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Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
- At least 8 years of Project/program management work experience
- Receipt of the appropriate government security clearance card applicable for your position
- Due to the client contract you will be assigned, this position requires you to be a U.S. citizen
- At least 6 years of Federal government project/program management work experience
- At least 4 years of People management work experience
- Project Management Professional (PMI) certification preferred
- Plans and directs work of individuals on cross-functional teams
- Manage program finances with little guidance from direct leader and identifies areas for improvement in program finances
- Assess, manage and reports on program risks, looking for opportunities in addition to potential problems
- Create estimates and detailed plans for all phases of the program
- Create Statements of Work for vendors
- Support business development and sales activities
- Ensure work products meet and occasionally exceed quality requirements as expressed in written form as well as in accordance with client's stated expectations
- Monitor and control work, taking corrective action based on variations and puts mechanisms in place to minimize chance of same kind of variation in the future
- Client relies on PM and often asks for suggestions related to the program
- Understand how related programs in client environment influence one another
- Provide ideas for improvement to direct leader, account leadership and client
- Can comfortably discuss the domain in which the program is operating and is beginning to have specialized knowledge in some areas
- Mentor less experienced team members
- Deliver program reviews with some input from direct leader
- Interview candidate PMs for organization
- Identify team members with performance issues, coaches them to improve performance, develops and administers formal improvement plans as needed
- Prepare and deliver performance reviews for team members
- Exercise hire/fire authority
- Provide insights and options while expressing plans and status through written and oral means
- Create and deliver presentations with little guidance from direct leader
- Help team members clearly understand how their tasks support the program's objectives while ensuring tasks are being completed
- Express how the program's goals align to organizational objectives and other programs in the client's environment as well as the company's portfolio
- Previous Federal Contracting experience
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Demonstrated experience leading teams of ten or more people on software development and general Information Technology projects
- Demonstrated hands-on experience leading Agile programs
- Demonstrated ability to create detailed estimates and plans
- Demonstrated experience managing program budgets including P&L
- Demonstrated experience managing and dealing with risk
- Able to define, implement and use program metrics for scope, schedule, cost, quality and general decision making
- Able to use program management tools such as JIRA, MS Project, SharePoint, as well as build and use analytical models (e.g., capacity planning, trending, etc.) in Excel or other tools
- Demonstrated experience related to personnel management including performance reviews, interviewing, mentoring, etc.
- Demonstrated experience managing 3rd party vendors
- Demonstrated experience supporting business development and sales activities
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills including team building, coaching and client relationship skills
- This position may support a government contract and have access to classified or government protected information for which US citizenship is required
- Experience with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs
- Familiarity with servant leader philosophy
- Willing to travel up to 20% as needed
Additional Information
Applicants for U.S.-based positions with Cerner must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
Due to specific client contract requirements, this position requires that the successful candidate be a U.S. citizen. The client contract also requires receipt of the appropriate government security clearance card applicable for the position.
Some Cerner positions may be obligated to comply with client-facing requirements and occupational health requests, including but not limited to, an immunization set, an annual flu shot, an annual TB screen, an updated background check, and/or an updated drug screen.
Relocation Assistance Available for this Job:
No
Virtual Eligible Job
Yes
Cerner is a place where people are encouraged to innovate with confidence and focus on what is important – people’s health and the care they receive. We are transforming health care by developing tools and technologies that make it more efficient for care providers and patients to navigate the complexity of our health. From single offices to entire countries, Cerner solutions are licensed at more than 25,000 facilities in over 35 countries.
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