Human Resources Technology Project Manager-(GADM / OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES)
Introduction:
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
Position Summary:
Provides expertise in the design, development, and implementation of projects in support of Human Resources Technology. Works with various stakeholders at different levels of the organization to manage projects and improve transparency. Provides appropriate and timely project communication in various formats.
Position Key Accountabilities:
1. Plans and manages multiple concurrent projects. Drives project related change management.
2. Works with stakeholders to develop a clear understanding of business need, define the project goals and charter.
3. Supports Human Resources by driving to develop and manager project plan deliverables and timeline with a focus on standardization, simplification, and alignment of strategic objectives.
4. Facilitates project team review meetings to ensure the project team works effectively to achieve objectives and follows established governance for intake (i.e. requests and enhancements), bug fixes, releases and related configuration, testing and migration to production environment.
5. Develops, owns, and maintains project documents (i.e. project plan, action logs, issues logs, decision logs, etc.).
6. Manages work through the design, build, test, and deploy phases and provides weekly status reporting, risk and issue log, and plan updates.
7. Appropriately escalates issues that would jeopardize projects, deliverables and timelines. Tracks issues while driving ownership and resolution.
8. Supports the maintenance of the product backlog with the HR Tech product managers.
9. Ensures each project phase is completed, reviewed, and signed off by sponsor/appropriate stakeholder(s).
10. Assists with internal and external communication, improving transparency and access to information.
11. Delivers value by leading project teams and by driving effective collaboration with team members, stakeholders, and other managers.
12. Builds relationships of trust across functions; collaborate effectively across teams to define strategy, goals, and commitment to timelines and deliverables.
13. Anticipates the needs, risks and challenges of projects.
14. Continues to improve knowledge and skills by utilizing learning tools, programs, etc.
15. Create test plans and documents to enhance system updates and/or upgrades.
16. Evaluates and analyzes current business processes, recommends improvements and leads the design of new business processes and systems.
17. Configures the HRIS systems to meet the business requirements.
18. Troubleshoots and resolves issues within HRIS systems.
19. Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
PMP Certification highly preferred
SHRM Certification preferred
Previous project experience
Experienced in HR business process systems, processes, and procedures, including requirements gathering and solution design.
Experienced in HR technology systems (i.e. Oracle PeopleSoft, Oracle Taleo, etc.)
Minimum Education:
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, a business-related field or related experience in lieu of education.
Minimum Experience:
Five (5) years of business/technical experience. Demonstrated ability for project management, forecasting, marketing, policy review and formation, business systems, data analysis, and organizational effectiveness.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Established in 1972 by The University Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical schiences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center and a growing network of clinics throughout the region. The university’s primary teaching hospitals include Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Herman Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon b. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Benefits
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