Project Manager - Strategic Initiatives

Overview

The Strategic Initiatives Project Manager provides leadership to multiple complex projects, ensuring that they are planned and executed in a manner that supports the achievement of their project deliverables on time and within budget. Projects assigned are broad in scope, high impact, and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas; examples of projects could include, but are not limited to, capital construction projects, clinical operation projects, and organizational efficiency improvements. Ensures that project teams are functioning effectively and are producing high quality work within the defined parameters of the projects’ scope, budget, and schedule. Exercises judgment within broadly defined policies in developing methods and techniques for prioritizing and obtaining project results.

 

This is a full time, exempt, benefit eligible position in Berkeley, CA. 

 

Must include a cover letter as part of your application. 

 

LifeLong Medical Care is a large, multi-site, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with a rich history of providing innovative healthcare and social services to a wonderfully diverse patient community. Our patient-centered health home is a dynamic place to work, practice, and grow. We have over 15 primary care health centers and deliver integrated services including psychosocial, referrals, chronic disease management, dental, health education, home visits, and much, much more. LifeLong Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition.

 

Benefits

Compensation: $87k - $95k/year. We offer excellent benefits including: medical, dental, vision (including dependent and domestic partner coverage), generous leave benefits including ten paid holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) retirement savings plan.

 

COVID-19 Vaccine Policy

In accordance with LifeLong Medical Care's commitment to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, we have adopted a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy to safeguard the health of our employees and their families; our patients and visitors; and the community at large from infectious diseases, that vaccinations may reduce. This policy will comply with all applicable laws and is based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Order of the California State Public Health Officer. Unless a reasonable medical or religious accommodation is approved, all employees must receive COVID-19 vaccinations.

Responsibilities

The Project Manager at LifeLong Medical Care will be expected to perform duties in all of the following project management domains.

 

Project Initiation

• Work with project sponsor to develop project charter and ensure that project objectives are clear and aligned with organizational goals.
• Ensure that a business case for the project is developed and approved.
• Identify project stakeholders at the beginning and continuously throughout the project to guarantee that those affected by the project are included in project planning and execution.

Project Planning

• Develop a comprehensive project management plan for each project that addresses scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, communications, risk management, procurement management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Collect requirements for the project and define the project’s scope with the project team.
• Develop the project schedule by defining and sequencing project activities.
• In conjunction with the sponsors of each project, develop the appropriate project budgets.
• Determine the quality standards that govern the project deliverables and how the project will achieve compliance to those standards.
• Identify the types and quantities of resources required for project activities.
• Determine communication requirements for stakeholders and communication methods.
• Work with project team to identify project risks and plan responses to those risks.
• Determine how procurement activities will be conducted and managed within the project.

Project Execution

• Motivate team members and facilitate team meetings. Act as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator to ensure readiness of systems within the department(s) to implement the project.
• Assess impact of project on workflow and develop neces