Program Manager 

Seniority Level: Expert

• A Degree in Consulting Category related disciplines and a minimum of six (6) years of related Consulting Category experience; or
• A Diploma in Consulting Category related disciplines and a minimum of seven (7) years of related Consulting Category experience; or
• A Certificate in Consulting Category related disciplines and a minimum of eight (8) years of related Consulting Category experience; or
• An absolute minimum of ten (10) years of directly related Consulting Category experience.

Services Required: 

The Program Manager for the MHSU Enablement Program will be responsible for:

• Develop a governance structure for the program of work
• Create an overall Program charter that guides the program of work
• Perform planning activities to manage all aspects of the program of work
• Direct the project management efforts of several subprojects and project leaders/managers
• Have oversight of the multiple streams of work within the subprojects. Work with the individual project managers to ensure milestones are being met.
• Serve as project manager of a subproject in addition to role as Program Director
• Develop a roadmap for the Program and delivery of solutions
• Develop project planning documents using FHA Project Management methodology;
• Identify high-level risks as part of the project planning process
• Management of risks, issues and scope changes;
• Facilitate project steering committee meetings
• Liaise with any relevant clinical departments, Health Informatics leadership or other associated project leaders as required for communications and change management
• Coordination with the IM/IT groups at Fraser Health & as well as staff from BCCSS
• Coordination with external vendors during the course of the project
• Work with stakeholder groups to review, identify, clarify and prioritize business and technical requirements
• Work with project resources to collect requirements, define scope, verify and control scope.
• Provide high level scoping of proposed solutions
• Define project goals and responsibilities including creation of a responsibility assignment matrix.
• Define, manage and produce completed deliverables to milestones;
• Define activities, sequence activities, estimation of resources and activity duration.
• Develop and control schedule.
• Identify stakeholders, plan, execute and distribute communications and other related project requirements
• Report on performance, budget, schedule, meeting minutes, decisions, outcomes, risks and any other reporting requirements.
• Manage the over-arching budget including but not exclusive to estimation and control of costs.

Constraints and Special Considerations:

• The contractor will be based at Fraser Health Offices at Central City, Surrey.
• While FHA may provide VPN access so that consultants may work remotely, it is expected that they reside locally (i.e. the BC Lower Mainland) for attendance in person when required.
• The contractor rate is all-inclusive. No expenses, e.g. mileage and parking, will be reimbursed for this contract.
• Access to a car to participate in onsite activities when required

Specific Qualifications or Experience Required: 

We request explicit project references to support the skills and capabilities of the proponents.

• Possess a proven track record supervising and managing information systems software and hardware implementation projects, preferably in a health care environment such as Fraser Health
• Possess an understanding of the IT clinical products marketplace and the changing Canadian health approach to managing information
• Possess exceptional English language oral and written communication, facilitation and presentation skills
• Must be comfortable presenting to the executive level
• Preference towards those PM’s with a balance between project management and program management skills
• Experience working in large health care organizations preferred
• Experience working at Fraser Health preferred
• Possess a project management professional designation (for example, PMP or Prince 2), or equivalent project management experience is required.

If you believe you would be the right fit, and you are a motivated team player and want to work with a dynamic group of professionals, please send your resume in confidence.

This is a contract position and compensation will be based on qualification. Please provide resumes, cover letters, and salary expectations quoting Program Manager AR Job 1000.

Send resume and cover letter to: resume@altituderecruiting.com

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Note: Has to be legally eligible to work in Canada.