Project Manager II

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As a member of the Federal practice, the Project Manager II will work on an implementation for a federal government client and:
• Manages and is responsible for the successful completion of all tasks in an assigned project.
• Creates and manages project schedules, budgets, risk lists, communication plans, and lessons learned.
• Manages and directs efforts of cross-competency teams
• Accounts for and reports manpower status for team/site.
• Prepares progress reports and briefs on project status and milestones in accordance with communication plan.
• Responsible for team's delivery of services for project effort to include testing and risk management.
• May work closely with Subcontractors.
• May supervise others.Key Responsibilities

This role will have the following key responsibilities, which include but are not limited to:

• Support projects with a goal of delivering on time, on budget, and with positive and measurable outcomes
• Monitor project health for assigned area(s); identify, document, mitigate, or escalate issues as needed
• Maintain detailed application/area plan; maintain risk/decision trackers
• Complete build plan and effort estimates, and maintain detailed build and workflow documentation
• Complete workflow design, system configuration, testing, data migration, validation, support, and issue resolution
• Act as a positive change agent during change management process
• Shepherd project-specific content through approval and migration process
• Understand impact to application/area of requested changes made via Change Review Board (CRB)
• Define, manage, and adhere to project scope
• Prepare decision documents with thorough investigation, background summary, pros/cons list, and recommendation
• Work towards consensus and decisions that best support client’s needs and project goals and guiding principles
• Use, update, and customize client and S&P Consultants, Inc. and vendor-provided tools throughout project life cycle
• Create professional project deliverables and communications that are appropriate for a leadership level audience
• Come well prepared for presentations and deliver material in a confident and professional manner; facilitate departmental meetings
• Manage meetings effectively; identify audience, prepare agendas and goals, take notes, track follow ups
• Produce regular status reports; perform project close, lessons learned, and knowledge transfer activities

Skills and Experience Required

• Bachelors’ degree, or equivalent related experience (8+ years), required. May substitute years of experience for education
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance of at least a public trust
• Completion of Oracle Health/Cerner certification program is equivalent to 3 years of experience
• Solution-oriented; skilled in grasping the essentials in complex situations, anticipating client needs, and conceptualizing both problems and solutions
• Capacity to demonstrate excellence in written and verbal communications, including presentation skills and facilitating client-facing meetings, delivering top notch customer service
• Ability to tailor communication of complex technical matters for diverse levels of proficiency, positively influence mutually beneficial decisions, as well as build and maintain successful working relationships
• Strong work ethic and high degree of professionalism, able to adapt quickly to changes in the work environment and to alter approach or method to successfully lead change, reacting well under pressure
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting customer service commitments and project timelines
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Excel

Skills and Experience Preferred

• Experience with Oracle Health Millennium and related technologies strongly preferred
• Experience presenting to large groups or key stakeholders preferred
• Federal government experience preferred
• PMP, PgMP, CAPM, and comparable project management certifications are highly desirable

Additional Details

• Works remotely with approximately 25-50% travel required