Continuous Improvement Project Manager Jobs in Washington

Job Description: 
Short Description:
 
Client is looking for a Lead in the PMO to drive and manage from a senior leadership perspective the Release Management and Continuous Improvement discipline.
 
Complete Description: 
Employment Type: Contract w2/1099/C2C
The Continuous Improvement Manager facilitates and manages the process, planning, and execution of quality/improvement efforts for the organization. Ensures initiatives are aligned with corporate strategic goals and timelines. Implementing goal alignment activities with cross functional teams. Manages a portfolio of project directed at reducing waste and improving quality to provide greater value. Works with department heads and other team members to identify bottlenecks, redundancy, and disconnects in process.
 
In addition to this lead in the PMO will be responsible for conducting regular release meetings with multiple disciplines in Client to ensure delivery of a non-time product.
 
Ensures follow-up on improvement events are completed, including scheduling, and facilitating on-going status reviews with all vested parties
 
This role will be responsible for driving the culture of sustainable continuous improvement, operational excellence and delivering business expectations
 
Delivering and monitoring quantifiable KPIs including Waste Reduction, Efficiency Improvements, Quality Pass Rate, and process controls.
 
The resource must have a proven track record of SDLC completion, excellent understanding and ability to implement project management methodologies, proven experience with vendor management and must be well-versed in district policies and procedures
 
 Lead the management, implementation, and reporting of these large and complex initiatives by working through a team of program leaders to develop roadmaps, plans/timelines, and helping to determine staffing decisions based on current organizational capabilities and future needs ensuring cross-functional alignment and collaboration
 
 Collaborates with other department managers and directors to prioritize work, set deadlines and assign resources for standardized processes to be upheld throughout the SDLC
 
 Ensures project governance, roles, responsibilities, and outcomes are maintained and improved upon by supporting the Client program
 
 Delivers value by managing a portfolio of work for customers while offering strategy and alignment for success of the PMO
 
 Drives consistent communication and project tracking across a portfolio of work for stakeholder visibility and internal awareness
 
 Work directly with the vendor and stakeholders to reduce confusion and manage expectations
 
 Ensure a consistent reporting and daily management cadence as well as accountabilities from and roles / responsibilities of key stakeholders
 
 Monitors compliance to project management standards, policies, procedures and templates
 
 Successfully leads project management transformation/change management initiatives
 
 Escalation point for all direct reports, senior management and directors
 
 Applies project management methodology, best practices and standards
 
Skills:
·       16+ yrs. MS Office/PowerPoint experience. Required 16 Years
·       Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience. Required
·       Progressive experience in project and program management. Required 10 Years
·       Experience managing people, performance, developing processes and change management practices for medium to large teams. Required 15 Years
·       Strong experience and verifiable success in delivering high-value client-facing software projects that span multiple teams and customers. Required 10 Years
·       Track record of developing and improving consistent and repeatable outcomes across a Project Management Office. Required 10 Years
·       Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering compt equipment capacity & limitations, operation time, and form of desired result. Required 10 Years
·       Progressive Operational Leadership or Consultative experience in either a hospital or Health System setting. Required 7 Years
·       Exp with program dev that relies on thorough synthesis &understanding of clinical evidence/outcomes, process flow analysis, end-user relations etc. Required 10 Years
·       Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving experience. Required 15 Years
·       Thorough understanding of core business processes within healthcare organizations required. Required 7 Years
·       Management experience of individual contributors and/or supervisors preferred. Required 15 Years 
·       Qualified for a STaR2 Masters Level Labor Category. Required