Surescripts serves the nation through simpler, trusted health intelligence sharing, in order to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality care. We deliver insights at critical points of care for better decisions - from streamlining prior authorizations to delivering comprehensive medication histories to facilitating messages between providers.
Job Summary:
The Project Manager II is responsible for managing multiple concurrent, enterprise-wide, cross-functional projects that drive the execution of Surescripts strategies and expected outcomes. In this role, the incumbent will manage strategic projects such as new product launch efforts, integrated software platform upgrades, data and analytics initiatives, and support merger integrations. This role will drive coordination and collaboration to execute the project tasks of various cross-functional groups that contribute to the delivery of project objectives and goals ensuring they are delivered within scope, on time, on budget, and to agreed quality standards.
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Responsibilities:
- Actively drive enterprise-wide projects, including critical initiatives such as integrated software platform upgrades, data and analytics growth, technology advancements and launching new or enhanced products.
- Function as an execution partner to sponsors, business leads, product leads, and key stakeholders, ensuring they establish project goals, clear scope, success criteria, target timelines and critical dependencies.
- Manage day-to-day operational aspects of projects, including scope, timeline, budget and quality to achieve project milestones.
- Support planning and execution of the change management plans.
- Effectively manage and communicate project status, risks, issues, change management and outcomes to stakeholders.
- Lead clear and concise cross functional project communications that are tailored to the appropriate audiences, including up to executive leadership.
- Actively identify and manage dependencies and constraints across programs and projects according to organizational priorities, ensuring that risk, decision and dependency owners are clearly identified.
- Facilitate planning for implementation and operational readiness.
- Support program managers through leading specific projects that support the overall program initiative.
- Coordinate with internal, third-party vendors and/or customers to successfully execute milestones and project goals
- Create, execute, and adapt as appropriate all project related documentation for confirmed scope (charters, project plans, stakeholder management, project health reporting, change control, RAID, communication plans, etc.)
- Mentor the project team in adherence to enterprise processes and methodologies
- Manage projects with curiosity and have the ability to organize large projects/small programs into consumable components.
- Provide feedback on processes and templates for continuous improvement.
Qualifications:
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience as a project manager
- 5+ years demonstrated success in project delivery in a complex matrixed environment
- Understanding of development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with project teams and leadership
- Technical competence with MS Office Suites (SharePoint, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, Teams)
- Experience in Healthcare and/or Technology
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong Product Lifecycle Management experience
- Data and Analytics experience
- PMP certification
Surescripts embraces flexibility through its Flexible Hybrid Work model for most positions. This model allows employees to work virtually while still utilizing our offices as collaboration centers. With alignment and agreement from your leadership, you can come and go from the office as needed.
What You're Like
You're relentless in getting stuff done. You apply your expertise in an Agile/DevOps world with other talented people. You're curious about new technology and use your curiosity as fuel to deliver meaningful solutions. And you're into incremental efforts that ultimately reap huge results.
What We're Like
We're a smart team that loves to work toward a common goal: delivering innovative, industry-leading solutions that improve patient care. We pride ourselves on quality work grounded in transparency and accountability. Our goal is to make a positive impact on healthcare, be it on quality, cost, or patient safety.
What the Work is Like
Is your thinking cap on? (Do they still make those?) Here, our challenge is to connect disparate, cross-functional skills to create the desired result. We focus on important milestones, work to understand diverse technologies and develop relationships with various groups of people with varied perspectives.
Why Wait? Apply Now
We're a midsize company. This means you're not just another employee ID number. Here, you can build real relationships and feel supported by truly awesome people with diverse backgrounds and talents in an innovative and collaborative work culture. We strive to create an environment where you can be yourself, share your ideas and work your way. We offer opportunities for employee development, as well as competitive compensation packages and extensive benefits.
At Surescripts, base pay is one part of our Total Rewards Package (which may also include bonus, benefits etc.) and is determined within a range. The base pay range for this position is $116,600 - $142,600 per year. Your base pay may vary within or outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including (but not limited to) your qualifications, skills, experience, and location.
Benefits include, but are not limited to, comprehensive healthcare (including infertility coverage), generous paid time off including paid childbirth and parental leave and mental health days, pet insurance, and 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting. To learn more, review the Keep You and Yours Healthy, Balancing Work and Life, and Where Talent Takes Shape links under the Better Benefits. Better Work. Better Life section of our careers site.
Physical and Mental Requirements
While performing duties of this job, an employee may be required to perform any, or all of the following: attend meetings in and out of the office, travel, communicate effectively (both orally and in writing), and be able to effectively use computers and other electronic and standard office equipment with, or without, a reasonable accommodation. Additionally, this job requires certain mental demands, including the ability to use judgement, withstand moderate amounts of stress and maintain attention to detail with, or without, a reasonable accommodation.
Work Environment
Surescripts embraces flexibility through its Flexible Hybrid Work model for most positions. This model allows employees to work virtually while still utilizing our offices as collaboration centers. With alignment and agreement from your leadership, you can come and go from the office as needed.
Surescripts is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.