Short Description:
This position has the possibility to go perm. The Program Manager directs, controls, administers, and regulates an enhancement or development program.
Complete Description:
The Dept. of Mental Health needs two PM resourcecs to assist with their project work load. One resource will be focusing on the Financial and Billing System (FABS) and the other will be focusing on infrastructure and SDLC projects. Agile environment, strong communication skills both oral and written, infrastructure background with desktop standardization, hardware & software rollouts, wireless installations etc. SDLC background in the Health industry specially with hospital transaction and billing systems.
PM
Years of Relevant Experience:
2 to 4 years
Preferred Education:
4 year college degree or equivalent technical study.
Role Description:
•Responsible for the development of estimates for the enhancement or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation.
•Accountable for delivery of all work tasks identified in the program plan.
•Responsible for the capture and reporting of required program management metrics.
•Adjust and revise estimates when necessary.
•Ensure all changes to scope follow processes and are documented.
•Ensure new estimates are approved by the client and agreed upon.
•Adjust and revise estimates when necessary.
•Manage, and track the program progress against the program plan.
•Monitor project milestones and phases to ensure the project is on schedule. Take corrective actions if a project begins to slip its schedule.
•Prepares status reports on a periodic basis for program team, team leads, group leads, and program manager and appropriate stakeholders.
•Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across application teams.
•Develop the detailed program plan for the enhancement or development effort
•Accountable for the final program management evaluation review with stakeholders for approval upon program completion.
•Responsible to tailor and baseline all program templates.
•Accountable to schedule or monitor status reviews, peer reviews, program management inspections, and software quality assurance work product and process reviews with the appropriate designated resources.
•Notify team leads of project timelines, milestones, phases, work requests target dates, and approved executable work package.
•Communicate and work with users and client as necessary.
•Coordinate and present proposals to agencies as necessary.
•Analyze and distribute reports on program metrics associated with work items related to improvement measures.
•Ensure processes and activities are followed.
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
experience with large infrastructure implementations
Required
2
Years
Agile methodology
Required
2
Years
Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
Required
4
Years
Financial billing system experience specifically in the health industry
Highly desired
1
Years
PMP certified
Highly desired
1
Years
Experience managing managing multiple projects with or without sub projects
Required
2
Years
Experience managing large complete SDLC projects in planning, design, programming , testing and implementation
Required
2
Years
4 year degree
Required
see full description for additional detail
Required