Product Manager - Administration Applications (Remote)

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Organization:

VUMC IT Independent Apps & Int

Job Summary:

This position is critical in supporting the portfolio of ADI-Independent Applications and Integrations. This position's responsibilities to include supporting current implementations to support multiple VUMC departments, including HR (Sunapsis Immigration tracking), Adestra (Marketing), and new implementation PowerDMS. This position will also provide additional future support for applications that may be transitioning to ADI-IAI team.

(Note: This role is available for remote employment from most areas of US)

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Leads vision, roadmap, deliverables for products.
• Translates customer needs into projects on a project roadmap.
• Provides direction on development, execution and monitoring of product roadmaps.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
• Project Coordination (Novice): Reviews specific project related documents for completeness and accuracy and ensures project status reports are received, when due, from project managers for all approved projects. Provides administrative and logistics support for various project meetings, training, workshops and facilitated sessions. Coordinates and tracks all work requests to ensure on time project delivery. Keeps project plans updated and ensures key milestones and dependencies are understood. Responsible for record keeping for project meetings such as issues logs, gap analysis sheets, meeting minutes, making copies, team event planning and execution, team travel, on-boarding activities for contractors or consultants, set up and maintenance of project repositories.
• Product Knowledge (Novice): Understands the product in relation to other company products. Has general knowledge of the competition for the product in the marketplace. Understands the product life cycle from development through sales and customer support. Can describe product features and benefits using key product terminology.
• Emerging Technologies (Novice): Stays abreast of new technology as it applies to project and departmental systems and architecture. Is aware of technological trends and new products and tools which can improve the effectiveness of systems and products. Able to successfully investigate, evaluate and recommend new technology to meet requirements of state-of-the-art systems and projects. Attends industry seminars and forums.
• Product Vendor Management (Novice): Serves as the primary contact for production issue notification, escalation and resolution with vendors' Is familiar with all aspects of the contract process. Can work with the necessary departments [e.g., Purchasing, Legal] to guide a contract through this process. Is familiar with the Request for Information and Request for Proposal process. Has worked in the development and execution of several consulting, training, software and hardware contracts. Communicates to vendors any changes that may impact them or the relationship throughout the contract life.
• IT Portfolio Management (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate IT Portfolio Management in practical applications of moderate difficulty.

About the Department:

VUMC IT

VUMC IT provides hardware, software and service solutions for the entire Medical Center. With over 40,000 workstations in the Medical Center, our teams can assist not only with hardware support, but also software and application support and services to enhance security and protection of your information. 

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communicati