Project Manager with LIMS - Part time

Webcam interrview Part time; 30 hours per week; first week onsite at Salem OR; reasonable expenses will be paid for this

Job Description:

Experienced Program Manager to support the  Public Health Laboratory (OSPHL) with the implementation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). In addition to supporting the Senior Project Manager, this Program Manager will focus on: organizational change management, internal and external communications, team coordination, maintaining the decision log, and curating vendor feedback from OSPHL team.

Tasks

Contractor's Key Person shall:

• Project manage multiple complex and detailed project schedules.
• Maintain project timelines, milestones, and critical paths.
• Monitor and control projects to assure timely completion.
• Advise on and escalate key risks and issues that impact the projects.
• Collaborate with managers and advocate for OSPHL resources to be allocated to the appropriate project tasks.
• Respond to requests for information from LIMS vendor or members of the OSPHL team.
• Support applications for funding opportunities to support this project work.
• Liaise with OIS SE3 team and provide support.
• Liaise with the OSPHL team to support organizational change management and User Acceptance.
• Coordinate with the OSPHL team to project manage the User Acceptance testing effort for the LIMS Replacement Project.
• Perform other OSPHL IT Project Management duties, as assigned.
• Write project status reports, every other week (biweekly), to document all activities performed, including (but not limited to):
  • Status on all activities listed in the bullets above.
  • Work on resource capacity reports to identify OSPHL resources that are over-allocated and under-utilized.
  • Any ad hoc reports needed for OSPHL management to make informed decisions.
  • Efforts on project planning and scheduling.
  • Updates to the project planner with new LIMS Subprojects based on input from laboratory management team.
  • Assistance provided to complete EIS project deliverables for the Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Replacement Project and other related subprojects.

Required Skills and Experience

• Office 365
• Prior state government experience
• Project Management
• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to work effectively remotely
• Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Ideal Candidate Will Have Skills and Experience In

• Organization Change Management in a Laboratory or Clinical Care setting.
• Project Management experience in a Laboratory or Clinical Care setting.
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) methodologies