Project Manager

At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best.

Children’s Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We provide primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. Our reputation draws patients and families from around the country.

We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families, and encourages you to be at your best every day, please apply today.

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Partners with clinical and business leaders to manage projects which enable execution of the organization’s health management strategy. Facilitates stakeholder teams and ensures project requirements are in place for each step of the project life cycle. Develops integrated project plans and facilitates needed decision making to ensure on-time delivery of key milestones and value recognition of assigned projects. Ensures communication, coordination, and integration of project work with all individuals and areas affected including leadership, shared services divisions, internal and external stakeholders. Serves as a key liaison with internal and external clinical and business leaders in relationship to assigned project activities. In conjunction with leaders and program managers, monitors the status of the project and takes any steps necessary to focus priorities, improve project structure, resolve issues, and/or enhance workplans to ensure completion of the project objectives. Responsible for following established project management processes, project structures, performance monitoring, and other control mechanisms necessary to accomplish project objectives. Proactively identifies risks, manages issues, and escalates when appropriate. Monitors activities of any closely related project(s), which have interdependencies with assigned project(s).

• Directs inner-related and complex projects that cross departmental and organization boundaries from original concept through design and implementation.  Ensures project objectives are achieved within the agreed upon scope, timeline, and resource levels. 

• Ensures communication, coordination, and integration of project work with all areas affected including end users, information services, impacted vendors, facility leadership, community constituents, payers and physicians/clinicians.

• In conjunction with other program/project leadership actively monitors the status of projects and takes appropriate steps necessary to focus priorities, improve the project structure, resolve issues, and/or enhance work plans to ensure completion of the project objectives. 

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Nursing, or other related field in order to understand management principles and finance.

• Three years of healthcare experience.

• Experience directing/managing complex projects and project teams. ​

• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook.

• Experience with recognized project management, performance improvement and change management methodologies preferred.​

• Experience leading interdisciplinary projects that include various healthcare stakeholders including experience with population or community health projects preferred.

• Project Management certification preferred.

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.

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