What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr IT Portfolio Representative position at Versiti, Inc.?
Overview
Versiti is a fusion of donors, scientific curiosity, and precision medicine that recognize the gifts of blood and life are precious. We are home to the world-renowned Blood Research Institute, we enable life saving gifts from our donors, and provide the science behind the medicine through our diagnostic laboratories. Versiti brings together outstanding minds with unparalleled experience in transfusion medicine, transplantation, stem cells and cellular therapies, oncology and genomics, diagnostic lab services, and medical and scientific expertise. This combination of skill and knowledge results in improved patient outcomes, higher quality services and reduced cost of care for hospitals, blood centers, hospital systems, research and educational institutions, and other health care providers. At Versiti, we are passionate about improving the lives of patients and helping our healthcare partners thrive.
Position Summary
Under the direction of the Director IT or Manager takes a leadership role in planning, implementing and evaluating solutions to meet the Information Technology (IT) needs for assigned lines of service. Will support multiple systems and lines of service, taking into account the complex interrelationships between the various systems impacting the lines of service, and ensuring their integration. This position is responsible for independently managing multiple complex projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities
- Act as IS/IT lead as required for assigned line of service business need initiatives, and for heavily IT centric projects may take a project leadership/management role.
- Routinely interacts with manager and supervisory level in assigned line of service to assess operational needs, and aids IS management in prioritizing those requests relative to strategic initiatives via the Change Management Advisory Board (CAB).
- Provides expert business and systems analysis functions for line of service.
- Aids management in coordinating work of others in IS to meet service line needs.
- Performs and coordinates systems testing for purchased and in-house developed applications. Aids end users in planning and executing Performance Qualification (PQ) or user acceptance testing with required resources in IS.
- Oversees database and reference table changes for applications under their responsibility.
- Works cooperatively with Data Center Services and Technical Services in ensuring optimal infrastructure and service desk support is provided.
- Taking a holistic view of all systems supporting the service line, ensures appropriate cross-system and data integrity.
- Ensures (Software Development Life Cycle) SDLC and Project Life Cycle (PLC) processes are followed for all initiatives.
- Works with vendors to define and deliver optimal solutions for line of service.
- Provides assistance and guidance in vendor selection and/or in house development assessments.
- May perform data analysis per business unit requests.
- Performs training.
- Ensures project and software development life cycle is followed and complete for all work.
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all policies and standards
Qualifications
Education
- 4 year degree required
- Management Information Systems (MIS)/Computer Science (CSCI) degree or related experience preferred
Experience
- 4-6 years experience with software applications related to blood banking or laboratory work required
- 1-3 years project management experience required
- Strong technical/application foundation and experience required
- 1-3 years application management experience required
- Experience in coordinating resources and skills across multiple projects simultaneously required
- Previous leadership experience preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Extensive knowledge of assigned lines of service including regulatory and quality systems requirements
- Exceptional project planning and requirements analysis skills
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Effective written, oral, and presentation/communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
- Effective leadership and coaching skills, with the ability to influence and motivate others not reporting to this position
Tools and Technology
- Development software and hardware as required by IS projects required
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