Schedule:
Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Department: R&I Appl AI & Bioinformatics - 339

Primary Purpose:

Facilitates projects including project definition and scope, deliverable, risk assessment, milestones, project tracking, and status reporting. Provides project leadership, management, and oversight throughout the project but usually does not provide ongoing support of solutions post-deployment. Independently manages projects large in scope and complexity, and manages projects at any level of the organization. Responsible for leading, organizing, coordinating, monitoring, and communicating Information Technology centric and/or complex enterprise projects or programs from initiation through delivery. Gathers data from sponsors, stakeholders, and end-users to evaluate objectives, requirements, goals, and scope to create technical specifications. Manages end-to-end processes that may include research, architecture, development, selection, customization, implementation, validation, training, and promotion. Serves as liaison between technical and non-technical departments in order to ensure all targets and requirements are met. Ensures technical projects are completed on schedule and within budget. Keeps leadership informed of key issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results. May work with software such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), laboratory information system (LIS), human resource information system (HRIS), automation systems, database, or web applications.

Essential Functions:

Manages ARUP projects as defined by the Project Management Policy, including developing and monitoring project timetables, deliverables, project communications and progress reports, and other project requirements.

Follows project management methodologies as defined and outlined by Project Management Institute (PMI) and ARUP policies and procedures.

Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.

Maintains professional relationships with sponsors, stakeholders, team members, vendors, and consultants.

Gains a comprehensive technical understanding of the business challenges and solutions proposed by the project team.

Serves as a liaison between technical and non-technical departments, and vendors.

Identifies resources needed and assigns responsibilities for a project.

Maintains a comprehensive understanding of project management and uses strong problem-solving, communication and leadership skills to keep projects on track.

Works in collaboration with software development teams and/or sourcing on projects that involve 3rd party product evaluation, selection and implementation (i.e., off-the-shelf solutions).

Facilitates and troubleshoots problems associated with developing complex systems or with coordination, development, or design of projects.

Manages day-to-day operational aspects of projects and their scope.

Minimizes exposure and risk on project.

Manages project budget, including tracking and reporting expenses, capital costs, and resource costs.

Analyzes project return on investment, profitability, revenue, and utilization.

Establishes and maintains communication as required with the project sponsor and operational committees and management.

Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client, project sponsor, or stakeholder.

Presents analysis, recommendations, and project status to senior management and other oversight committees. Maintains open and effective communication with and between personnel on work teams and with other members of the organization.

Ensures proper processes are being followed and assists in establishing new processes as required.

Other duties as assigned.

Physical and Other Requirements:

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

Communicate: Frequently communicate with others.

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.