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Job type full-time
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Department overview: the population health project manager is responsible for overseeing the development of informatics solutions that apply across ohsu health that improve the health of populations, realize the value of new care models, and recognize new economic value derived through new payment methodologiesThis position will coordinate with ohsu’s office of population health and ohsu payor strategy to develop solutions that address ohsu health prioritiesThe population health project manager will be responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of implementation of the required care management, financial planning, and analysis systemsResponsibilities include:
Serves as the scrum master for the project in coordination with project resources and product owners, executing projects in a standard agile methodology
Leverages microsoft azure devops (tfs), jira project management, or smartsheet, as needed for management of sprint execution
Recommends and assists in development of site-level governance structures to support the implementation of healthy planet and additional population health solutions
Assists in adjacent projects, such as ohsu health’s integrated delivery system, aco and their 5 year roadmap.
Coordinates the implementation of effective processes, tools, and corresponding metrics to support population health initiatives across ohsu health
Ensures alignment and compliance with other external partners and programs
Recommends and assists in development of governance structures that facilitate shared decision-making across ohsu health
Assists the office of population health as they execute the population health strategies for ohsu health.
Coordinates and directs internal and external resources to ensure successful project completion, respecting project budget, scope, and schedule.
Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation
Performs risk analysis/management
Tracks project performance against plan
Develops a comprehensive project plan, including implementation phases as needed
Facilitates meetings
Works with customers and internal resources to develop and optimize operational support for population health.
In consultation with various stakeholders, defines success metrics and drives user adoption and organizational and patient value.
Creates project reports and presentations to communicate project information to stakeholders at various organizational levels
Drives process and content standardization during system implementation
Follows change control processes to ensure proper vetting of project change requests
This position must work with all levels of the organization, including vice presidents, administrators, department directors, managers, staff, users as well as vendors, in the design, development, and implementation of population health solutions and analyticsThis person will help coordinate and prioritize appropriate epiccare analysts, clinical analysts, business intelligence analysts, developer resources, and contractors as needed to meet these deliverablesKnowledge of epic systems healthy planet population health solution, epic integrated analytics (reporting workbench/radar), healthcare industry terminology/processes, and business intelligence applications is strongly desiredFunction/duties of position:
Project management: works with both internal and external resources to collaboratively plan, organize, and coordinate large scale, complex population health and information technology projects as assignedLeverages agile project methodology in cooperation with the product owner to effectively deliver solutionsDevelops project scope documents, feasibility studies, cost benefit analyses, resource requirements, project cost estimates, risk mitigation strategies, roles & responsibility matrices, and critical success factorsPrepares project implementation plans and timelinesOversees implementation and maintenance processesLeads development of project risk assessment and risk mitigation plans and project change control plans and proceduresPerforms post-implementation reviews to measure critical success factorsManages project budgets.
Serves as scrum lead, including facilitating of scrum ceremonies: (backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective)
Develops complete project plans with dependencies and critical path tasks identified
Performs cost benefit analysis of main and subprojects and assists management in selecting best options and alternatives
Assigns project tasks to team members and assures completion on schedule
Schedules, prepares relevant meeting materials, and conducts project team progress meetings to review project progress.
Coordinates outside vendors and other work units to provide project management for internal and external projects
Conducts project kick-off, implementation, support and milestone meetings; provides progress reports to management
Acts as the advocate for business intelligence & advanced analytics (biaa) and the user community to present and/or assess project-related technical solutions and tools for implementation of new solutions.
Identifies project completion milestones and task milestones and reports to management when they are not met or at risk.
Leverages a team environment to work with and provide feedback and accurate technical information to engineers and administrators in other groups working to identify and resolve issues
Uses professional written and speaking skills to successfully build positive relationships among customers, co-workers and vendors
Business analysis:
Serve as the liaison between the itg and business stakeholders.
Act as an information source and communicator between ohsu offices of population health and payor strategy.
Understand strategic business needs and plans for growth.
Enhance the quality of population health and analytics services.
Analyze the design of technical systems and business models.
Analyze business needs and recommend solutions that align to requirements.
Epic certification and professional development
Maintain a certification in one or more of the following: epic cogito, caboodle, or healthy planet.
Complete new version training on the required schedule.
Attend related classes to manage assigned projects.
Demonstrate self-motivation, take on projects/tasks willingly, act on opportunities to improve or gain knowledge and contributes new ideas in a constructive manner.
Demonstrate respect, professional behavior and confidentiality in meeting customer needs.
Demonstrate cooperation, adaptability, flexibility, effective communication and dependability in supporting team goals.
This position is currently 100% telework/remote and may include remote work long-termCandidate must be able to work from home full-time initiallyRequired qualifications: education: bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, healthcare management, or related field, preferably with experience in healthcare itExperience:
2 or more years experience as a project manager, program manager, scrum lead, or healthcare systems analyst with project manager assignments responsible for leading and implementing information system projects.
Experience utilizing jira, microsoft azure devops (tfs) or smartsheet for project schedules, kanban, and resource planning
3 or more years experience in a complex technology environment, including hands-on experience with process improvement initiatives.
Prior experience with implementation of complex enterprise applications and databases; clinical or financial record systems; infrastructure setup/configuration projects, quality assurance processes and controls.
Successful candidates must show that they have significant organizational skills and can lead projects from conception, schedule, design, testing, through implementation.
Job related knowledge, skills and abilities (competencies):
Demonstrated effectiveness in influencing others without having direct lines of authority
Expert level knowledge in ms project, excel, visio (or equivalent diagramming/vector graphics application); ms sharepoint intermediate level knowledge
Effective leadership of highly-skilled analysts or technical personnel in overseeing the development and implementation of applications.
Ability to operate in a highly stressful environment, demonstrating good judgment and creative/original thinking to address the demands of the business.
Skilled in overseeing multiple projects with budget responsibilities.
Demonstrated ability to lead presentations, training, and facilitate meetings with a diverse group of participants.
Demonstrated skill in managing operational and capital budgets.
Must have excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills: both verbal and written.
Ability to use tact and diplomacy to maintain effective working relationships.
Ability to work independently, and as part of a team, while being collaborative in resolving problems.
Must have a thorough understanding of industry standard principles of project management such as those defined in the project management body of knowledge (published by project management institute).
Must have thorough understanding of agile/scrum and the ability to apply this methodology to manage and implement complex, large-scale information systems projects.
Additional details: please note: effective oct18, 2021, all ohsu employees are required to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 unless they have an approved medical or religious exceptionIf you are hired by ohsu after oct18, you will need to be fully vaccinated (or obtain an approved exception) prior to starting work, and need to provide proof of vaccination (or approved exception) within 10 days of starting work.” all are welcome: oregon health & science university values a diverse and culturally competent workforceWe are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran statusIndividuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to applyTo request reasonable accommodation contact the affirmative action and equal opportunity department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.
