Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Details

• Department: Infrastructure

• Schedule: Full Time Monday - Friday 8-5pm CT

• Location: Remote

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.

Responsibilities

Job Duties:

• Support unplanned, critical, emerging needs stemming from the Strategic Workstreams.

• Ability to revive troubled projects and get them back on track.

• Manage and Improve the processes needed to support unplanned and critical projects and/or work efforts.

• Operates at a strategic level in collaboration with Ascension senior leaders providing oversight and governance to ensure AT projects delivery against their expected outcomes of scope, schedule, cost and quality.

• Manage multiple projects, ensuring resources and organization structure are in place and operating effectively; and anticipating conflicting needs and proactively resolving them.

• Uses program and project metrics to assess progress and drive project implementation.

• Manages issues and risks that impact progress. Drives process improvements based on lessons learned and root cause analysis.

• Manages the project prioritization process including ongoing assessment of the process and scoring and making improvements to meet evolving business needs.

• Provides reporting to drive visibility and awareness.

• Self-motivated and ability to work both independently and as part of the team.

• Organized with attention to details, able to work simultaneously on different tasks.

• Good interpersonal, facilitation and presentation skills.

• Strong leadership, critical thinking and analysis skills.

• Data-centric – quantitative, analytical skills and PC proficiency.

• Understands the business needs, drivers and direction and adapts and evolves the strategy to meet those requirements.

Required Experience:

• Management of Key Strategic Projects for 4+ years

• Budget Oversight and Management

• Manages to Project Priorities; Performs Risk Management.

• Promotes Good Working Relationships.

• Communicates Project Status Upward and to the Customer

• Enforces Effective Change Control (technical and project)

• Strong Communication Skills, both written and verbal

Additional Requirements:

• Project management degree/diploma/certification would be an advantage

• 7+ years in Program/ Project Management / Project Management Office functions

• 5 years relevant Technical and business experience

Requirements

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 1 year of experience OR 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required. 2 years of leadership or management experience preferred

Additional Preferences

Preferred Experience:

• CAPM and/or PMP Certification

• 10+ years Project management experience

• Managed Service Provider and Vendor Management Experience

• Cybersecurity and/or Infrastructure experience

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