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The University of Miami Health System, "UHealth", Information Technology Department has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Project Manager, IT.

The Project Manager, IT - Central (H) will be responsible for carrying out tasks in accordance with all strategic initiatives and objectives to fulfill the mission and vision of the University of Miami and the Department of Information Technology. The incumbent in this position will be responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle (initiation, planning, execution, control, and close). The Project Manager, IT will be responsible for assembling project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of projects. The Project Manager, IT takes projects from original concept through final implementation-interfacing with all areas affected by the project including end users, stake-holders and vendors and ensures adherence to quality standards.

Core Responsibilities:

Identifies project stakeholders and defines project roles and responsibilities. Creates and maintains comprehensive project plans that communicate tasks, milestone dates, statuses and resource allocation.

Facilitates IT project governance and analysis. Creates and controls all project related documents.

Responsible for providing and maintaining accurate and timely project information in all project plans, communications, status reporting, and SharePoint sites.

Leads cross-functional project teams by task assignment and follows up to ensure on-time completion.

Maintains the quality and accuracy of the IT project portfolio. Maintains effective management of multiple concurrent project assignments.

Performs forecasting, change management, escalation management, meeting facilitation, and variance analysis.

Works closely with sponsors, stakeholders, users, technical team leads, technical and non-technical resources and management to execute core project management functions end to end on strategic projects that range in scope, budget, team size, risk and complexity.

Conducts regular project reviews and is responsible for knowing and communicating a project's status accurately throughout the project lifecycle which may include presenting to business/technical steering committees. Provides regular and timely feedback to team members and their respective managers.

Identifies and resolves issues that may negatively impact a project or project deliverables. Seeks and implements innovative ways to identify, respond to and control project obstacles/risks.

Assists test team in creating test plans and testing efforts. Pursues ways to improve operations and provides management with productivity reports. Assists in mentoring department interns. 

Performs follow-up investigations on inquiries, complaints, and problems, ensures that problem resolutions are within established departmental guidelines, and communicates outcomes to appropriate senior managing staff.

Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

Department Specific Functions

Manage projects based on pre-established processes and procedures.

Maintain project artifacts centrally located.

Support users and teammates during project implementations. 

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS:                                                                                                         

Bachelor’s Degree in related field 

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience 

PMP certification preferred.

Familiar with Service Now and O365 preferred

Familiar with current project management best practices including Waterfall and Agile methodologies. 

 Excellent interpersonal skills

Outstanding oral and written communication skills

Strong project management skills with proven problem-solving abilities

Superior team building skills and the ability to collaborate well with others

Great multi-tasking and leadership skills

Exceptional analytical, financial, management, and conceptual skills

Solid computer skills

Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

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