Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We're proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.

Location: Sioux Falls, SD

Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts

Job Schedule: Full time

Weekly Hours: 40.00

Salary Range: 37.50 - 62.00

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager in the Enterprise Project Management Office applies advanced knowledge and experience to complex, high-risk, high-cost projects. Works independently with minimal direction on day-to-day work. Determines own methods and approaches to work; establishes work priorities and timelines for own work, as well as project team. Projects often require problem resolution for unique challenges and require generation of solutions that look beyond the immediate problem to wider implications. Builds professional networks and identifies and connects resources to solve issues and achieve goals. Serves as a resource for leadership and stakeholders, as well as a mentor to project team. Provides leadership for project teams and delivers projects that span across one or more business units, or includes one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously. Manages resources, schedules, financials and adheres to quality and control guidelines throughout the full project management life cycle, including creating, managing and updating timelines, budgets, resources, vendors, and key project deliverables from project initiation to close out. Assesses project risks, proposes resolutions, manages change requests, and tracks implementation of resolution through to completion to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. Verifies that the project achieves the proposed benefits defined in the business case. The Senior Project Manager has authority over the project and assumes responsibility for projects. Contributes to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery. Serves as change agent, influencing stakeholders and project deliverables to change organizational culture and processes. Presents project proposals, updates, and outcomes to senior leadership. Requires strong background in Visio, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office suite. According to team and organizational needs, may perform project manager duties.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required. Five years' experience managing full lifecycle projects desired. Previous experience working with business stakeholders in a cross-functional matrix environment required. Advanced working knowledge with project management software and Microsoft Office required. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent advanced training in project management strongly desired and may be required for some departments. Specific to Sanford Research - Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desired. Certification through Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) or Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA) required. Currently licensed with the applicable State Nursing Board and/or possess multistate licensure privileges as required by position. Depending on area, may require valid driver's license.

Benefits

Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits.