Sanford Health

IT Program Manager - Service Management Office

Sanford Health$89K — $147K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in project management or related field required.
  • 5-8 years managing high-risk, high-cost full lifecycle projects required.
  • Experience working with business stakeholders in a cross-functional matrix environment.
  • Proficiency with project management software and Microsoft Office required.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
  • Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deliver IT services as part of the Service Management Office.
  • Ensure project alignment and manage interconnected complementary projects.
  • Independently establish work priorities and timelines for projects and teams.
  • Manage services using ITIL framework, KPIs, and standard processes.
  • Assess program/project risks and propose resolutions for managing change requests.
  • Build professional networks to connect resources and solve issues.
  • Serve as a change agent influencing organizational culture and processes.

Benefits

  • Work in an established IT services department.
  • Opportunity for independence in project management decisions.
  • Exposure to program management within a technology-focused environment.
  • Possibility to influence change in organizational processes.
  • Engagement with senior leadership through project updates and proposals.
Full Job Description


Work Shift:
8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Compensation:
Salary Range: $43.00 - $71.00Pay starts at $43 and increases according to years of applicable experience.
Union Position:
No
Department Details
Design, deliver, manage, and improve IT services as part of Sanford Technology Solutions - Service Management Office.

Design, deliver, manage, and improve IT services as part of Sanford Technology Solutions - Service Management Office. Apply advanced knowledge and experience to complex, interconnected complementary projects while ensuring projects stay in line with each other. Work independently with minimal direction on day-to-day work. Determine own methods and approaches, and establish own work priorities and timelines for own work, as well as the project teams.

Service management includes all the activities involved in designing, delivering, managing, and improving IT services. Maximize business value from the use of technology in service design. Improve quality, delivery, cost, and value to our customers through performance monitoring, automation, and efficiencies. Define a common operating model to deliver services using the ITIL framework. Manage services using standard processes, KPIs, and tools.

Top candidates will have prior knowledge and experience with the ServiceNow platform and ITIL framework, and preferably a background in Change and/or Release Management.

Summary
Apply advanced knowledge and experience to complex, interconnected complementary projects while ensuring projects stay in line with each other. Work independently with minimal direction on day-to-day work. Determine own methods and approaches, and establish own work priorities and timelines for own work, as well as the project teams.

Job Description

Service management includes all the activities involved in designing, delivering, managing, and improving IT services. Maximize business value from the use of technology in service design. Improve quality, delivery, cost, and value to our customers through performance monitoring, automation, and efficiencies. Define a common operating model to deliver services using the ITIL framework. Manage services using standard processes, KPIs, and tools.

Program management often requires problem resolution for unique and complex challenges and requires generation of solutions that look beyond the immediate problem to wider implications. Build professional networks, and identify and connect resources to solve issues and achieve goals. Serve as a resource for leadership, stakeholders and the project team.

Align program projects and assess the impact of programs on business performance. Provide direction and leadership to project teams working on program projects. Define the scope of the program and projects that support it while defining best practices, processes and policies to ensure alignment with program objectives.

Plan, organize and deliver key projects/programs and its activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization. Detail the roadmap for program management within focal area. Manage resources, schedules, and financials and adhere to quality and control guidelines.

Assess program/project risks, propose resolutions, manage change requests and track implementation of resolution through to completion. Verify that the program achieves the proposed benefits defined in the business case.

Maintain authority over the program and its projects and assume responsibility for the overall program. Contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving program/project delivery.

Serve as change agent, influencing stakeholders and project deliverables to change organizational culture and processes. Present program/project proposals, updates and outcomes to senior leadership.

According to team and organizational needs, may perform project manager duties.

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in project management or related field required.

Five to eight years' experience managing multiple high-risk, high-cost full lifecycle projects within a program required. Previous experience working with business stakeholders in a cross-functional matrix environment and an intermediate level of proficiency with project management software and Microsoft Office required.

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred. Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification preferred.

About Sanford Health

Sanford Health is a non-profit, integrated health care system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is the largest rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation with locations in 26 states and nine countries. Sanford Health's 48,000 employees, including 1,400 physicians, make it the largest employer in the Dakotas. Sanford Health provides care to patients through a network of hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and other health care services. The organization's mission is to improve the human condition through exceptional care, innovation, and discovery.
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Size
1,409 employees
Industry
NASDAQ

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