Senior Project Manager

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional ethical physical and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth dignity and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET Managing Up Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees experiential journeys to ensure strong communication ease of access to information and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organizations vision fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

• 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 business decisions by identifying needs making assessments and problem solving.

• Works with leadership teams across multiple departments to identify priorities and achieve organizational alignment across various projects.

• Actively participates in internal quality-improvement teams proactively driving quality-improvement initiatives to ensure the best possible delivery of service quality outcomes and high customer satisfaction as appropriate.

• Develops and presents communications that may be distributed to entity business cases/analysis reports and presentations with compelling data for leadership review as appropriate.

• Analyzes measures and drives project performance utilizing data gathering tools and methods needed for project requirements. Communicates and disseminates timely data analysis and findings to management and appropriate entities and/or identified committees.

• Develops and leads training strategies education and communication related to projects across Houston Methodist and multiple departments as appropriate. Provides feedback and metrics related to project training as appropriate.

• Ope-rationalizes strategic plans with timely execution of project deliverables. Tracks the status and coordinates deadlines of all projects identifying potential barriers to project progression and implementing solutions/resolutions. Utilizes a variety of software applications to create/compose both non-routine and sensitive senior management level communications and reports.

• Utilizes efficient and cost-effective work practices with department resources and supplies; provides recommendations to reduce expenses. Completes timely and accurate expense reports as determined by leadership as applicable.

• Prepares estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project. Provides support to aid in complex financial decision making related to project scope as appropriate.

• Analyzes and assesses present and future needs trends challenges and opportunities. Participates in strategic planning for department. Generates and communicates new ideas and suggestions that improve quality or service.

• Supports hospital and department goals and offers innovative solutions through participation in department projects to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of current practices. Completes and updates the individual development plan (IDP) on an on-going basis. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management.

• Bachelors 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.

• Masters degree combined with HM Fellow satisfies all experience requirements

• N/A

• PMP - Certified Project Management Professional (PMI)

• 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

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs No
• Business professional Yes
• Other (department approved) No

ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster Severe Weather Events etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* No

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Houston Methodist The Woodlands opened in 2017 as the eighth hospital in the Houston Methodist system. This 187-bed 470000-square-foot full-service acute care hospital offers many of the same services as our flagship hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Also on the $380 million hospital campus located at the intersection of I-45 and TX 242 is a medical office building which opened in 2016. Medical Office Building 1 includes a breast care center cancer center & infusion center orthopedics & sports medicine rehabilitation services wellness services and an outpatient laboratory in addition to multi-specialty physician practices. A second medical office building and 785-car parking garage opened in 2018.