University of Utah

Director, Operational Project Management Office

University of Utah$100K — $130K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, or related area.
  • Six years of progressively responsible management experience.
  • Master's degree in Business Administration or Health Care Administration preferred.
  • Experience leading project managers in a healthcare setting preferred.
  • PMP Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Leads the Operational Project Management Office (OPMO) in driving system initiatives.
  • Hires, trains, and develops staff within OPMO.
  • Manages and monitors budget goals, including labor and non-labor expenses.
  • Enhances patient satisfaction scores in assigned areas.
  • Achieves quality goals and promotes continuous process improvements.
  • Provides performance feedback and resolves team conflicts proactively.
  • Builds positive relationships with stakeholders to support organizational performance.

Benefits

  • Support for professional development and training opportunities.
  • Opportunities for collaboration with senior leadership and cross-departmental teams.
  • Involvement in major financial and operational decisions impacting organizational initiatives.
Full Job Description
Overview

This position provides leadership and direction to the Operational Project Management Office (OPMO) with a focus on leveraging project management processes and professionals strategically to drive high-priority system initiatives. This incumbent serves as a catalyst within system and department leadership in moving the organization forward to support financial, quality and patient-centered goals. This position is responsible for continuous improvement related to OPMO practices based on emerging trends in the project management and health care industries, organizational needs, and long term strategic vision of the organization. The incumbent also provides input to strategic decisions impacting the implementation of key projects, programs, and portfolios and presents organizational review reports to executives, School of Medicine chairs, and management for use in the business objectives and goals of the department as directed. This position has no responsibility for providing care to patients at this time.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions
Job Specific Responsibilities and Accountabilities
  • Performs to required standards for job specific responsibilities and technical competencies.
Talent Management
  • Hiring, training, developing, and communicating with staff.
Financial Management
  • Responsible for developing, monitoring and achieving budget goals.
  • Manages labor and non-labor expenses to budget or flex budget.
  • Manages revenue to budget to maximize potential revenue.
EPE/Service
  • Responsible for patient satisfaction scores within assigned area(s).
  • Responsible for upholding PROMISE standards of direct reports and team members.
Quality
  • Responsible to achieve quality goals for assigned area(s).
  • Manages and promotes continuous process improvements in assigned area(s)
Performance Management
  • Responsible to provide staff feedback on performance, including on-time appraisals and coaching.
  • Responsible to deal with conflicts in a proactive manner and to reach resolution in a timely manner.
Building Relationships
  • Forms positive relationships with staff, peers, and senior leadership to support the mission, vision, values, and performance standards of the organization.
  • Actively engages staff with updates and news as well as involving staff in decisions and work teams. Provides feedback and recognition when appropriate.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
  • Ability to perform the essential functions of the position, as outlined above.
  • Demonstrated leadership, human relations, and effective communication skills.
  • Knowledge of hospital business operations and demonstrated strategic and operational planning skills.
  • Knowledge of project management best practices.
  • Knowledge of budgeting practices, reporting analysis, and forecasting.
  • Knowledge of information technology, Epic, Business Objects, scheduler, and other efficiency tools.


Qualifications

Required
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, a clinical field, related area, or the equivalency.
  • Six years of progressively more responsible management experience.


Qualifications (Preferred)

Preferred
  • Master's degree in Business Administration, Health Care Administration or a related area.
  • Experience leading teams of project managers in a health care setting. Operational experience in a health care facility.
  • PMP Certification.
Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.
  • This position involves intermediate working conditions in a healthcare setting that may exert up to 50 pounds and may require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects and may move equipment or supplies.


Physical Requirements

Non Indicated

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