Program Manager

Program Manager

Client seeks an experienced Program Manager to support the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory (OSPHL) with the implementation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). In addition to supporting the Senior Project Manager, this Program Manager will focus on: organizational change management, internal and external communications, team coordination, maintaining the decision log, and curating vendor feedback from OSPHL team.

Responsibilities include:

• Project manage multiple complex and detailed project schedules.
• Maintain project timelines, milestones, and critical paths.
• Monitor and control projects to assure timely completion.
• Advise on and escalate key risks and issues that impact the projects.
• Collaborate with managers and advocate for OSPHL resources to be allocated to the appropriate project tasks.
• Respond to requests for information from LIMS vendor or members of the OSPHL team.
• Support applications for funding opportunities to support this project work. Liaise with OIS SE3 team and provide support.
• Liaise with the OSPHL team to support organizational change management and User Acceptance.
• Coordinate with the OSPHL team to project manage the User Acceptance testing effort for the LIMS Replacement Project.
• Perform other OSPHL IT Project Management duties, as assigned.
• Write project status reports, every other week (biweekly), to document all activities performed, including:
• Status on all activities listed in the bullets above.
• Work on resource capacity reports to identify OSPHL resources that are over-allocated and under-utilized.
• Any ad hoc reports needed for OSPHL management to make informed decisions.
• Efforts on project planning and scheduling.
• Updates to the project planner with new LIMS Subprojects based on input from laboratory management team.
• Assistance provided to complete EIS project deliverables for the Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Replacement Project and other related subprojects.

Required skills and experience include:

• Office 365
• Prior state government experience
• Project Management
• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to work effectively remotely
• Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

In addition, the ideal candidate will have skills and experience in:

• Organization Change Management in a Laboratory or Clinical Care setting.
• Project Management experience in a Laboratory or Clinical Care setting.
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) methodologies