Senior IT Project Manager – Healthcare

NOTE: HYBRID work model, 2-4 days in office/month, office located in Mississauga, Ontario

Contract: 6 months, 8 hours/day, 40 hours/week (Strong possibility for extension)

Work Experience: 7+ years Senior IT Project Manager, PMP, Planview, Enterprise Application Development Projects, Salesforce, MS Dynamics, complex requirements gathering, RPF, vendor selection, vendor management, SAFe, Agile

Industry: Healthcare Domain

DESCRIPTION:

– Determine and define project scope and objectives
– Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
– Prepare budget based on scope of work and resource requirements
– Track project costs using Planview
– Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan
– Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
– Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables
– Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution
– Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed
– Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement
– Manage the overall relationship to ensure the success of the program (projects and products).
– Communicate and lead others in planning, organizing, and coordinating work to ensure successful execution and contract commitments
– Drive alignment and forward progress across multiple projects and customers, keeping all key stakeholders informed
– Create executive summaries and customer-facing summaries
– Source resources, manage and optimize delivery capacity
– Work with the finance team to oversee the financial aspects of projects.
– Issue / Risk Management: Anticipates and identifies

– Risks and Issues that may impact implementation and develops and implements mitigation and corrective actions.
– Ensures projects remains focused on key objectives and goals.
– Develop and manage expectations ensuring all applicable functional areas
– Ensure proper change management procedures are followed to ensure scope is managed and additional work is captured

REQUIREMENTS:

– Computer Science, Computer Engineering Degree or equivalent experience
– Excellent English written and verbal communication skills – mandatory
– 7-10+ years as a Senior IT Project Manager, Enterprise Application Development projects
– Manage 5-10+ project resources, 3rd party vendors, vendor management
– Strong Planview experience – budget, project costs – an asset
– Experience in Salesforce or MS Dynamics application development projects
– Experience with gathering and managing complex business requirements
– End-to-end RPF experience
– Vendor selection from RFP
– Managing the 3rd party vendor selected and internal development team from implementation to production
– PMP or other project management certification – an asset
– Experience managing enterprise application development projects following Agile methodology
– SAFe certification – an asset
– Healthcare industry experience – an asset 

Project management