Health System Project Manager

Health System Project Manager

UW Medicine's mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow's physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

Become part of our team, and join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

The Health System Project Manager (HSPM) will serve as a critical resource in supporting, managing and driving strategic projects and initiatives across the enterprise. The incumbent will support executive management in executing business/operational strategies. The HSPM will be part of a new group responsible for creating a Health System Project Management Office (HSPMO) function at UW Medicine.

This position is highly visible, requiring a high level of professionalism, confidentiality, knowledge of the programs and projects at UW Medicine, attention to detail, and the ability to quickly build and maintain positive relationships with key leaders and managers across the health system and associated organizations. A strong blend of technical/process redesign skills and leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills is essential for success in this role.

The HSPM needs to have depth of expertise and an ability to navigate and work on behalf of the enterprise UW Medicine system. They will be essential for UW Medicine to achieve its mission to improve the health of the public.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Lead and oversee the Clinical Strategic Planning efforts and Clinical Strategic Growth Programs
• Integrate the Clinical Strategic Planning efforts into the existing Strategic Planning Department
• Provides project management for development/implementation of key initiatives and enterprise critical projects. Monitors and manages key deliverables of the associated initiatives.
• Interacts closely with leaders to carry out key projects and works directly with stakeholders across the system to drive successful completion of tactical and strategic initiatives.
• Builds strong cross-functional relationships with internal departments to implement business/operational strategies.
• Consults with and influences senior management at various levels in and across a wide variety of functions.
• Advises and makes recommendations to leaders on key strategic and tactical decisions.
• Provides support for financial, sales and operation reporting and analysis.
• Lead change and execute on business objectives through oversight and management of key stakeholders and owners.
• Lead optimal utilization of the PPM solution by executive consumers and senior leadership and other project management (PM) functions across the enterprise.
• Collaborates closely with the EPM Analyst and other shared service teams (e.g., UW Medicine Finance, UW Medicine IT Services) on reporting solutions.

Required:

• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Health Administration (MHA), or related field of study.
• At least 7 years of demonstrated success/results in a consulting capacity (e.g., having overseen and managed multiple projects).
• Demonstrated ability to influence leaders, employees and teams to work toward deploying a different future state:
• Strong executive presence including communication and presentation skills with a high degree of comfort to large and small audiences.
• Demonstrated strength in data-based decision-making, analysis, influencing and storytelling.
• Experience in planning and managing cross-functional efforts.
• Experience generating business documentation such as building business cases, identifying personas, defining scenarios, narratives, and process flows.
• Proven experience motivating high-performing individuals; creating inclusive and collaborative team environment.
• Regardless of the venue (in-person, phone, or email/text), have the ability to behave as a consummate diplomat - demonstrating professional and patient demeanor in challenging situations.
• Strong communications both verbal and written in all settings.
• High levels of competency with: PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, and Data visualization software (e.g. Tableau).
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for stated requirements.

Desired:

• Lean/Six Sigma & PMP Certifications