Manager Strategic Project Management

• Responsible for leading, mentoring, and maintaining the technical competency of staff as well as coaching in areas such as communication, leadership, and overall project management effectiveness

• Builds annual goals for staff members and monitors performance against those goals, including action plans from the annual employee engagement survey

• Responsible for developing and maintaining the processes and tools for effective project and portfolio management across the organization

• Stays aligned with and shares best practices with other project management teams across the organization as a way of improving organization-wide service delivery

• Creates and oversees project scopes, timelines, tasks/responsibilities, and deliverables for assigned projects in collaboration with multi-functional teams

• Works with executive and service line leaders to develop charters, objectives, metrics, stakeholder engagement and communication plans, and monitoring systems

• Ensures tracking of deliverables, objectives, and outcomes for each project, including project status reporting to key stakeholders and sponsors

• Sets up and leads multi-disciplinary work teams to deliver on key deliverables and deadlines

• Ensures effective communication, training, and post-implementation support strategies are created and implemented among all stakeholder teams

• Responsible for positive relationship management with project team members and stakeholders

• Facilitates complex decision-making among multiple stakeholders with varying priorities, while using a tailored approach to meet the needs of stakeholders, ensuring solutions are both sustainable and scalable

• Engages stakeholders in solving problems of varying complexity, strategic priority, and visibility

• Uses change management and performance improvement tools. Builds awareness and commitment to the change effort, and leads the ongoing communications and alignment of stakeholders throughout the process

• Conducts post-initiative assessments and makes recommendations for improvements based on those assessments

• Identifies, gathers, and analyzes all pertinent data, research, and/or information necessary to help make recommendations, inform decisions, and accomplish project goals. Processes information quickly and can translate and communicate clearly to a variety of audiences

• Applies a wide degree of creativity and latitude and relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals

• Performs other related duties as assigned

• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field

• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential job function

• Competent to meet age specific needs of the unit assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Management, Business Administration, Project Management, or related discipline or equivalent experience required

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in Communications, Healthcare, Project Management, Planning, Business Analysis, and/or other relevant experience required

• PMP certification or applicable alternative required

• Strong project management experience, including development of work plans, metrics, and monitoring processes

• Demonstrated experience and success in leading cross-functional and virtual teams for strategically-essential system initiatives with varying complexity

• Demonstrated superior organizational and communication skills, a high level of collaboration, and an ability to coordinate activities and move initiatives forward in partnership with stakeholders

• Experience in managing virtual teams preferred

• Previous supervisory experience preferred

• Experience with Lean and/or Six Sigma preferred

• Typical equipment used in an office job

• Must be able to maintain a sitting position

• Repetitive movements

• Kootenai Health offers comprehensive medical plan options, including options for fully paid employer premiums for our full-time employees. For part-time employees, we offer the same plan options with affordable part-time premiums. In addition to medical insurance, we offer many voluntary benefits ranging from dental and vision to life and pet insurance. Kootenai Health also offers well-being resources and telemedicine service options to all employees, regardless of benefit eligibility. Benefits begin on the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment.
• Kootenai Health’s tuition assistance program is available after 90 days. If you want to further your education, we'll help you pay for it
• Kootenai Health sponsors retirement plans for employees that enable you to save money on a pre-tax and Roth after tax basis for your retirement. Kootenai Health will match your contributions based on years of service ranging from 3-6 percent.
• Competitive salaries with night, weekend, and PRN shift differentials
• An award-winning and incentive-driven wellness program. Including a MyHealth corporate team, onsite financial seminars, and coaching
• Employees receive discounts at The Wellness Bar, PEAK Fitness, and more
• Robust and interactive employee referral program
• And much more

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