The Senior Program Manager will work with stakeholders to develop strategies for achieving our organizational goals. The Program Manager will be capable of leading stakeholders through process improvement discussions or challenging implementation cycles. The Senior Program Manager will build expertise in the functional workstreams, measuring and understanding the organization's abilities and constraints to inform their strategic plan. The Senior Program Manager will possess expert communication skills to collaborate with our project stakeholders and business leaders. The incumbent will coach teammates from cross functional teams, share lessons learned and thought leadership to elevate their performance, and most importantly serve the needs of the project teams.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain or related field.
EXPERIENCE:
1. Eight (8) years of experience leading projects in Human Resources Operations, Finance Operations or Supply Chain Operations
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. Master’s degree in a related business area or field of study
2. Certifications such as:
• PMP
• Lean Six Sigma
• CBAP
EXPERIENCE:
1. Ten (10) years of experience leading projects in Human Resources Operations, Finance Operations or Supply Chain Operations
CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.
1. Lead the planning and implementation of multiple project plans and programs while being accountable for ensuring key stakeholder alignment on project scope, budget, resource plan, key milestone management, and risk management.
2. Responsible for change management and communication plans throughout the program’s lifecycle.
3. Own regular status reporting and communications with internal and external teams and WVU Medicine executives for your programs.
4. Indirectly lead a team of internal and external project management professionals which requires recruiting, training, and developing teammates to drive a high-performance team.
5. Contribute thought leadership across WVU Medicine workstreams and may mentor junior project managers.
6. Manage third-party vendor contracts and work efforts under several workstreams.
7. Direct activities across multiple cross-functional teams, and proactively identify and manage dependencies across them.
8. Escalate issues and impacts to delivery timelines and work proactively with teams to support the project execution.
9. Develop and track delivery metrics for your project teams and champion lessons learned to identify opportunities to tune existing processes to raise the quality bar and deliver faster.
10. Identify and coordinate process improvement opportunities across all workstreams
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Ability to sit for long periods of time.
2. Ability to lift, push or pull 10 to 15 pounds.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Standard office environment.
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
1. Hands-on experience in leading a small team; including recruiting and developing the staff
2. Demonstrated excellence in developing program-level roadmaps and transparent reporting to executive stakeholders.
3. Acute attention to detail and exemplary communication & organization skills.
4. Ability to plan and deliver programs in a blended Agile and more traditional Waterfall development environments.
5. Flexibility to help teams execute without perfect processes or overbearing administrative activities & checklists.
6. Proficient with using enterprise-wide ERP systems such as Lawson, Oracle or Workday. Workday experience is preferred
Additional Job Description:
HYBRID (must be local to the WV area to travel in as needed for mandatory meetings, mergers/acquisitions, etc.)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Shift:
Exempt/Non-Exempt:
United States of America (Exempt)Company:
SYSTEM West Virginia University Health SystemCost Center:
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