Fresenius Medical Care

Senior Program Manager

Fresenius Medical Care

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Massachusetts • Texas • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Responsible for providing comprehensive planning, execution, and overall leadership of one or more medium to large-scale initiatives.
  • Duties also include participating in the continuous improvement of project management best practices, processes and tools.
  • Initiate programs by clearly defining program objective, scope, stakeholders and benefits
  • Conduct detailed planning by creating program structure and program organization plan, and securing cross functional support
  • Establish and ongoing upkeep of the program road map from concept to pilot to full enterprise roll out
  • Facilitates the onboarding, business case development and prioritization of the projects into the program under the guidance of the program governance
  • Works cross functionally to solve problems and implement changes
  • Analyze decisions and actions for their support of the larger strategic plan
  • Works with senior leaders to resolve complex problems
  • Interpret and present data to various levels of management and communicate with a diverse set of executive stakeholders
  • Ensure alignment of project scope and schedule to meet program objectives
  • Establish an efficient program communications plan, and tracking and reporting system; Manage program level reporting and communications up, down and across the program structure to include program level steering committee
  • Direct ongoing reviews and assessments of the program health including project status reviews at a regular cadence; proactively and aggressively manage program risks and implement effective mitigation plan; assist project managers in removing roadblocks
  • Leverage wide-ranging experience and use professional concepts in developing resolutions to critical issues
  • Set standards and processes for the program and ensure all constituent projects' adherence
  • Ensure legal and compliance considerations are fully accounted for in all the defined requirements
  • Track and reports program benefit according to the business case
  • Provides guidance to project managers and other program participants as applicable
  • Act as the main point of the contact for vendor(s) or external partner(s), responsible for vendor engagement and SOW
  • Actively participate in the continuous improvement of the program and project management best practice, tools and processes
  • Comply with the Code of Business Conduct and all applicable company policies and procedures, local, state and federal laws and regulations.
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree; Advanced Degree preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • PMI/PMP Certification strongly desired
  • 8 to 12 years' related experience in project and program management with a proven track record of successful delivery of effective programs; or a Master's degree with 6 years' experience; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent directly related work experience
  • Strong experience in defining program structure and plan for medium to large scale programs
  • Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills capable of driving collaborative discussions with all levels of the organization (Operations, Legal, Compliance, IT, and C Suite Executives)
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-changing environment
  • Understand current technologies in the healthcare industry
  • Must be proficient in the use of project management tools to develop schedules, allocate resources, and track progress.
  • Working knowledge is Agile framework preferred
  • Lean Six Sigma experience and certification preferred
Benefits
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • a 401(k) with company match
  • paid time off
  • parental leave
  • potential for performance-based bonuses depending on company and individual performance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementprogram managementprogram structureprogram planningrisk managementstakeholder managementAgile frameworkLean Six Sigmadata analysisprogram benefit tracking
Soft Skills
leadershipinterpersonal skillscommunication skillscollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityattention to detailstrategic thinkingcross-functional teamworkvendor engagement
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeAdvanced DegreePMI CertificationPMP CertificationLean Six Sigma Certification