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Greater San Diego Area

Lead projects supporting various functional areas within AMN Healthcare. Collaborate with executive and functional leadership to capture business and technical requirements, define the project’s scope and plan. Lead a team of subject matter experts to successfully achieve the defined project outcomes. Additionally, drive the development and continuous improvement of AMN project management methodologies, standards, and supporting tools.

Greater San Diego Area

As a member of the BD HR Transformation Program Office, responsible for driving the successful delivery of the most complex North America payroll systems and services projects. • Develop project plan and resource needs, resource load plan, and work with management to assign/obtain needed resources for project success. • Conduct stakeholder analysis, business impact analysis, and plan engagement, communications, and training activities to ensure effective communication and adoption… Show more As a member of the BD HR Transformation Program Office, responsible for driving the successful delivery of the most complex North America payroll systems and services projects. • Develop project plan and resource needs, resource load plan, and work with management to assign/obtain needed resources for project success. • Conduct stakeholder analysis, business impact analysis, and plan engagement, communications, and training activities to ensure effective communication and adoption throughout the project lifecycle. • Ensure completion of change analysis of proposed end-to-end processes to current state and propose adoption strategies.• Identify, manage, and escalate issues and risks to the HR Program Management Office and Sponsors/Stakeholders and assist with closure and/or mitigation using HR PMO templates and practices. • Lead the integration of the different work streams to produce congruent business solutions that deliver superlative capability resulting in positive impact to the business.• Identify and track items to be governed by the change control process and escalate to PMO as needed. • Tailor project delivery approach to meet the needs of the specific project, taking into account budget, complexity, schedule and risk factors. • Coach/mentor junior PMO PM staff in development of project management skills. Show less

Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of Recruiting, HR, Benefits, Scheduling, Time Collection, Payroll and Time & Labor projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals. Including developing WBS and project plans, defining project scope, goals and deliverables, lead project staff, manage project budget, track deliverables and review for quality, monitor and report progress to all stakeholders, implement… Show more Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of Recruiting, HR, Benefits, Scheduling, Time Collection, Payroll and Time & Labor projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals. Including developing WBS and project plans, defining project scope, goals and deliverables, lead project staff, manage project budget, track deliverables and review for quality, monitor and report progress to all stakeholders, implement project change control, and advise on organizational change management. Specializing in PeopleSoft. Experienced with Kaba, Kronos, Clairvia Value Management System, ADP Enterprise, ADP Payforce, and Vurv (Recruitmax). Show less

Responsible for managing business operations and resources of a given project portfolio which can be defined by industry, service line, technology center, specialty area or region. Responsibilities include people management, project oversight, and sales enablement. Accountable for fulfilling business goals, meeting budgets, maintaining project/portfolio profitability while ensuring quality of project delivery and maintaining customer referenceability.

Managed teams of 10 to 30 functional and technical team members across multiple business units, both onsite and virtual. Created project charters, scope statements, and project plans for complex projects. Developed communication plans, delivered presentations to senior executives and other stakeholders. Managed project budget and change control. Performed quality assurance reviews. Performed risk analysis and created risk response decision matrix. Managed the integration plans with 3rd party… Show more Managed teams of 10 to 30 functional and technical team members across multiple business units, both onsite and virtual. Created project charters, scope statements, and project plans for complex projects. Developed communication plans, delivered presentations to senior executives and other stakeholders. Managed project budget and change control. Performed quality assurance reviews. Performed risk analysis and created risk response decision matrix. Managed the integration plans with 3rd party vendors• Developed the ADP Project Manager Job Aid for new ADP COS Project Managers to identify and reduce high risk areas• Developed MS Project Plan templates for the various ADP COS service offerings giving new projects the ability to start up quickly Show less

San Diego, Ca

Managed the selection and implementation of a new Talent Management System. Performed ROI. Developed project plan and detailed budget including organizational change management. Wrote the RFP and developed the assessment methodology.

Responsible for the successful implementation of PeopleSoft HCM and ADP projects. Develop project plans, communications, budgets, scope, changes, integration, and project team (consultant, client, and subcontractor; onsite and offsite). Also developed status reports, quality reviews, risk assessments, and performed executive briefings.

As Northern Europe & Central Region Practice Area Manager, delivered consulting services to assigned clients (project portfolio). Established relationships with client executives, monitored and managed risk across portfolio. Accountable for client satisfaction, resolution of billing issues, developed plans for corrective actions. Reviewed project managers’ deliverables (project plans, project charters, issue logs, status reports, etc.) • Established the AG office in Northern Europe with… Show more As Northern Europe & Central Region Practice Area Manager, delivered consulting services to assigned clients (project portfolio). Established relationships with client executives, monitored and managed risk across portfolio. Accountable for client satisfaction, resolution of billing issues, developed plans for corrective actions. Reviewed project managers’ deliverables (project plans, project charters, issue logs, status reports, etc.) • Established the AG office in Northern Europe with full profit and loss, hire and termination responsibilities. As Acting Practice Director, responsible for the sales and delivery of consulting services in the Central Region of AG Consulting. Worked closely with senior level executives, client and consultant project managers, as well as consultants to understand and repair service and client satisfaction issues. • Turned the Central Region from ranking last in client satisfaction, write-downs, gross margin, contribution to net operating income, and collections to the top ranked region in AG.• Won the AG Eagle Award for achieving the highest ratings on all performance metrics.As Project Manager, responsible for project budget, change control, project charters, scope statements, project plans, integration plans with 3rd party vendors, communication plans, risk management, quality reviews and presentations to senior executives. Show less