Northwell Health

Nonprofit health system in New York and Connecticut

Director – IT&S Program Management

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeLake Success, NY, USA$140.1k - $245.2kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and related experience is required.
Eight to twelve years of relevant experience and at least seven years of leadership or management experience are required.
A Project Management Professional, Program Management Professional, or Portfolio Management Professional certification is preferred.
A master's degree is strongly preferred.
Experience with Epic is strongly preferred.
Experience with ambulatory operations is strongly preferred.
Experience with data management is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Directs and oversees the division's current inventory of projects and programs through routine monitoring, measurement, and reporting of performance against budget, schedule, and business objectives, and manages communications.
Maintains control over portfolio activity, ensuring portfolio information is delivered on time and at the required quality level, while promoting understanding of program management and its business impact.
Balances the needs of supported functions with corporate objectives to standardize technologies and processes.
Leads an IT&S Project Management group by communicating with and developing staff members and building consensus for programs and goals that support a business, function, or geographic area.
Leads a functional unit across multiple sites by developing, communicating, and building consensus for goals and programs that support a business or region.
Develops and articulates a short-term strategic vision for areas of responsibility.
Prepares and manages the department budget.
Directs multiple Program Managers in planning and coordinating staff and activities, ensuring project milestones and budget constraints are maintained; collaborates with Program and Project Managers to define time frames, funding, procedures, deliverables, and staffing levels.
Directs and manages cross-functional team engagement and alignment regarding requirements, scope, and project delivery.
Ensures Program Managers work with IT teams, vendors, and customers to develop project proposals outlining deliverables, requirements, risks, assumptions, key stakeholders, roles and responsibilities, and budgets.
Collaborates with leadership to build and manage the program management function in support of projects and helps define and develop department-wide program management practices, governance standards, processes, and metrics.
Reviews high-level deliverables across assigned Service Line projects and reports project status to leadership; reviews quality assurance procedures in accordance with established methodology and ensures successful project execution by Program and Project Managers.
Escalates risk issues to leadership when project scope requires intervention and assists with evaluating, reprioritizing, and redesigning project plans and objectives as necessary.
Contributes to portfolio management and planning for assigned areas and collaborates with administrative leaders to create, enhance, and deliver improved project management processes and practices.
Ensures Program Managers train assigned staff in appropriate processes and documentation standards; manages resources including operating budget, supplies, equipment, space, staff, and information.
Contributes knowledge and skills to developing functional objectives and principles to achieve goals in innovative ways; addresses problems of diverse scope and complexity, from moderate to substantial.
Performs performance reviews and provides feedback directly to Program Managers.
Performs related duties as required.

Desired Qualifications

A Project Management Professional, Program Management Professional, or Portfolio Management Professional certification is preferred.
A master's degree is strongly preferred.
Experience with Epic is strongly preferred.
Experience with ambulatory operations is strongly preferred.
Experience with data management is strongly preferred.

Job Description

Directs and oversee the current inventory of projects and programs for the division, with routine monitoring, measurement, and reporting of performance to budget, schedule, and business objectives and the management communications. Maintains a strong level of control over portfolio activity, ensuring that the portfolio information is delivered on time with the right level of quality, while driving a full understanding over complete program management and impact to the business. Effectively balances the unique needs of supported functions with the corporate objective to standardize technologies and processes.

Job Responsibility

Leads an IT&S Project Management group by communicating with and developing staff members, and building consensus for programs and goals that support a business, function or geographic area.
Leads a functional unit in multiple sites by developing, communicating, and building consensus for goals/programs that support business or region.
Develops and articulates a short-term strategic vision for areas of responsibility.
Prepares and manages budget for the department.
Directs multiple Program Managers in planning and coordinating staff and activities of an assigned area and ensures project milestones and budgetary constraints are maintained; collaborates with Program and Project Managers to define time-frames, funding, procedures, deliverables and staffing levels.
Directs and manages cross-functional team engagement and alignment as it pertains to requirements, scope and project delivery.
Ensures Program Managers work with IT teams, vendors and customers to develop project proposals outlining deliverables, requirements, risks, assumptions, key stakeholders, roles and responsibilities and budgets.
Collaborates with the leadership to build and manage program management function in support of projects; assists in defining and developing departmental wide program management practices, governance standards, processes and metrics.
Reviews high level deliverables across assigned Service Line projects and reports to the leadership on projects’ status; reviews quality assurance procedures in accordance with established methodology and ensure successful project execution by Program and Project managers.
Escalates risk issues to the leadership when project scope requires intervention; assists in evaluation, re-prioritization and re-design of project plans and objectives as necessary.
Contributes to Portfolio Management and Planning for assigned areas; collaborates with administrative leaders to create, enhance and deliver improved project management processes and practice.
Ensures Program Managers train assigned staff in appropriate processes and documentation standards; manages resources including operating budget, supplies, equipment, space, staff, and information.
Uses knowledge and skills to contribute to the development of functional objectives and principles to achieve goals in innovative ways. Problems addressed are of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial.
Performs performance reviews and provides feedback directly to Program Managers.
Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
8-12 years of relevant experience and 7+ years of leadership / management experience, required. PMP, PgMP or PfMP Certification, preferred.

HIGHLY PREFERRED

Masters degree strongly preferred

Experience with Epic strongly preferred

Experience with ambulatory operations strongly preferred

Experience with data management strongly preferred

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Minimum Salary/Range*: 140,100.0000

Maximum Salary/Range*: 245,200.0000

About the Company

Northwell Health

Nonprofit health system in New York and Connecticut

Northwell Health is a nonprofit health system serving patients across New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut through hospitals and outpatient practices. Its network combines hospitals for complex care, community hospitals and specialty centers such as Cohen Children's Medical Center and Zucker Hillside Hospital. The system coordinates hospital, ambulatory and post-acute care, with philanthropy supporting its community mission. Its research institutes and partnerships with Hofstra University connect patient care with medical discovery and training for doctors, nurses and physician assistants. Founded in 1997, Northwell is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lake Success, NY
Founded: 1997

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