IT Portfolio Manager

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The University of Miami Health System, "UHealth", IT Department has an exciting opportunity for a Portfolio Manager. The Portfolio Manager will enjoy a high degree of organizational latitude and will have accountability and responsibility for cross functional program planning, leadership, and success. The IT PMO is responsible for the cross-functional management of selected critical programs and projects. This group of portfolio, program and project management professionals ensures the successful definition, development, and delivery of projects, adhering to critical processes, standards, and best practices, in order to provide on time delivery and significant value to our customers and patients.

The Portfolio Manager is responsible for the oversight and administration of one or more programs and corresponding projects within the project portfolio. The Portfolio Manager works closely with the IT PMO Leadership – meeting regularly with the Executive Director of the PMO and assisting with the IT department’s governance. The Portfolio Manager will interact with IT leadership to identify potential projects that best align to the strategic priorities of the organization, balancing capacity against demand, and connecting plans and resources to project execution.The position involves working with all levels of IT leadership in gathering project metrics to ensure successful delivery of IT initiatives.

The Portfolio Manager will assess, document, and budget potential projects; perform project resource planning; conduct continuous monitoring and reporting on portfolio health and participate in the department’s change management process and staff training. The role will support PMO and IT leadership with the yearly capital budget process. The Portfolio Manager will also work to develop and implement best practices, processes, and toolsets for effective portfolio/project management, and will help educate staff on best practices and effective project execution

• Manage and leverage the life cycle of a wide range of cross departmental initiatives, investments, programs, projects, and outcomes to optimally achieve enterprise goals and objectives. Recalibrate the portfolio as necessary when the demands of the business dictate a change in delivery or scope of work.

• Collaborate with Project Intake Team to manage the processes of reviewing new requests, assessing project priority, and making go / no-go recommendations to Executive Steering Committee.

• Coordinate with Enterprise PMO on management of large, strategic initiatives.

• Work with the leadership team, department directors and project business sponsors to provide a comprehensive overview of capital and operational projects (overview includes the anticipated overall budget for each initiative in the portfolio).

• Work collaboratively with the PMO on project requests, processes and procedures through project completion including projects specifically managed by PMO/PMs.

• Organization portfolio management - provide oversight to program and project managers within the portfolio and quality assurance ensuring that initiatives are being well managed and adhering to appropriate standards and good practice; develop and facilitate regular portfolio performance review presentations for Executive Steering Committee.

• Manage all aspects of change control and risk oversight.

• Develop an overall understanding of each initiative in the portfolio to understand the potential customer impact and service requirements generated by each initiative in the portfolio.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

MINIMUM QUALIFICTIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, engineering management or other related field or equivalent experience, master’s degree preferred.

• 7-10+ years’ experience in portfolio, program and/or project management with a successful project management track record in full life cycle information technology implementation projects, with proven record of execution to time and budget.

• One to two years' experience in healthcare IT portfolio or program management with the ability to manage large scale IT systems implementations preferred.

• Experience in an Agile/Scrum highly desired. Certifications, Licenses and Training PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) preferred.

• Experience with EPIC applications or EPIC certified.

• Experience in information systems, cyber security or architecture.

• Clinical background or experience with clinical workflows.

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a deadline driven process.

• Proven experience managing expectations and managing cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated use of sound and proven program / project management practices and tools, including excellent MS Office skills (ServiceNow preferred).

• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.

• Thinks strategically and is process oriented.

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (both oral and written) with the ability to clearly communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences and maintain successful relationships across all departments.

• Strong decision-making skills. Able to make decisions quickly and efficiently.

• Detail-oriented with proven ability to adapt to a dynamic environment and demonstrated competency in developing and managing complex project plans, timelines, budgets, and critical paths.

• Thorough knowledge and related work experience in the project management process, and lifecycle, including Lean, Waterfall and Agile methodology, as well as Project Delivery Framework and SDLC.

• Proven competency in business analysis, requirements definition, and business case production.

• Demonstrated flexibility and be able to work in a time-sensitive environment and meet strict deadlines with sudden and unpredictable changes that may occur.

• Self-starter with a strong work ethic, who sets high standards for self and others and demonstrates enthusiasm for the mission of the team.

Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

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