Senior IT Program Manager

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• Assures the coordination and integration of all projects and assists with the continual alignment of projects to business goals and objectives.
• Consolidates and coordinates the management of common and disparate activities risk quality knowledge coordination issues resources and scope among multiple projects.
• Conducts appropriate and effective communications (both upward and downward) keeping all members of the multiple project teams informed.
• Institutes mechanisms to capture and assess all issues that may have an impact on the enterprise.
• Identifies gaps or overlaps among multiple projects and directs appropriate action.
• Keeps senior management informed of likely cost duration and required management involvement.
• Alert Project Managers & Leads to all aspects of project changes risks and their required involvement.
• Defines the overall delivery strategy and monitors the schedule across multiple projects.
• Insures that projects target benefits are on track to predetermined milestones.
• Ensures project initiating planning executing controlling and closing mechanisms are in place for the effective and efficient execution of the projects.
• Continually assesses and manages risk and associated mitigation strategies.
• Assure that needs and concerns of all stakeholders are documented and follow the appropriate escalation path. Will strive to address and avoid conflict where possible across multiple projects.
• Defines and manages overall communications of project status. Ensures all stakeholders receive project status communication that is sufficient in frequency and detail.
• Reports to the enterprise leadership on overall progress benefits costs issues and risk in a timely manner.
• Works closely with the functional departments to ensure effective post implementation support resources and processes are in place.
• Continually negotiates assesses and manages vendor/subcontractor service level agreement/contract performance.
• Continually assesses and manages cost management with the overall project (in conjunction with IT Budget Personnel).
• Develops implements and sustains the effectiveness of the project quality and process improvement guidelines in harmony with PMO guidelines.
• Ensures issues are resolved and decisions made promptly so that the multiple projects can progress in the time-frame.
• Assesses internal and external change requests and manages scope.
• Monitors exceptions to identify and proactively manage deviations in progress trends and problems.
• Coordinates external project audits. Serves as point of contact for all external audit initiatives.

• Bachelors degree in Business Information Technology or Healthcare field.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the software/system development and Health Care industries.

• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to demonstrate analytical and PROBLEM-SOLVING skills.
• Ability to work on multiple overlapping projects.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• PMP and/or Agile Scrum Practitioner certification a plus.
• Experience with responsive design and native applications on mobile platform a plus.

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• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination inall ofits policies and practices including the area of employment. Accordingly SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression religion age national or ethnic origin political beliefs marital status medical condition genetic information veteran status or disability or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders members of all racial and ethnic groups people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity experience education specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.