Senior Project Analyst

Join UPMC Shadyside's Surgical Services department, where excellence in patient care meets the latest in surgical innovations. As a Senior Project Analyst, you'll be at the heart of exciting, high-impact projects that enhance surgical processes, improve outcomes, and help shape the future of healthcare. This is your chance to work alongside a passionate and talented team, leveraging your expertise to streamline operations and drive transformative changes that truly make a difference in patients' lives. If you're ready for a challenging and rewarding career where your contributions will directly impact the success of our department, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Process report requests as needed by Manager and Directors.

• Perform complex project and data analysis as needed by Management.

• Recommend and implement process improvement initiatives within the department as well as implementing process improvement initiatives based on management decision.

• Assist Management in defining and documenting tasks and duties within department.

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, this includes utilizing standard project documentation and methodology and project tracking and reporting procedures.

• Develops cross-functional, change management and implementation strategies, ensuring that all of the participating parties have committed to effective implementation of the processes and procedures.

• Provide concise and timely status reporting as required.

• Develops and implements key metrics to measure and report on progress of initiatives.

• Assists team members in resolving project problems, escalates issues when necessary, and facilities decision-making.

• Identifies trends and process improvement opportunities across departments within Patient Care Services Division.

• Performs cost/benefit analysis.

• Assures quality of information through business case and application-level testing; validates test results to initial business needs.

• Assist with achieving strategic goals.

• Works with other managers to achieve efficiencies across integration of projects.

• Manages initiative/process day-to-day administrative activities with little supervision.

• Develops and manages specialized processes.

• Trains and coordinates the daily activities of Project Analysts.

• Serves as a knowledge expert to the Account Management Team relating to the EBS System, Excel and internal processes & procedures.

• Develops documentation of processes and procedures to assist in training and to facilitate consistency across the project team.

• Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience OR High School degree plus 7 years of experience OR Master's degree and 2 years of experience.

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant Project Analyst experience.

• Excellent knowledge of spreadsheet and database software.

• Must be very organized and deadline conscious.

• Senior Project Management knowledge and ability to manage multiple, complex, large-scale projects.

• Excellent computer skills required, including Access, Excel, Microsoft Project, and other pertinent computer software packages.

• Strong management, problem solving, organizational, and communication skills (oral and written).

• This position requires effective planning and organizational skills.

• Must have the ability to perform planning for large initiatives/projects, managing all tasks required to providing services to meet client and business needs within budget and targeted deadlines. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran