Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is seeking an IT Project Manager. Responsible for creating, implementing, and supporting projects within the WMed organization.

Work with leadership to create, implement, and monitor projects which includes but not limited to:

• Discuss potential projects and their parameters with clients, executives, and software developers.
• Plan out the blueprints for projects, including defining the scope, allocating resources, setting deadlines,
  laying out communication strategies, and indicating tests, implementation and maintenance.
• Lead the project team.
• Participate in and supervise each stage of the project.
• Ensuring each project stays on schedule and adheres to the deadlines.
• Work with leadership in creating a project budget and ensuring the project adheres to the budget as
  closely as possible.
• Determining and overseeing consistent testing, evaluation, and troubleshooting of all products in all
  stages of completion.
• Tracking milestones, deliverables, and change requests.
• Serving as a liaison to communicate information regarding changes, milestones reached, and other
  pertinent information.
• Delivering completed projects to clients and performing regular checks on performance.
• Trains team(s) on utilization of project outcome
• Act as liaison between WMed administrative teams and vendors
• Availability to work on weekends and evenings to complete time sensitive projects.
• Acquires knowledge for new technology and policy/procedure revisions.
• All other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business, software engineering, or
  related field required.
• Three years related experience with project management, preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.

Additional skills preferred:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to navigate in an environment with both
  highly technical and highly non-technical individuals.
• Solid knowledge of regulatory standards (HIPAA, FERPA, GLBA, etc).
• Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines.
• Delegating project tasks to employees best positioned to complete them.
• Making effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project.
• Serving as a point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy.
• Communicating with leadership to keep the project aligned with goals.
• Performing quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected.
• Adjusting schedules and targets on the project as needs or financing for the project change.
• Desire to work with a fast-paced project team focused on compliance, structure and function.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) required or ability to obtain within 12 months of hire.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Advanced knowledge and proficiency in using personal computer equipment and related software.
• Knowledge and proficiency in grammar and spelling skills.
• Ability to quickly learn software packages as needed.
• Leadership skills, decisiveness, problem-solving skills, ability to delegate effectively.
• Ability to effectively communicate with others verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize priorities in organization of work flow.
• Able to perform duties independently, with a minimal need for direct supervision.

About Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) is an exciting environment to pursue and academic career. The medical school is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching health systems, Ascension Borgess and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues, research activities, tuition, and endowment income. Building upon the $100 million foundational gift in 2011, WMed received a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission of the medical school in June 2021. WMed contributed to the creation of 1,600 new jobs and an economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties in 2020.

WMed is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Higher Learning Commission. WMed offers a comprehensive, innovative four-year Doctor of Medicine degree program and two Master of Science degree programs in Biomedical Sciences and Medical Engineering. There are more than 200 residents and fellows in 10 residencies and five fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To support its mission to educate and inspire lifelong learners, WMed has Joint Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

WMed Health is the clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations throughout Kalamazoo, Portage, and Battle Creek. The Department of Pathology faculty serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout Michigan and northern Indiana.

The W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility with faculty and administrative offices, student study and social spaces, team-based learning halls, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.

WMed is building upon Kalamazoo’s century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical Research, WMed ForenTox, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Human Research Protection Program contribute to the medical school’s advancement of knowledge through innovation and discovery. 

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer of females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans, and actively strives to increase diversity within its community. We provide a drug- and tobacco-free workplace. 

EEO Minorities/Women/Disabled/Protected Veterans.