Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION/MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) seeks highly qualified candidates to fill the Project Manager position within the IT Public Health Applications division. This position will perform all necessary project administration and documentation to move project ideas from intake to implementation. Seniorlevel consultative services and technical assistance work in the area of HHSC project management for programrelated activities. Work involves overseeing Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) priority initiatives and managing special projects utilizing project management best practices in coordination with agency business and program units. Duties include extensive project documentation creation developing business charter requirements and documentation business case workbook development biennial operating plans and amendments requirements gathering coordination reporting planning researching coordinating and evaluating project management implementation assuring the use of best practices and standards assisting in the coordination and optimization of DSHS operations and program functions and providing recommendations.

This position is responsible for maintaining coordination across numerous related initiatives and leading special projects as assigned by agency leadership. These responsibilities include: developing project management tools; maintaining project management data on critical and major projects; reporting progress on key projects to executive/senior staff; providing recommendations regarding project management practices to agency leadership and reporting the status of key projects and accomplishments.

Job Description The project manager will be working on projects as part of the ELC funding (Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infection Diseases funding). Duties will include the creation of all necessary project documentation such as business case workbooks project charters and schedule. The project manager will manage all documentation necessary from taking a project from inception to implementation performing a transition to the execution team.

This position will also work with staff to initiate sponsor manage or participate in projects to maximize the success of multiple and diverse projects. Works under limited direction with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.