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Senior Project Manager

At Houston Methodist, the Senior Project Manager position is responsible for initiating, defining and managing very high-profile projects of considerable complexity. This position sets the strategic direction for the assigned area of responsibility, ensuring completion of projects related to quality processes, systems linkages, documentation, reporting, metrics and review. The Senior Project Manager position has full project life cycle ownership; leading, coordinating, and completing projects from planning and design implementation to measurement and maintenance of desired outcomes with minimal supervision, developing meaningful reports to support business activities, and communicating professionally and persuasively verbally and in writing.

This position monitors milestones and identification of potential barriers, providing innovation recommendations and solutions to assure successful execution and stabilization of process. The Senior Project Manager position regularly provides and disseminates project analysis, assignment, timelines and progress reports to leadership, as appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Five years experience in a related discipline, managing multiple projects of a complex nature for a significant duration. May consider HM employee with four years experience with demonstrated progressive responsibility.
• Master's degree combined with HM Fellow satisfies all experience requirements
• PMP
  - Certified Project Management Professional (PMI) preferred

Skills and abilities:

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles
• Strong communication and presentation skills. Ability to conduct effective presentations
• Ability to establish and maintain positive Sponsor, project team member and internal relationships
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Advanced spreadsheet skills (i.e. creating pivot tables, performing v-lookups, and managing large data sets). Intermediate word-processing and presentation software skills
• Strong project and time management skills
• Initiative
  - Exhibits resourcefulness, independent action and judgment that are position appropriate. Evaluates, selects and acts on various methods and strategies for solving problems and meeting objectives
• Adaptable – flexible in handling change, able to juggle multiple high priority demands, able to adapt to new situations with innovative ideas or approaches. Can maintain focus on goals and easily adjust to how they are achieved
• Professional handling of exposure to confidential/sensitive information

Essential Functions:

• Establishes and maintains clear and concise communication, leading and initiating problem resolution related to the project scope. Identifies needs and constraints of project scope and status availability. Facilitates communication, managing stakeholder(s) expectations.
• Executes project requests from customers and department leadership. Serves as an effective liaison between multiple client groups and stakeholders across various levels of management.
• Works creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment fostering teamwork, innovation and excellence. Actively leads and participates in meetings and provides meaningful contributions that drive decision-making and clearly identifies next steps.
• Responsible for directing, developing, and implementing operational projects as assigned. Develops and manages project team and scope, goals and critical success factors, effectively communicating progress and delivering timely project outputs.
• Works in collaboration with leader to drive project to successful outcomes, serving in an advisory capacity for complex…