direct project team tasks to assure proper application of project management standards, best practices, tools, and methodologies in project work.
• Leverages approved supporting tools to facilitate document management, sharing, and collaboration.
• Engages and effectively communicates in a timely fashion with stakeholders, including project sponsors, project team members, IT functional management, and leadership on all project tasks and deliverables, including requirements, scope, plans, staffing, budget, risks, issues, schedules, and status.
• Ensures timely and accurate collection of labor hours related to the project.
• Participate in and provide guidance related to vendor management associated to assigned projects including but is not limited to, contract negotiations, invoicing issues lists and new product evaluations.
• Contributes to employee goals and performance appraisals as related to assigned projects.
• Manages and supports the functional manager in managing project budget and financing, including but not limited to planned and actual hours, planned and actual dollars, and variances.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details:

Education:

Bachelor's Degree-Technology Related Degree (Required)

Experience:

Minimum of 6 years-Managing people, processes, or projects (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Skills:

Communication, Computer Literacy, Multitasking, Organizing, Research Regulatory Environment, Teamwork

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. 

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all.  We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.