Job Description

Location: Rosedale Office Building Department: IS Epic Shift: First Shift (United States of America) Standard Weekly Hours: 40 Summary: As a Senior Project Manager at Cook Children's, you will be an independent contributing IT professional within the Project Management family. The Senior Project Manager plays a critical role in the coordination and completion of a variety of IT projects within the Cook Children's Health Care System. The Senior Project Manager will work closely with other IT teams and operational stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered completely within scope and on time. The Senior Project Manager supports new and existing hospitals, hospital services, new and existing clinics and inpatient and outpatient department implementations, Epic Upgrades and Epic Modules, as well as optimization projects for the Epic teams (Patient Access, Revenue Cycle, Inpatient, Ambulatory, Anesthesia/OR, Ancillary, Training, Data Integration, Database/ETL, Digital Experience, Business Intelligence, Security and Technical Teams). The Senior Project Manager must have excellent organization and communication skills and have experience in working with team members of different groups to achieve quality results in a timely manner. The Senior Project Manager will be expected to manage and own projects that are high visibility, larger, more complex, and potentially more sensitive in nature. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: * Collaborate interdepartmentally to understand project scope, requirements, and success criteria * Ensure a common understanding by setting expectations in accordance with the Project Plan, in order to align the stakeholders and team members. * Utilizing PMO Playbook and PMBOK best practices and process/knowledge areas to effectively manage and complete projects * Managing the development or direct creation of standard project artifacts and their updates as necessary (Project Charter, Project Resourcing/Staffing, WBS/Project Schedule, Requirements documentation, status reporting, presentations, communication plan, risk/issue registry, lessons learned, close out documentation, and others as required) * Scope management and project change management * PPM/Project Management tool updates for assigned projects * Managing risks/issues and escalating as necessary * Guide and direct project team members to ensure compliance with set standards, procedures, and guidelines * Evaluate the progress of a project to detect limitations or faults to seek solutions * Successfully manage multiple initiatives simultaneously * Stakeholder management * Project portfolio management * Assist in the mentorship and development of more junior project managers * Assist in internal PMO process improvement initiatives * Assist in annual budgeting and portfolio planning activities Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Position requires 10 years or more of direct job-role experience
• Position requires 7 years or more of experience with EHR systems
• Position requires 5 years or more of experience with Epic Application Modules
• 5 or more years working within a PMO
• Experience with software systems' implementation lifecycle
• Experience in Waterfall project management methodology, Agile methodology experience is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and other subject matter experts
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, prioritize work, manage time and respond effectively to a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to exercise sound political and environmental judgment as appropriate to support successful project implementation. Demonstrated knowledge and skills in assessing and mitigating risks through risk planning.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Strong work ethic and a team-player attitude with a deep commitment to customer satisfaction

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification

• PMP Certification required
• CSM Certification is a plus

About Us: Cook Children's Health Care System Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents. Cook Children's is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children's offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination. Cook Children's Health Care System

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