It Program Manager (Projects, Process Improvement, Change Management, Operations)
CurrentIn addition to managing large scale projects for an IT department in a healthcare setting, I am heavily involved in managing Operations and process improvement for the department.Operations • Created budget management process to increase efficiencies, transparency and ability to track when invoices are unpaid allowing for better visibility into quarterly budget review • Documented, measured and monitored metrics throughout the department • Inventory management for IT devices and equipment • Creation and updates to controlled documents and Standard Work • Vendor management • Resource management and capacity planningProject Management • Direct teams and support division-wide projects such as device deployments, implementation and updates of division-wide and department-specific software; updates to telephony system • Regular communication of project status, updates, and key metrics to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment. • Hold vendors accountable to their work and timelinesProcess Improvement / Continuous Improvement • Proactively identified process improvement efforts for IT department and stakeholders • Initiated project to refresh on-/off-boarding process to reduce time and errors • Creation of work effort reports and dashboards across IT functions allowing for better visibility into team workload and capacity • Developed and deployed systems for project governance intake which allowed for only those projects meeting strategic initiatives to move forward • Partnered with a call center to update how projects were administered resulting in better collaboration and on-time results and reduction in time to execution • Creation of project plan templates and business requirement document resulting in less hours needed to set up projects and efficiencies in Planning stage