St. Joseph’s Healthcare System is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.

Job Overview:

Responsible for leading and directing enterprise projects and small program portfolios across all lines of business. Oversees all aspects of project management implementation including resource management, time management, scope management, change management and financial management. Responsible for delivering projects in a demanding healthcare environment and involves working with business and IT stakeholders in the development and completion of project charters, project scopes of work, cost estimates and plans. Continually communicates the status, issues, risks, milestones and timelines to stakeholders, project team, executives, vendors and the PMO. Responsible for managing a diverse team of IT, business and vendors through the full project lifecycle. Helps develop and deliver best practices in a newly created PMO and assist with the coaching and mentoring of project managers.

Work requires the knowledge of theories, principles, & concepts acquired through completion of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or closely related field OR a current Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute; & ten or more years of previous work related experience.

Prior Healthcare program or project management experience is required.

Formal Certification in Project Management, PMP from Project Management Institute required.

Prior experience with PPM Toolsets & MS Office required.

Experience with Sharepoint preferred.

Work requires analytical ability to collect information from diverse sources & apply professional principles in performing various analyses, & summarize the information & data in order to solve problems.

Must possess strong customer service, communication, organizational & interpersonal skills required.