Senior Strategic Project Manager

Overview

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

This position is responsible for developing programs to support the organization's strategic direction, as well as creating and managing long term goals. This includes overseeing the planning, implementation, and tracking of specific, complex projects as well as developing operational programs from conceptual ideas. Additionally, this position coordinates multiple projects and/or programs across functional lines, to be sure they are benefiting each other and aligning with overall business goals. The incumbent works closely with senior management, internal resources, external partners, and vendors to ensure that all projects and/or programs are delivered on-time, within scope, and within budget. The Senior Strategic Project Manager facilitates an array of nascent projects and/or programs aimed at achieving the mission and goals of assigned department. The strategic project manager typically works to move projects and/or program initiatives, including product roll outs, from conception to completion in a timely and effective manner.

Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Facilitates strategic discussions and understanding of ideas, implications and proposals.
• Performs needs analyses, identifying knowledge gaps that fall within the scope of a project, and works to address needs and gaps.
• Ensures that data and analysis critical to project success are completed.
• Helps project members understand project vision, objectives, trade-offs, assuring strategic clarity for all projects undertaken.
• Addresses projects from multiple angles, proactively anticipating needs of other departments and stakeholders, assuring that initiatives support core goals.
• Identifies key decisions, milestones and achievements for individual programs as well as for interrelated initiatives in a broad scope.
• Provides team leadership and inspires others to action.
• Provides critical input to others and provides extra support to the team as needed.
• Responds to obstacles & barriers to projects and/or programs, using critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills to resolve.
• Coordinates efforts across multiple groups, departments, divisions, and facilities to achieve strategic objectives.
• Serves as a liaison to the required functional departments to increase awareness of programs.
• May participate in grant applications process including design, submission, and review.
• Coordinates and running events and workshops.
• Reports on project and/or program performance to executive team and directors.
• Develops industry relationships.
• Ensures that relevant standards, process and regulations are upheld.
• Develops and implements strategy, including the development of a robust risk mitigation plan.
• Creates and manages long term goals.
• Develops evaluation methods to assess programs strengths and identifies areas for improvement.
• Meets with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project and/or program issues and decisions.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Demonstrated competency in all aspects of project management.

• Demonstrated sense of mission, understanding of how projects impact the customer and the overall organization.

• Ability to manage resistance to change.

• Ability to reinforce the strategic reason for the project and identify the business impact of any changes.

• Ability to communicate effectively at an executive level; facilitate involvement of high-level stakeholders.

• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects at once with a high degree of quality.

• Ability to analyze and document complex business processes.

• Ability to prepare written and verbal communications for projects and programs.

• Demonstrated political awareness, interpersonal and relationship development skills.

• Ability to apply systematic and strategic thinking to solve complex problems.

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, have a sense of ownership and actively participate in process improvement.

• Ability to be the subject matter expert in best practices and skills related to strategic project management as program management and maintain a current skillset both institutionally and industry-wide.

• Ability to manage teams with various talents, experience, and responsibilities.

• Ability to implement and manage change and interventions to ensure project, program and department goals are achieved.

• Ability to understand how different projects interlink and overlap.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in a related area, or equivalency.
• Five years of applicable experience.
• Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Qualifications (Preferred)

Preferred

• Master's degree in a related area, of equivalency.
• Experience in the healthcare industry

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This is a sedentary position in an office setting that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental.

Physical Requirements