Avera Health

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$70,720.00 - $106,600.00

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Responsible for leading and driving cross-functional teams through the successful completion of medium to large complexity projects across the Avera organization. Projects may involve several technical or operational teams, include repeatable processes or team members, and/or be a standardized rollout of new software, operational process, or vendor based system implementation. Project Manager may also grow their experience by managing a subset of high impact/high value level project(s) or tasks under the direction of another Project Manager. Project Manager is expected to utilize established and formal project management methodology and Avera Organizational Excellence and Project Management-defined best practices to drive project activities and results within a supportive and collaborative team environment.

What you will do

• Manage multiple projects, concurrent tasks and teams with competing priorities to successful completion.
• Lead medium to large teams of end users and leaders from areas such as IT, vendors/contractors, physician leaders, operational support departments, hospital facilities or clinics, etc. through the project.
• Responsible for applying appropriate project methodology and level of rigor needed for medium to large complexity projects.
• Utilizing standard department project artifacts and lifecycle processes throughout the project (examples include but not limited to scope definition, project plans, communication plan, understand organizational and stakeholder impacts, establish milestone timelines, project schedules, identify critical path to manage deadlines and escalation, go live plan, and close activities to ensure seamless transition of operation to long term technical support process).
• Monitor project activities to uncover and understand risks.
• Drive mitigation strategies or facilitate the resolution or escalation of project risks as needed to Organizational Excellence leaders, vendors, operational leaders, or project’s steering committee.
• Prepare scorecard or executive style presentations, status reports, and adapts project communications to stakeholder needs.
• Delegate and provide oversight of all project management tasks to Project Associate or PM1.
• Monitor the successful completion of those tasks while representing and maintaining overall responsibility for project management tasks.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• 1-3 years of working experience as a Project Manager or relevant experience leading multiple project teams and incorporating the PMBOK and the application of that framework within a project or within project lifecycle practices.
• 1-3 years Experience in leading teams, managing stakeholders, communicating with leadership level stakeholders, coordination or management of tasks in a matrixed environment.
• 1-3 years Experience managing project sponsors, stakeholders, team, and vendors in a matrixed environment

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelor's
• Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute (PMI) Upon Hire

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.

• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement

• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to [email protected].