Project Manager I - Operations

Location

Morristown, NJ | United States

Job description

The Project Manager I is a full-time position with Atlantic Health System (AHS) Finance department.  The position has responsibility for the management of HTC implementation projects including vendor contracts and oversight of HTC provider network communications. The work is accomplished in a team environment within AHS and with representatives from participating HTC hospitals.  It requires excellent problem solving and communication skills with a high level of professionalism and independent judgement. 

About the HTC: The Healthcare Transformation Consortium, LLC (HTC ) is a collaborative of seven New Jersey healthcare systems: Atlantic Health System, CentraState Healthcare System, Hunterdon Health, Holy Name, Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, and Valley Health. The systems have come together to use their healthcare delivery expertise, share best practices to lower medical costs and improve quality for the members covered under their respective self-insured employee benefit plans. In 2018, they successfully bid out and selected a single, likeminded carrier partner to administer their benefits, achieving administrative savings over the course of 5 years. Additionally, the members agreed to reciprocal hospital pricing and structured their respective benefit plans to encourage members to seek care within the HTC member systems. Using their benefit plans as proving grounds, the HTC is leading the transition from fee-for service to value based care and developing a model for health care that can be replicated nationally. 

Responsibilities: 

Project Manager I responsibilities include:

• Manages all aspects of assigned HTC project(s) in all phases including: 
  • Developing preliminary scope documents
  • Identifying high-level risks, assumptions, and constraints
  • Developing effective relationships with HTC representatives and vendor representatives.
  • Creating final scope, schedule, and budget documents
  • Executing, updating, and communicating the project plan, status and deliverables 
  • Implementing approved actions including continuous realignment of scope, time, and cost
  • Task, budget, schedule, and resource tracking 
  • Monitoring quality of deliverables
  • Effective communication with HTC stakeholders including vendors as appropriate
  • Updating HTC website to ensure update to date and accurate content 
• Guides the development of policies and communications to HTC providers: 
  • Developing and maintaining provider contact lists
  • Working with HTC representatives to develop HTC provider policies and communications
  • Identifying and implementing communication strategies
• Develops, organizes, and attends meetings and events as appropriate for the project(s), creating agendas and notes. 
• Proactively and appropriately escalates risks, issues, and decisions. 
• Builds mutual trust and encourages respect and cooperation among AHS and HTC team members. Recognizes contributions and celebrates accomplishments.
• Has excellent communication skills. Listens well, speaks and writes clearly and concisely. Present in front of a variety of potentially large audiences.
• Displays model behavior. Engages others in attaining a future vision not only for the project, but for the organization.

Qualifications:

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare or Business Administration, Public Health, Mathematics, Healthcare Informatics or Computer Science or similar subject
• Two years of project management experience or experience and training that includes two years of leading projects related to IT, healthcare, healthcare revenue cycle, healthcare finance, or system implementations.
• Successful track record of project results demonstrating effective project leadership. 
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, leadership and change management skills to establish and maintain positive and productive working relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously demonstrating flexibility and creativity. 
• Healthcare leadership or healthcare project management experience. 

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