Program Associate Jobs in Leesburg, VA (NOW HIRING)

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Program Manager II

J P Systems provides professional services for large Federal Healthcare IT projects.  Be part of a team influencing the future of clinical data management by helping us to analyze and improve workflows across the Federal Government. Due to a recent corporate restructuring of our client support systems, we are happy to announce the search for a seasoned and skilled Program Manager II in clinical informatics.

Responsibilities of the Program Manager II:

• Serve as the Government point of contact and provide supervision and guidance for personnel assigned to this effort.
• Provide primary accountability for both contract and customer relationship management.
• Develop effective project plans, manage cross functional teams, and deliver on the Project Work Statements, schedule, and budget.
• Interact with technical IT subject matter Lead, coach, and motivate project team members on a proactive basis.
• Apply knowledge of project management tools and processes towards project activities, combined with the skills and abilities to guide and motivate a diverse team to achieve the client goals.
• Possess knowledge of current project management tools and core principles of effective management including effective delegation, client engagement, stakeholder engagement, responsibility development, proposal writing, contracts, budget development and business development.
• Identify and mitigate program/project risks and create a structure and organization for the management of a complex environment with emphasis on quantity, productivity, and consistency.
• Direct corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives.
• Arrange assignment of responsibilities to other supporting facilities, business areas, and support functions.
• Monitor program and project performance.
• Oversee and manage several concurrent projects.
• Support effective recruitment, selection, performance management, development and retention of high caliber management and technical staff to carry out the organization's mission and support the clients.
• Recognize expertise and empower peers and employees to build a dynamic team that is viewed by others as highly productive, capable and the best in the industry.

Project Requirements: Financial Performance:

• Interact often with clients while safeguarding scope and profitability of fixed price projects.
• Identify and mitigate risks to cost, schedule, and performance.
• Play an integral role in strategic planning, scheduling and resourcing.
• Utilize project management tools to help ensure that tasks meet the vision, goals and objectives of the client.
• Contribute to the development of technical and clinical Project Work Statements (PWS).
• Other duties as assigned.

Management:

• Manage team of HIT professionals helping them meet deliverables.
• Mentor, develop employees to exceed goals.

• Review/verify Timesheets/PTO.
• Support team meetings and effective communication.
• Provide performance management including deliver on time performance reviews.
• Participate in hiring teams reviewing candidates and conducting interviews, selecting new hires.
• Provide onboarding of new hires

Skills and Qualifications:

• Well-versed in the theory and practice of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), including project management methodologies, tracking costs, schedules, and performance progress.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt a plus.
• Experience managing Healthcare Information Technology projects.
• 2+ years of understanding in SAFe Scaled Agile Framework methodology.
  
• Experience with Power BI dashboards for project management.
• Expertise with the Veteran's Health Administration is preferred.
• Must have experience managing multiple multi-million-dollar programs.
• Function productively in a totally virtual technical environment with virtual meetings, portals, cloud storage tools and maintain insight into staff productivity.
• Advanced experience with MS 365 Tool suite including MS Teams, Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, Planner and MS Outlook.
• Excellent professional written and oral communication skills and interpersonal skills required.
• 15 years related project management or business, and Federal contracting experience is required.
• 6 - 9 years' experience managing multiple simultaneous projects of 1M or more.
  
• Ability to effectively manage senior and subject matter expert level staff.

Educational Requirements:

A master’s degree or bachelor’s plus 6 years relevant experience, or Associate’s + 4 years relevant experience required in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Healthcare IT, Business or related scientific/technical discipline.

Educational Equivalents:

A bachelor's degree plus 2 years' experience may be used as an equivalent to a master's degree or an associate degree plus 4 years' experience may be used as an equivalent to a master's degree.

Although we are 100% virtual, you must be located in one of our hiring states of AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MD, MI, SC, TX, VA, WI or WV. 

Must have high speed internet connection.  

Relocation: Not paid

J P Systems does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

Please note that our pay ranges are carefully researched and set based on the requirements of the position.  The salary range is displayed under Compensation for each position.  If you feel you qualify for a more senior level position than the ones advertised, please feel free to instead submit your resume from our Open Jobs webpage for consideration.