PMP EHR Project Manager - Hybrid Locals to PA only

*** Webcam interview*** Long term contract ***Hybrid***Need copy of PMP; local to PA

Job Description:

Requirements

• Experience with the implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system where the customer was employing a paper-based charting system.
• Possess Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for a minimum of '5' years. 
• Must currently reside in PA. Out of state candidates will not be considered.
• Be able to work in the Harrisburg office two (2) days a week as requested.
• Participate with Program Office staff in off-site meetings (i.e., State Health Centers), if required/requested.
• Seven (7) to nine (9) years of relevant Project Management experience proving they have/can perform the role effectively.
• Experience with organizational change management (OCM) with independent customers is preferred.
• Experience with EHR and/or EMR, health informatics, and health IT.

Primary Responsibilities

• Directs, administers, manages, and facilitates enhancement(s), re-engineering of a business process(es) for a developmental project.
• Ultimately responsible for the HHS DOH program implementation. The PM's primary responsibility is to drive the entire effort from start to finish.
• Ensure that the project is completed on schedule, within the defined budget and that the final product meets the business, technical, and established quality requirements.
• Familiar with the five (5) phases along with inputs/outputs identified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) that combine to turn a project idea into a working product.
• Rely on proven experience leading projects to a successful implementation, and judgment, to plan and accomplish goals.
• Strong interpersonal skills required when consulting with the program area and various IT teams to define requirements and to analyze and resolve problems, ensuring collaboration and agreement with recommended solutions.
• Direct, administer, manage, and facilitate an enhancement, business process reengineering, or development of a high priority, high profile, and commonwealth enterprise-wide information technology project of strategic importance.
• Accountable for activities with excess delivery cycles of 8 to 12 months.

Project Management and Planning Duties

• Manage, coordinate, and establish priorities for complete life cycle of projects including the planning, design, programming, testing, and implementation of business solutions designed to meet requirements of various departments in the commonwealth.
• Responsible for the development of estimates for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation.
• Work with team leads to adjust and revise project estimates when necessary.
• Ensure new project estimates are approved by the client and agreed upon.
• Develop the detailed Project Management Plan for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort.
• Accountable for the approval and sign-off of the Project Management Plan with customer representatives, and all affected project stakeholders.
• Accountable for delivery of all work tasks identified in the Project Management Plan and Project Schedule.
• Design project plans, which identify needs and define major tasks and milestones, based on scope, resources, budget, and personnel.
• Ensure that tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the project and meet service commitments.
• Manage and track the project progress against the project schedule.
• Monitor project milestones and phases and take corrective action as needed to ensure the project is on schedule.
• Monitor and track the project budget and advise necessary stakeholders.
• Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across the project team.
• Notify team members of project timelines, milestones, phases, work requests, target dates, and approved executable work packages.

Reporting and Metrics

• Responsible for scheduling or monitor status reviews, project management inspections, and software quality assurance work product and process reviews with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Responsible for the capture and reporting of required project management metrics.
• Analyze and distribute reports on project metrics associated with work items related to improvement measures.
• Ensure all changes to scope follow processes outlined in the project Change Management Plan and are documented.
• Create, review, and obtain approval of the Communication Plan and Deliverables Matrix to ensure effective communication with all stakeholders and management.
• Prepare status reports on a periodic basis for the project team, team leads, group leads, Sponsor, and appropriate stakeholders.
• Report status and recommendations to senior leadership as needed.

Methodology and Best Practices

• Follow HHS DC IT PMO methodology to ensure consistency throughout the various IT and program areas by reviewing the project standards and procedures with project team members.
• Provide input and support for continual improvement within the HHS DC IT PMO to better service the HHS DC supported program areas.
• Mentor less experienced project management project staff to build overall understanding of project management when needed.

Stakeholder and Vendor Coordination

• Work closely with HHS DC IT Application, Data Warehouse, Informatics, Solution Management, Networking, Security and Service Management teams, as required, identifying tasks for the project schedule to support the implementation.
• Facilitate discussions between IT areas and vendors with focus on solution(s) to ensure the needs/requirements of the program area are achieved.
• Anticipate issues and proactively address them.
• Identify, track, and manage project risk and issues, through the use of a RAID+ Log.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies tracking to closure.
• Engage management in a proactive manner.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customer representatives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project-related issues and the resolution of issues.
• Communicate effectively with customers and software/hardware suppliers supporting the commonwealth as appropriate.
• Communicate with team members how their work assignments relate to and help achieve project objectives.

Evaluation and Compliance

• Accountable for the final project management evaluation review with stakeholders.
• Manage and track the project status against the project schedule.
• Following the HHS DC Daptiv guidelines, provide weekly project updates.
• Coordinate system testing with appropriate staff resources.
• Deliver presentations as necessary.
• Ensure project compliance with HHS DC standards and procedures.
• Develop and facilitate the achievement of project service commitments.
• Ensure that tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the project.
• Balance workload with project members' capacity.
• Engaging management in a proactive manner.

Training and Administrative

• Plan, coordinate, and conduct training and orientation sessions.
• Accountable for peer reviews with the appropriate project team resources.
• Coordinate and present proposals, as necessary.
• Identify and manage project risk, and develop risk mitigation strategies, and track to closure.
• Plan project specific training and orientation needs.
• Complete weekly timesheet reporting in PeopleFluent/VectorVMS by COB Friday.
• Provide weekly personal status reporting by COB Friday submitted on SharePoint.
• Following the guidelines of the HHS DC PMO, set up a project SharePoint site, and utilize Microsoft Teams for key documentation.

Skills/Requirements

• Manage the implementation of a new EHR system, and transition from system implementation to program operations and maintenance Required
• Lead, plan, execute, and monitor all project activities for EHR implementation including project planning and execution, and governance. Required
• Accountable for delivery of all work tasks identified in the Project Management Plan and Project Schedule. Required
• 'Active' PMP Certification from Project Management Institute (PMI) for at least '5' years. Required 5 Years
• Manage technical initiatives with a complement of project team members throughout the various IT areas, technical complexity, and vendor involvment. Required 7 Years
• Familiarity and experience with programs and issues related to public health
• Experience with organizational change management (OCM) with independent customers.