Project Manager - Healthcare Mandates

We are currently hiring for a Project Manager to work on a 6 month contract in downtown San Francisco. This role is focused on healthcare mandates. Experience within the healthcare industry or with HP-PPM is highly desired. Please contact Aileen if you are qualified and interested: ashroyer@kforce.com or 415-678-2321.

Job Description:

Responsibilities include providing upfront analysis of initiatives against portfolio funding criteria; driving and supporting project initiation activities including securing of seed funding, setup of the project in portfolio management tools and other supporting systems. Other project initiation activities may include identifying project stakeholders, identifying and assembling project resources, and drafting project initiation documents (e.g. project charters, kick-off presentations, project proposals). The urgency of some mandated initiatives may require this position to assume project management responsibilities of small projects from start to finish. Other activities include supporting the Portfolio Manager in governance activities including creation of dashboard reports, portfolio financial tracking spreadsheet, quarterly re-forecasts, annually planning, leading status meetings and supporting individual project managers with PMLC deliverables including business case development and project financials. Responsibilities: Able to function independently and produce results that meet standards of quality, timeliness and acceptability. Minimal supervision and general direction. Performs work that is varied and moderately complex. Able to document and develop presentations ideas and approaches developed by others. Must have very strong written and spoken communication skills and attention for detail. Some project management experience is preferred with a strong understanding of the PMLC and working knowledge of one or SDLC processes.


Requirements:

• Experience with MS Excel-candidate should be able create formula's and produce financial tracking spreadsheets, make spread sheet presentable to upper management for review.
• Experience with PowerPoint-create power point presentations.
• Project Methodology-familiar with SDLC or PMLC phases and deliverables in each phase.
• This person will be splitting time between Managing mandates portfolio projects, Assisting other Sr. PM with their projects, and owning a small project that will consist of data requirement gathering, meeting with business units and stakeholders, holding team meetings.

Preferred Qualifications:

• HP-PPM
• Healthcare industry experience including work with healthcare mandates