Associate Program Manager

About This Role

The Associate Program Manager leads strategic projects by applying project management, change management, and process improvement core capabilities. This role manages individual projects through their entire lifecycle, ensuring accountability for progress and success, and develops communication strategies for key stakeholders within the department.

Responsibilities

• Actively lead project efforts through the entire project life cycle including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing.
• Enable an effective project communication strategy through active communications with project stakeholders and the program manager.
• Serve as instructor for strategic program management training programs.
• Conduct coaching/consulting engagements leveraging project management, change management, and process improvement core capabilities.

Requirements

• Proficiency in using computers, software, and web-based applications.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to present information clearly and professionally.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent judgment, organization skills, group facilitation skills, decision making, and delegating skills.
• Ability to be self-directed, work independently, set project priorities, and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to demonstrate a strong sense of personal accountability for work.
• Ability to travel throughout and between facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, finance, public health, health care administration or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5 years of experience in relevant field such as healthcare operations, finance, industrial engineering, and/or organizational development including 1 year project management / change management / process improvement / healthcare experience; or 3 years relevant experience with a master's degree.

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