Project Manager - Full Time at Prospect Medical Systems - CA in Orange, California

Job Description:

Project Manager - Full Time

We are hospitals and affiliated medical groups, working closely together for the benefit of every person who comes to us for care. We build comprehensive networks of quality healthcare services that are designed to offer our patients highly coordinated, personalized care and help them live healthier lives. Through collaboration, we strive to provide all of our patients and medical group members with the quality, affordable healthcare they need and deserve.

The Project Manager is responsible for the successful planning and execution of projects as assigned by the Vice President, Director and/or Sr. Program Manager of the Program Management Office. Projects may be moderate to complex and could involve a diverse set of components with cross functional departments. Projects cover a variety of operational initiatives including technology integration, clinical integration, vendor assessment/selection, MSO onboarding, new service line implementations, government & regulatory compliances, PCP practice transformations and process improvements. In this role, the Project Manager will partner with front line staff, managers, and senior level management to develop, deploy, and engrain quality improvement strategies throughout the organization in alignment with organizational goals. The successful Project Manager must be able to quickly adapt to different sizes (medium/large) of project and must be able to utilize best practice project management techniques to plan, organize, monitor, risk mitigate and close assigned departmental and multi-departmental projects. The Project Manager will work with all involved parties (both internal and external to company) to achieve the project objectives efficiently, effectively and within agreed upon time, scope, cost, and performance criteria. The Project Manager will work on multiple projects (2+ projects) and manage multi-functional teams, while maintaining excellent communication with management. The Project Manager will use independent judgment, initiative, and tact, completing assignments with minimal supervision.

Job Responsibilities/Duties

• Concurrently manage multiple projects/initiatives (2+ projects) that may be at various points of the project life cycle
• Must be able to work independently with minimal subversion
• Determine and define project scope and objectives
• Ensure successful completion of Project plans, Scope documents, Budgets, WBS's, Project Task Schedules, Business Requirements, Technical requirements, Training Materials, Transition Documentation, Stakeholder Communications, and Support plans Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
• Successfully manage assigned projects through the entire project management life cycle, from initiation through execution and closure.
• Ensure PPM project management tool is maintained
• Proactively perform front line, tactical activities as needed to help keep assigned projects on track for successful completion
• Actively monitor and report on the progress of projects against baselined artifacts
• Deliver detailed project plans, which include time, resource and dollar estimates and defined objectives. Takes ownership of work plan to ensure project objectives are met via task sequencing and assignment of appropriate resources from applicable departments
• Measure project performance to identify areas of improvement
• Identify risks and issues and conduct follow-up on off-track/lagging projects and tasks. Develop strategies and action plans to resolve issues and mitigate risks. Escalate risk and issues as appropriate for timely resolution and mitigation
• Build and maintain productive intradepartmental relationships with various management levels in all departments to enable effective & accurate project completion
• Facilitate communication between internal and external customers
• Develop presentations and deliverables to support project priorities and facilitate project decisions
• Exercises critical thinking and evaluates options for solving problems and achieving project goals
• Proactively make recommendations and propose solutions for business and team's success and continuous improvement
• Provides guidance and mentor Business Analysts/Business System Analysts
• Ensure self-compliance with company policies, procedures and workflows and strategic use of tools and reports
• Demonstrates high standards of personal excellence by continually seeking ways to improve performance and setting & working to achieve goals

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Minimum Experience: Three (3+) or more years of experience in healthcare, preferably in an IPA or Health Plan operational setting required. Three (3+) years of experience project managing medium to large scale projects required. Must have strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, and Teams.Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to present at the executive level. Must be able to self manage and be self motivated. Experience with any combination of the following preferred: performance/process improvement projects including, but not limited to, Lean, Six Sigma methodologies; enterprise system implementation projects utilizing SDLC or Agile; clinical integration projects involving compliance, HIPAA, and interoperability with other system new market/expansion projects with health plans and CMS.

Req. Certification/Licensure: Certification in Project Management (PMP) preferred. Certification in Lean Green Belt preferred.

Employee Value Proposition

Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc., is guided by a diverse and highly experienced leadership core. This group maintains the vision that has made Prospect a needed difference-maker in the lives of so many patients today, and many executives contribute to our continued efforts. As a member of our highly effective team of professionals, benefit eligible positions will receive:

• Company 401K
• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Paid time-off
• Life insurance

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