Pennsylvania Medicine

Associate Director Applications

Pennsylvania Medicine$108K — $130K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field; Master's preferred
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in Healthcare IT or application management
  • 3+ years of experience managing healthcare application teams
  • 2+ years of proficiency with JIRA, SAP Business Objects, Data Innovations, Microsoft Project
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead multiple complex projects and teams through entire project life cycle
  • Develop and manage project plans ensuring milestones are met
  • Create policies and procedures for application enhancements and change control
  • Define requirements and maintain accurate data models and integrity
  • Oversee comprehensive testing plans for application changes
  • Manage implementation of system upgrades and vendor releases
  • Provide performance feedback and mentoring to team members

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Prepaid tuition assistance and educational development opportunities
  • Support for professional development initiatives
  • Commitment to fostering employee engagement and job satisfaction
  • Opportunities to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
Full Job Description
Entity: Corporate Services

Department: IS-Cardiology Radiology

Location: 3535 Market St, 15th Floor

Hours: M-F, Daylight, Hybrid

Position Summary:

Responsible for leading and managing multiple cross-functional work teams relating to the development of innovative application solutions that achieve successful performance goals for the assigned functions.

Oversee project plans to ensure milestones and project deliverables are met. Use working knowledge of application systems and pathology business processes to identify process improvement initiatives and targeted opportunities for improvements in the applications as they apply to clinical operations.

Oversee the management and development of new functionality, new technology, testing and implementing scheduled vendor releases and system upgrades, and fixing system defects. Oversee the change management procedures for all applications for the department; create and maintain all policies and procedures for all assigned applications, and develop, plan and execute testing for supported applications

Directly manage personnel that are focused on specific clinical application solutions. Manage the performance of direct reports including work assignments, goal setting and annual reviews, time and attendance and salary administration. Responsible for working with key operational stakeholders and promoting collaboration within the application teams, vendors and the end customers. Responsible for planning and ensuring professional development initiatives are met within the team. Interact closely with leaders and key application stakeholders/users with strong interpersonal, verbal and written skills

Accountabilities

  • Manages multiple highly complex projects and initiatives simultaneously through the project life cycle.
  • Develops, manages and executes project plan tasks and milestones while meeting project objectives and reports project changes to leader.
  • Develops new policies and procedures relating to enhancements, change control, and maintenance of the applications and processes where applicable.
  • Defines requirements, and develops logical data models using best practices for build and configuration, maintenance and data integrity.
  • Oversees the Development and execution of test plans that are comprehensive and inclusive of application functionality changes and/or enhancements to ensure successful outcomes.
  • Manages the process and team when implementing system upgrades and scheduled vendor releases as requested to enhance the applications platforms and meet project objectives.
  • Develops departmental standards regarding change control to ensure accurate data tracking and monitors change process by maintaining current protocols and reporting any problems to the Sr. Director.
  • Provides continuous performance feedback to all team members to ensure that employees understand expectations and requirements.
  • Manages the day-to-day operations of the team; employee mentoring, timecard retrieval, team meetings, and communicating operational requirements of UPHS to all team members, as applicable
  • Oversees the implementation according to the approved capital budget and the approved timelines.
  • Ensure ongoing support and maintenance of the system through IS staff balancing cost with quality and ongoing system enhancements and optimization.
  • Participates as an active member of the assigned team. Develop and present project analysis (including cost/benefit) for management review.
  • Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures
  • Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization

Minimum Requirements

Required Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree (Master's preferred) Computer Science or related scientific field5+ years Relevant experience
  • 3+ years Managing Applications or Healthcare IT teams
  • 2+ years JIRA, SAP Business Objects, Data Innovations, Microsoft Project

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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About Pennsylvania Medicine

The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universities by numerous organizations and scholars. While the university dates its founding to 1740, it was created by Benjamin Franklin and leading Philadelphia citizens in 1749 . The University has four undergraduate schools as well as twelve graduate and professional schools. Schools enrolling undergraduates include the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing. Among its highly ranked graduate schools are its law school, whose first professor wrote the first draft of the United States Constitution, its medical school, the first in North America, and Wharton, the first collegiate business school. Penn's endowment is US$20.7 billion, putting it amongst the wealthiest academic institutions in the world, and its 2019 research budget was $1.02 billion. Penn was one of nine colonial colleges chartered before the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service. The campus, in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, is centered around College Hall, and notable landmarks are Houston Hall, the first modern "student union", and Franklin Field, the first double-decker college football stadium. Penn also is the home of the Morris Arboretum, the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which is located 15 miles northwest of the campus, in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. The university's athletics program, the Quakers, fields varsity teams in 33 sports as a member of the NCAA Division I Ivy League conference.
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