Project Manager- Senior

Title: Project Manager- Senior

Duration: 6+ months

Location: Raleigh, NC

The Project Manager oversees the implementation and integration of third-party applications as part of Epic EHR implementation program. They provide additional coordination and communication for their team.

Reports to the EHR Program Management Office.

Key Responsibilities

- Work closely with the EHR Program

Director, EHR PMO Manager, Application Manager, and other project managers to

coordinate activities.

- Assist the EHR PMO Manager and

Application Manager with the development of business cases for approval by the Information

Technology Board and Governance (ITGB)

- Ensure coordination and

communication between NCDHHS and the Office of the State Chief Information Officer

(CIO), Department of Information Technology, and the DIT/Enterprise Project

Management Office (EPMO)

- Experience with Health Information

Technology (HIT) projects with an emphasis on clinical information systems and healthcare

application interoperability

- Highly proficient knowledge of PMI

standards for project management is required, experience with Waterfall and

Agile methodologies preferred.

- Develop and

maintain project plans according to State and department IT project management

methodology; must be familiar with Microsoft Project and MS SharePoint.

- Maintain the scope, schedule, and

quality of the project in their specific application areas.

- Must have In-depth knowledge of IT

project management, IT project budgeting, costing, QA methodologies, processes,

and standards.

- Familiarly

with IT procurements and vendor/contract management

- Advise and

coach team members by providing guidance on project issues, key success factors

of the project, and lessons learned.

- Set clear

expectations for team members.

- Organize

resources within the organization.

- Identify and

manage issues and risks, assuring appropriate resolution/escalation and

mitigation strategies are documented, and status tracked.

- Develop project plans and project artifacts.

- Assist the business with the

development of business cases for governance approval.

- Maintain project schedules and budgets.

- Assist as a stakeholder support liaison

for their areas assigned.

- Identify and work with the team to

troubleshoot issues.

- Guide

workflow design, system build and test, and analyze other technical issues

associated with various vendor applications.

- Serve as a

liaison between organizational needs, vendor staff, and Epic implementation staff.

- Maintain

regular communication with Epic and vendor staff representatives, including

participating in weekly project team meetings.

- Work with

Epic representatives, vendor staff, organization, and end users to ensure the

system meets the organization's business needs.

- Develop an understanding of

operational needs to set the direction for the organization's workflows.

- Participate in the coordinating of

training for end users as needed.

- Support Epic and third-party vendors

with coordination of system and end user testing

- Review the status of projects and

issues on an ongoing basis with leadership.

- Hold weekly communications with

team members to discuss the status of deliverables, shared issues, end user concerns, budget, and upcoming milestones.

- Develop reports for executive

management review, and effectively communicate project status and deliverables

to leadership.

- Must have strong conflict

resolution and management, excellent creative thinking and problem-solving

skills, and attention to detail, analytical thinking and organization skills.