University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full time Project Manager to support Molecular and Genomic Pathology. This position will work Monday through Friday daylight hours. The Molecular and Genomic Pathology Laboratory (MGP) is a dynamic state-of-the-art clinical laboratory that prides itself on providing the highest quality of patient care in the fields of inherited diseases, hematological malignancies, and solid tumors utilizing cutting edge molecular testing platforms and informatics approaches exemplified by next-generation sequencing.

　　The Project Manager will work collaboratively with MGP leadership to coordinate and expand clinical molecular testing offerings to existing and new international and domestic clients and will manage the transition of large testing product to an outside contracted company.

　　The Project Manager will work with internal and external teams and will have roles in product management, customer service, marketing, managed care, and educational projects.

　　Maintain a portfolio of diverse clinical molecular tests and work directly with new and existing clients

　　Maintain and update related websites

　　Summarize and provide regular updates to the MGP leadership on the status of progress with the relevant tasks

　　Manage international market growth to identify, triage, and procure new clients

　　Manage, organize, and coordinate technical transition of propriety laboratory test to contracted company

　　Other duties as assigned to support special projects from division leadership

　　Purpose:

　　Provide internal direction, leadership, and accountability for project management efforts among operations as well as across the system. Define project objectives and measures to be tracked by the responsible business owners, and develop and maintain detailed project plans.

　　Responsibilities:

　　Identify trends and process improvement opportunities across departments within operations.

　　Perform cost/benefit analysis

　　Develop and implement key metrics to measure and report on progress of initiatives.

　　Work with other managers to achieve efficiencies across integration of projects.

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

　　Develop cross-functional, change management and implementation strategies; ensure that all of the participating parties have committed to effective implementation of the processes and procedures.

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

　　Assure quality of information through business case and application level testing; validate test results to initial business needs.

　　Provide concise and timely status reporting as required

　　Monitor operating performance against regional and national benchmarks.

　　Assist with achieving Operations division strategic goals as well as system strategic goals.

　　Bachelor's degree in business, mathematics, statistics, health care, management, or related business field required.

　　Minimum of four years of related work experience.

　　Master's degree preferred.

　　Experience in health care insurance or health care industry preferred.

　　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) are required.

　　Excellent Project Management skills along with effective planning and organizational skills.

　　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:

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　　UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

　　UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusion that is charged with executing leading-edge and next-generation diversity strategies to advance the organization’s diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resource Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Differences) Network, which support the implementation of our diversity strategy.