IT Program Manager

Primary Function/General Purpose of Position

The IT Program Manager will be required to lead multiple inter-related projects toward a common business objective. He/she will provide overall management support for the projects to ensure they all move together toward meeting that objective.

***This role is primarily remote/work from home. Hire will be asked to go onsite monthly, so must be local to the Charleston, SC Tri-County area.

Essential Job Functions

• Practices cohesive leadership and executes vision for the program deliverable

• Serves as single point of contact for the individual Project Managers and business stakeholders

• Plans and monitors program execution

• Creates detailed project plans with accurate schedules and task breakdown structures with defined milestones from individual project level and align them with overall program requirements

• Accurately captures appropriate requirements information for project documentation 

• Shares and collaborates among common resources across a program

• Leverages lessons learned

• Utilizes the project and program management tool set and processes expertly

• Coordinates Command Center Logistics and Go-live communications

• Provides executive level reports and status updates

• Provides input pertaining to milestones and tracks assigned projects against budget

• Practices proactive risk identification and mitigation at the program level

• Ensures the accuracy and quality of project data, and ensuring that data is consistent with stakeholder expectations and key metrics as defined in the program specifications and / or project charters

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

Licensing/Certification

• Project Management Professional – Project Management Institute (required)

• Program Management Professional – Project Management Institute (preferred)

Education

• Associates Degree (required)

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

Work Experience

• 7-10 years’ experience in Project Management (required)

• 5 years’ experience coordinating and / supporting IT business processes (preferred)​

Skills

• Communicates effectively through verbal, written, and formal presentation communications

• Possesses strong business acumen, specifically related to assessing business readiness and mitigation plans. Can recognize acronyms, understands industry and internal business initiatives and strategic directives

• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills with project managers, project teams, and initiative leadership

Training

None

Patient Population

Not applicable to this position

Working Conditions

Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur.

Long-distance or air travel as needed- not to exceed 10% travel.

General office environment.

May have periods of constant interruptions.

Required to car travel to off-site locations, occasionally in adverse weather conditions.