Epic Project Director (Paramus)

The Project Director, under the direction of the executive steering committee and the project

sponsor, guides the project team through implementation, onward to maintenance all while

a deriving long-term strategy and vision for the department. The Project Director is the

central point of communication, maintaining a common vision, plan, and goal across all

areas of the department.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Providing organizational knowledge and guidance for the team to facilitate decision making.
• Managing the scope, cost, schedule, and quality of all current and future projects.
• Staff management and resource allocation.
• Being familiar with all aspects of the implementation, maintenance and long-term options.
• Coordinating all project activities, including software and hardware, business and related tasks, establishing / maintaining a super user program, internal communications and change management, recruiting and engaging super users and subject matter experts.
• Establish standards around project delivery, templates and reporting.
• Communicating with leaders in the hospital(s), clinics, and billing office(s).
• Setting appropriate expectations across the organization in relation to current and future projects.
• Building and maintaining morale.
• Promoting the system and representing it positively to the user community.
• Reviewing the progress of any project regularly with EPIC and organization leadership.
• Coordinating the organization's overall needs and direction with EPIC.

Required Skills / Abilities :

Key competencies

Adaptability / flexibility

Critical thinking

Dependability

Initiative

Interpersonal skills

Learning

Listening

Problem solving

Relationship building

Resilience

Education and Experience :