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Job Title:
Analytics Project Manager
Department:
Health System Shared Services | Financial Administration
Scope of Position
This position is responsible for leading the initiation planning execution and closure phases of the project life cycle for healthcare analytic projects involving multiple technologies multiple systems business unit functions and stakeholders. Projects range in size from medium to large complex efforts in support of strategic business goals and objectives for the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC).
Applies project management knowledge skills tools and techniques to project and program activities in order to meet analytic related delivery requirements against a baseline of cost schedule and scope.
Position Summary
As a member of the OSUWMC Analytics Center of Excellence (ACE) the Project Manager is a leader of analytics projects covering clinical patient care, education and shared services (e.g. clinical operations, labor productivity, quality measurement, etc.). The Project Manager leads these projects through initiation planning execution and closure phases as they move from design to build to installation go-live training and ultimately into the customer’s operational state. Analytics initiatives at the OSU Wexner Medical Center involve multiple technologies integrated systems business unit functions and customers. The Project Manager performs the essential functions required to ensure consistent quality successful delivery of assigned projects while managing competing demands of scope schedule cost risk quality and stakeholder expectations.
The Project Manager will have a solid core skill set as well as the ability to interact with all levels of staff executives and possibly even patients. The Project Manager will need to have the ability to balance and coordinate numerous priorities and demonstrate qualities of trust teamwork and transparency while ensuring that every project is managed to maximize customer satisfaction.
PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES –
50 % of time spent
- Performs as a project lead, experience in managing cross-functional teams with responsibilities for project schedule and performance. Directly contributes to project definition, development and/or enhancement efforts including cost management/avoidance, schedule estimation and tracking, contract performance management, risk management, requirements analysis, and quality assurance activities.
- Performs analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper requirements specifications
- Ensures proper performance of tasks necessary to achieve the most efficient and effective execution of the project objectives.
- Utilizes expert communication skills needed to direct the skilled technical resources and report on the technical progress, issues, and problem areas, as well as write and review technical documents.
- Prepares affected business areas for transition to new way of working; potentially implementing new business processes
- Communicates status with leadership and customers.
30% of time spent
- Monitors and manages project baseline to ensure activities are occurring as planned - scope, budget and schedule – manages variances
- Proactively identifies risks and issues on projects - leading team to develop risk management and issues management plans
- Identifies potential points of contention for missed deliverables; creates and implements strategy to mitigate shortfalls in timeline and budget
- Anticipates problems before they occur; defines the problem or risk; identifies possible causes; works with team to identify solutions; selects and implements most appropriate solution
- Develops and manages plans to address project strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
- Balances both the "science" of how to perform project management and the "art" of program/project management, which is learned through experience and skill training/application
- Demonstrate business analytics to manage and meet sponsor and customer needs
- 20% of time spent:
- Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
- Answers technical questions regarding products and services, and may take part in putting together proposals, configurations and product offerings.
- Acts as a leader and may manage the work of others.
Skills –
- Experience of managing IT projects with personal accountability for delivering to time and cost for large, complex projects typically more than $1m in value and 6 months in duration
- Mastery of project management methodology, tools and templates (includes program/project planning, schedule development, scope management and cost management)
- Track record of customer focus, based on openness, trust, and delivering on promises
- Analytical skills and problem solving skills needed to manage multiple factors on a project simultaneously
- Ability to work highly matrixed, multi-functional IT organization
- Management skills to manage one or more large, complex projects simultaneously
- IT background with experience across the systems development life cycle with experience in all project phases – plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, implement.
- Mastery knowledge and use of industry-standard project methods, tools and techniques e.g. RAIDS, budget, communication
- Working knowledge of market-leading data analytics tools such as – Azure, AWS, Tableau, PowerBI, is desired but not required
- Experience of delivering enterprise-scale data analytics projects
- Strong team working skills across matrixed client, supplier and geographically dispersed virtual teams
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills (includes negotiation)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills – must be able to communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing
- Leader in the use of IT methodologies, processes and standards for project management
- Critical thinking skills are an absolute must, and it is imperative that individual develop "out of the box" solutions for seemingly ordinary problems.
- Superior time management, interpersonal and personal management skills
- Demonstrated ability to work with others, strong teamwork, and leadership skills
Organizational Expectations
Practices within the Health System's policies and procedures, including the organization’s compliance program. Adheres to the Medical Center’s values as demonstrated by striving for excellence, collaborating as One University, demonstrating integrity and personal accountability, openness and trust, promoting diversity in people and ideas, change and innovation, simplicity in our work, empathy, compassion, and leadership.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Business Information Technology or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Five (5+) years’ experience of formal project leadership with various project lifecycle methodologies (waterfall agile iterative etc.).
- Strong political and people skills to effectively communicate and manage change.
- Demonstrated experience as a Project Manager producing and managing project delivery documentation with an emphasis on formal project lifecycle and SDLC documents.
- Proficiency in the utilization of project management scheduling tools (e.g. MS project CA Clarity PlanView etc.) is required.
- Analytical skills to identify problems and offer solutions.
- PMP certification required or must be obtained within 6 months of hire date
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in entrepreneurship, economics, or equivalent course of study.
- Healthcare, Managed Care and/or Insurance experience.
Additional Information:
Location:
Ackerman Rd, 660 (0242)
Position Type:
Regular
Scheduled Hours:
40
Shift:
First Shift
Salary Grade:
Health System Annual 027
Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.
Thank you for your interest in positions at The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center. Once you have applied, the most updated information on the status of your application can be found by visiting the Candidate Home section of this site. Please view your submitted applications by logging in and reviewing your status. For answers to additional questions please review the frequently asked questions .
The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, protected veteran status, or any other basis under the law.
Applicants are encouraged to complete and submit the Equal Employment Identification form.
Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact [email protected] . If you have questions while submitting an application, please review these frequently asked questions .
Current Employees and Students:
If you are currently employed or enrolled as a student at The Ohio State University, please log in to Workday to use the internal application process.
Welcome to The Ohio State University's career site. We invite you to apply to positions of interest. In order to ensure your application is complete, you must complete the following:
- Ensure you have all necessary documents available when starting the application process. You can review the additional job description section on postings for documents that may be required.
- Prior to submitting your application, please review and update (if necessary) the information in your candidate profile as it will transfer to your application.
Job Title:
Analytics Project Manager
Department:
Health System Shared Services | Financial Administration
Scope of Position
This position is responsible for leading the initiation planning execution and closure phases of the project life cycle for healthcare analytic projects involving multiple technologies multiple systems business unit functions and stakeholders. Projects range in size from medium to large complex efforts in support of strategic business goals and objectives for the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC).
Applies project management knowledge skills tools and techniques to project and program activities in order to meet analytic related delivery requirements against a baseline of cost schedule and scope.
Position Summary
As a member of the OSUWMC Analytics Center of Excellence (ACE) the Project Manager is a leader of analytics projects covering clinical patient care, education and shared services (e.g. clinical operations, labor productivity, quality measurement, etc.). The Project Manager leads these projects through initiation planning execution and closure phases as they move from design to build to installation go-live training and ultimately into the customer’s operational state. Analytics initiatives at the OSU Wexner Medical Center involve multiple technologies integrated systems business unit functions and customers. The Project Manager performs the essential functions required to ensure consistent quality successful delivery of assigned projects while managing competing demands of scope schedule cost risk quality and stakeholder expectations.
The Project Manager will have a solid core skill set as well as the ability to interact with all levels of staff executives and possibly even patients. The Project Manager will need to have the ability to balance and coordinate numerous priorities and demonstrate qualities of trust teamwork and transparency while ensuring that every project is managed to maximize customer satisfaction.
PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES –
50 % of time spent
- Performs as a project lead, experience in managing cross-functional teams with responsibilities for project schedule and performance. Directly contributes to project definition, development and/or enhancement efforts including cost management/avoidance, schedule estimation and tracking, contract performance management, risk management, requirements analysis, and quality assurance activities.
- Performs analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper requirements specifications
- Ensures proper performance of tasks necessary to achieve the most efficient and effective execution of the project objectives.
- Utilizes expert communication skills needed to direct the skilled technical resources and report on the technical progress, issues, and problem areas, as well as write and review technical documents.
- Prepares affected business areas for transition to new way of working; potentially implementing new business processes
- Communicates status with leadership and customers.
30% of time spent
- Monitors and manages project baseline to ensure activities are occurring as planned - scope, budget and schedule – manages variances
- Proactively identifies risks and issues on projects - leading team to develop risk management and issues management plans
- Identifies potential points of contention for missed deliverables; creates and implements strategy to mitigate shortfalls in timeline and budget
- Anticipates problems before they occur; defines the problem or risk; identifies possible causes; works with team to identify solutions; selects and implements most appropriate solution
- Develops and manages plans to address project strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
- Balances both the "science" of how to perform project management and the "art" of program/project management, which is learned through experience and skill training/application
- Demonstrate business analytics to manage and meet sponsor and customer needs
- 20% of time spent:
- Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
- Answers technical questions regarding products and services, and may take part in putting together proposals, configurations and product offerings.
- Acts as a leader and may manage the work of others.
Skills –
- Experience of managing IT projects with personal accountability for delivering to time and cost for large, complex projects typically more than $1m in value and 6 months in duration
- Mastery of project management methodology, tools and templates (includes program/project planning, schedule development, scope management and cost management)
- Track record of customer focus, based on openness, trust, and delivering on promises
- Analytical skills and problem solving skills needed to manage multiple factors on a project simultaneously
- Ability to work highly matrixed, multi-functional IT organization
- Management skills to manage one or more large, complex projects simultaneously
- IT background with experience across the systems development life cycle with experience in all project phases – plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, implement.
- Mastery knowledge and use of industry-standard project methods, tools and techniques e.g. RAIDS, budget, communication
- Working knowledge of market-leading data analytics tools such as – Azure, AWS, Tableau, PowerBI, is desired but not required
- Experience of delivering enterprise-scale data analytics projects
- Strong team working skills across matrixed client, supplier and geographically dispersed virtual teams
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills (includes negotiation)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills – must be able to communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing
- Leader in the use of IT methodologies, processes and standards for project management
- Critical thinking skills are an absolute must, and it is imperative that individual develop "out of the box" solutions for seemingly ordinary problems.
- Superior time management, interpersonal and personal management skills
- Demonstrated ability to work with others, strong teamwork, and leadership skills
Organizational Expectations
Practices within the Health System's policies and procedures, including the organization’s compliance program. Adheres to the Medical Center’s values as demonstrated by striving for excellence, collaborating as One University, demonstrating integrity and personal accountability, openness and trust, promoting diversity in people and ideas, change and innovation, simplicity in our work, empathy, compassion, and leadership.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Business Information Technology or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Five (5+) years’ experience of formal project leadership with various project lifecycle methodologies (waterfall agile iterative etc.).
- Strong political and people skills to effectively communicate and manage change.
- Demonstrated experience as a Project Manager producing and managing project delivery documentation with an emphasis on formal project lifecycle and SDLC documents.
- Proficiency in the utilization of project management scheduling tools (e.g. MS project CA Clarity PlanView etc.) is required.
- Analytical skills to identify problems and offer solutions.
- PMP certification required or must be obtained within 6 months of hire date
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in entrepreneurship, economics, or equivalent course of study.
- Healthcare, Managed Care and/or Insurance experience.
Additional Information:
Location:
Ackerman Rd, 660 (0242)
Position Type:
Regular
Scheduled Hours:
40
Shift:
First Shift
Salary Grade:
Health System Annual 027
Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.
Thank you for your interest in positions at The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center. Once you have applied, the most updated information on the status of your application can be found by visiting the Candidate Home section of this site. Please view your submitted applications by logging in and reviewing your status. For answers to additional questions please review the frequently asked questions .
The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, protected veteran status, or any other basis under the law.
Applicants are encouraged to complete and submit the Equal Employment Identification form.
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