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Suzanne Kercher

Project Manager

Posted on Oodle - Over 4 weeks ago

Location:: Saint Louis, MO

Features & Description

Headway Corporate Resources is currently seeking a Project Manager for a client in the St. Louis, MO area. This is a direct hire position offering $70,000 per year. The position summary and requirements are as follows

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for implementing medium to large business projects or segments of projects that are moderately complex often with a technical component. Ability to effectively work between business and technical areas to achieve goals and objectives set forth by senior leadership.
Note: The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in business operations, project management and/or healthcare is preferred. Master’s degree a plus.
Experience: 4 years of operational leadership experience and 2 years of healthcare environment experience is desired. A minimum of 2 years project management experience encompassing small to medium projects is required. A minimum experience of 2 years in a supervisory or management role is desired.
Licensure/Certification: Requires proven experience using project management methodology (PMBOK).

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Leads project teams within a matrix environment to achieve defined goals and objectives for highly complex business projects.
• Translates goals into implementation tactics and serves as a change agent between business and technical units to deliver results.
• Completes business case development activities for medium to large projects: develops business case, project profile, business requirements, and other required project work products.
• Ensures detailed planning activities are complete for medium to large projects or a segment of large projects. Includes developing detailed work plans as well as quality, risk, and communication plans.
• Monitors and controls implementation activities for medium to large projects or a segment of a large project to ensure project objectives are met.
• Ensures project closure activities are complete including evaluating project success, identifying and communicating lessons learned, ensuring transitions activities are complete, and archiving project files.

Essential Job Functions include the following:

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job and include the ability to type and operate a personal computer with various software programs, effectively operate standard office equipment, Bend, stoop, crouch, kneel, twist, balance, and work at a desk, Lift and carry up to 25 pounds, and communicate (written and oral) in a clear and professional manner.

Mental/Cognitive Demands:

Establish and maintain effective work relationships with co-workers and customers, maintain regular attendance, understand and carry out a variety of oral and written instructions, have knowledge of proper English usage, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and vocabulary, have the ability to learn office principles, practices, and methods, understand filing systems, including numerical, alphabetical, and chronological, learn a variety of procedures, policies, and services of the assigned work unit or program, perform assigned duties with efficiency and accuracy and maintain confidentiality.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

If interested in this position, please email your cover letter and resume to Suzanne Kercher at skercher@headwaycorp.com or apply online at www.headwaycorp.com/jobs.

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