Texas Health and Human Services · 9 hours ago
Project Manager V - MPS - Senior Project Manager
Austin, TX
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expTexas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager to perform advanced project management and business analysis work, focusing on multi-agency procurement projects and ensuring compliance with procurement rules and regulations.
Health Care
Responsibilities
Serves as the department’s subject matter expert on complex procurement rules, processes, and regulations. Leads complex procurements including planning, evaluation, negotiation, and award strategy. Provides direction and expertise in project management. Project management involves the full spectrum of industry-accepted principles of project management including initiation, planning, execution, control, and closing assigned procurements and subsidiary components. These activities include, but are not limited to, defining and managing scope and customer expectations; work breakdown structures; detailed Microsoft project schedules; resource plans; procurement project plans; communications plans; budgets and cost tracking; presentations and briefings; metrics reporting; risk / issues and associated mitigation activities; quality control; change management processes; customer acceptance; lessons learned; knowledge transfer; training on processes and tools; and archiving procurement project documentation. Monitors and manages procurement project quality and cost to ensure that procurement project deliverables are acceptable, fulfill the terms of the procurement project contract or specifications, and are completed within budget
Gathers and validates requirements for assembling procurements, attachments and exhibits as part of major procurements. Translates program needs to procurement strategies aligned with budget, policy, and timeline constraints. Converts high-level business, technical, financial, legal and other stakeholder requirements into procurement requirements at an appropriate level of detail and categorization to complete documentation according to standard templates, using clear, concrete, and concise language. Interprets new and changing business requirements to determine the impact on the solution and proposes creative enhancements and changes to meet these new requirements
Assists in procurement planning, execution, and documentation. Develops and implements plans to communicate and explain procurement project methodology and processes to interested groups and team members. Creates documentation procedures to capture and deal with changes in original procurement project plan. Develops criteria for evaluating programs, proposals, and other pertinent information related to procurement project assignments
Advises, consults and negotiates with agency customers on procurement project activities. Ensures all procurement actions adhere to state and federal laws, audit standards, and internal policies. Ensures project management methodologies are followed and are consistent with agency standards and guidelines. Provides guidance to internal and external teams, committees across the agency and HHS enterprise to ensure procurement projects are coordinated, efficient and meet service level objectives. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of other HHS agencies procurement projects and negotiates sharing of resources to achieve objectives across agencies
Coordinates with oversight bodies (CPA, QAT, DIR) and vendor stakeholders to ensure transparency and accountability. Coordinates with other HHS agencies to assure policies, standards, procedures, activities and required reports conform to and are consistent with state requirements. Develops guidelines, procedures, policies, rules, regulations and monitoring for compliance. Develops, reviews, and revises legislation. Oversees the preparation of management and productivity reports and studies. Oversees special investigations, research studies, and internal audits. Represents the Department by making presentations, providing information and testimony, collaborating with customers, other state agencies and federal partners. Responds to requests by legislators and other public officials
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
5 or more years' experience managing complex, IT, or procurement lifecycles
3 or more years' experience in procurement, contract development and/or contract management
Experience working with procurement of complex systems and/or services
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in business administration, technology, healthcare, finance or a related field
COMTIA Project+, CaPM or PMP
CTCD required within 6 months of hire
CTCM required within 12 months of hire
Knowledge of purchasing laws, requirements, applicable guidance, methods and procedures
Developing Scope of work (SOW) requirements for complex procurements
Effective procurement management principles
Operational knowledge of procurement strategy, execution, and documentation applicable to mid-to-large-sized scope procurement projects
Project management theories of systems and procedures used to evaluate a third-party vendor's performance
Process improvement or quality assurance systems
Strategic planning, budget management and human resource management
Cost monitoring during the transition phase of the contract and financial contract cost analysis
Skill in communication and public speaking
Skill in managing multiple and competing priorities
Skill in identifying problems, evaluating alternatives, and implementing solutions
Skill in working collaboratively and cooperatively with diverse groups
Skill in providing customer service excellence
Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions
Ability to analyze complex information
Ability to develop plans to address identified issues
Ability to demonstrate negotiation and facilitation skills
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
Ability to plan, assign, and/or supervise the work of others
Ability to think creatively and support creative thinking in others
Ability to establish goals and objectives
Ability to effectively motivate others and build effective work teams
Ability to make timely and effective decisions
Ability to interpret data and develop effective operating procedures
Ability to organize and present information effectively, both orally and in writing
Ability to comprehensively and accurately evaluate reports
Proficiency of office automation and collaboration tools (ex. Microsoft Office Suite; Microsoft Teams)
Preferred
3 or more years' experience in procurement, contract development and/or contract management
Experience working with procurement of complex systems and/or services
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in business administration, technology, healthcare, finance or a related field
Benefits
100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees
A defined benefit pension plan
Generous time off benefits
Numerous opportunities for career advancement
Company
Texas Health and Human Services
Texas Health and Human Services is an agency that focuses on improving health, safety and well-being.
10001+ employees
Funding
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