Capability Product Group (CPG) Program Manager

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As a Capability Product Group (CPG) Program Manager, you will provide program management services for business unit(s) and/or company-wide initiative(s) with oversight for small to medium-scale projects. Project durations will vary but could last approximately 1-12 months, and you may manage multiple projects at a time with supervision. You will be responsible for planning through implementation, applying standard project management methodologies to manage scope, budget, and timing.

This is a hybrid role on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

What you’ll do: 

• Develop and manage project plans for assigned projects, escalate conflicting priorities with other projects and/or matrixed team members, influence team members to successfully execute on plan, and track project costs.

• With guidance and coaching from leadership as required, evaluate and solve problems that impact the assigned project; escalate information and/or problems as needed.

• Develop and communicate expectations and success measures with team and partners, monitor process, progress, and results against success measures.

• Communicate both orally and in written forms (formal and informal), with project team and partners.

• May serve as team member on large-scale projects or programs.

• May maintain project budget.

• Operate in a highly technical environment.

• Appropriately engage teammates and leadership for direction.

What you’ll bring: 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or (4) years of work experience.

• (3) years of project/program management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP Certificate.

• Healthcare industry knowledge.

• Experience working in different industries; demonstrated history of natural progression with responsibilities and/or project size/complexity.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to operate a computer in a Windows environment utilizing Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Exposure to SharePoint, Microsoft Project, and Visio.

• Must have a basic knowledge of the SDLC and how it relates to the project lifecycle method.

• Knowledge of project planning/management; able to develop and manage project plans; identify and secure needed resources; escalate conflicting priorities with other projects and matrixed team members; influence team members to successfully execute on plan.

• The ability to effectively communicate needed messaging and decisions with all project audiences in all forms (e.g., written, oral,