Sr. Project Manager, PMO

Overview

The US Oncology Network is looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our team at Texas Oncology.  

 

The US Oncology Network is one of the nation’s largest networks of community-based oncology physicians dedicated to advancing cancer care in America. The US Oncology Network is supported by McKesson Corporation focused on empowering a vibrant and sustainable community patient care delivery system to advance the science, technology, and quality of care.

 

What does the Sr. Project Manager do? 

The Senior Project Manager is critical in overseeing the development, implementation, and ongoing management of high-priority strategic, system transformational, or major/complex foundational and operational projects for the TX Oncology network. The project manager plays an integral role in driving critical business initiatives by directly partnering with strategic leadership teams, senior executives, operational leaders, and providers across the enterprise. Responsibilities include leading and managing all aspects of the project or program. The Senior Project Manager works autonomously to drive results, implement changes, and track the impacts of project work. They possess the ability to provide structure to highly complex, high risk, undefined work with significant interdependencies. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for assembling project teams, identifying key stakeholders/project partners, managing project/program risks, and tracking action items, issues, and key decisions throughout the project lifecycle. Work prioritization, effective allocation of resources, and efficient time and resource management are required, to ensure that the end state of the project or business operations aligns with the defined business objectives.

Strong organizational savvy, successful collaboration, emotional intelligence, and health care business acumen are key aspects of the role, provides valuable support to the business by recommending appropriate actions, strategies, and alternatives to meet its evolving needs. Expertise and insights will contribute to informed decision-making and drive the success of the projects and overall business operations.

Supports the PMO with development and improvement of project management standards, including providing mentorship and guidance to other project managers and outside the PMO, as applicable.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates with stakeholders to document project scope, deliverables, goals, risks, blockers, decisions, success measures, and estimated resources needed.
• Ensures that projects remain in scope and meet budgetary, scheduling, and quality requirements.
• Creates, manages, and distributes project communications artifacts like charters, schedules, and budgets.
• Provides project status updates at predetermined time intervals to all stakeholders.
• Communicates routinely to management, project team members, and other stakeholders, actively soliciting and addressing customer and project team feedback.
• Assists in business development efforts to create project proposals, RFPs, estimates, and schedules.
• Sets and monitors project budgets and staffing requirements.
• Ensures adherence to legally binding requirements.
• Plans, schedules, monitors, and reports on activities related to the project, including subcontractor monitoring.
• Establishes key project criteria metrics.
• Develops project control and reporting procedures and manages changes in operational plans.
• Plans and leads status review meetings, which may include internal team members, vendors, and customers.
• Documents project information, risks, assumptions, actions, issues, and decisions
• Timely identification, escalation, and management of risks and issues impacting the success of the project.
• Resolve technical and operational issues as required.
  
  

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, business management, or related area of study.
• Five years of experience as a Project Manager or similar position responsible for defining and managing project scope, timelines, profitability, and effective delivery of products or services.
• Experience in managing delivery of customer-facing and internally facing products or services.
• PMI or PMP certification or similar from an accredited organization.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with industry-standard word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software programs.
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be offered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Requires sitting for long periods of time. Some bending and stretching are required. Adequate finger dexterity and feeling to perform keyboarding and substantial repetitive motions involving the wrists, hands and/or fingers. Requires vision and hearing corrected to normal range. Must be able to view computer screens and printed material accurately. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 40 lbs.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be offered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The work environment is typical of an office setting.