[Hiring] Senior Project Manager @The US Oncology Network

Role Description

The Senior Project Manager is critical in overseeing the development, implementation, and ongoing management of high-priority strategic, system transformational, or major/complex foundational and operational projects for the Texas Oncology network.

• Works autonomously to drive results, implement changes, and track the impacts of project work.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to document project scope, deliverables, goals, risks, blockers, decisions, success measures, and estimated resources needed.
• Ensures that projects remain in scope and meet budgetary, scheduling, and quality requirements.
• Creates, manages, and distributes project communications artifacts like charters, schedules, and budgets.
• Provides project status updates at predetermined time intervals to all stakeholders.
• Communicates routinely to management, project team members, and other stakeholders, actively soliciting and addressing customer and project team feedback.
• Assists in business development efforts to create project proposals, RFPs, estimates, and schedules.
• Sets and monitors project budgets and staffing requirements.
• Ensures adherence to legally binding requirements.
• Plans, schedules, monitors, and reports on activities related to the project, including subcontractor monitoring.
• Establishes key project criteria metrics.
• Develops project control and reporting procedures and manage changes in operational plans.
• Plans and leads status review meetings, which may include internal team members, vendors, and customers.
• Documents project information, risks, assumptions, actions, issues, and decisions.
• Timely identification, escalation, and management of risks and issues impacting the success of the project.
• Resolves technical and operational issues as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business Management, or a related field
• Or Associate’s Degree + four (4) years of related work experience
• Or High School diploma or equivalent and eight (8) years of related work experience
• Five (5) years of experience as a Project Manager or similar position responsible for defining and managing project scope, timelines, profitability, and effective delivery of products or services.
• Experience in managing delivery of customer-facing and internally-facing products or services.
• PMI or PMP certification or similar from an accredited organization.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with industry-standard word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software programs.

Requirements

• Excellent project management skills including prioritization, scheduling, and documentation.
• Ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong grasp of current communication, project tracking, and budget management technologies.
• Excellent meeting, workshop, and conference facilitation skills, with proven knowledge of how to foster attendee participation and collaboration in small and large groups.
• Knowledge and experience of with different project management frameworks, including waterfall and agile.
• Solid technical understanding and ability to define and refine requirements through a project lifecycle.
• Employs strong analytical and problem-solving skills to manage shifting priorities, demands, and timelines.
• Ability to quickly learn, understand, and apply new technologies.
• Willingness to mentor more junior team members and share knowledge.
• Positive, can-do attitude with the ability to succeed in a fast-paced work environment.

Physical Demands

• Requires sitting for long periods of time.
• Some bending and stretching are required.
• Adequate finger dexterity and feeling to perform keyboarding and substantial repetitive motions involving the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Requires vision and hearing corrected to normal range.
• Must be able to view computer screens and printed material accurately.
• Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 40 lbs.

Work Environment

• The work environment is typical of an office setting.