Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager - Health and Education

Would you like to lead teams delivering innovative and impactful health and education projects?

Are you looking for an opportunity to take your project management skills to the next level in a team oriented and technologically advanced organization?

About Our Team
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

About The Role
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager with experience in the health and education sector to lead and coordinate innovation projects that improve the quality of life of people and/or learning experiences. The ideal candidate will have a strategic vision, ability to manage multidisciplinary teams, communication and negotiation skills, and technical knowledge in agile methodologies, software product development and budget management. You'll be working alongside subject matter experts in Health Information Technology. We need someone who enjoys a good challenge and is excited about helping take our organization to the next level.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute and supervise the assigned projects, ensuring compliance with the objectives, deadlines, and quality standards.
• Manage the scope, risks, changes, and incidents that may arise during the project life cycle.
• Coordinate and motivate and manage the work team
• Communicate effectively with clients, suppliers, partners, and internal and external stakeholders,
• Prepare periodic reports on the project status, the results obtained, and the lessons learned.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation in processes, methodologies, and proposed solutions.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to drive program strategy and approach. Organize, plan, and maintain program roadmap consisting of cross-functional activities/projects.
• Work cross functionally to assemble project teams. Lead Project and/or Program team in the development and maintenance of comprehensive plans for a defined program.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on Program status inclusive of scope, schedule, budget and alignment to Program and strategic goals.
• Develop and maintain positive customer relationships. Deliver presentations of project status to effectively communicate throughout the project life cycle.
• Adhere to the Organization's project management methods, project life-cycle methodologies, and audit requirements. Support and contribute to the improvement of project management methods and practices.

Requirements

• Have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or related areas.
• Possess at least 10 years of project management work experience.
• Have project governance certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, etc.).
• Experience managing Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
• Have prior experience managing budgets ($3M+)
• Change Management
• Possess at least 3 years of Healthcare IT project management experience and working knowledge of hospital and clinic departmental workflows.
• Have experience providing regular reports and summaries to management.
• Be able to use Smartsheet, Microsoft Projector and other PM tools
• Have Lean, Waterfall, Agile PM, 5 years.
• Have knowledge of agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban or Lean.
• Possess prior Go-to-Market experience
• Experience with international or multicultural projects
• Availability to travel occasionally.