With nearly 8,500 physicians, health professionals, researchers, medical students, and scientists worldwide, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is the home of the rheumatology community.

Founded in 1934, ACR is a non-profit, professional membership organization committed to excellence in advancing the study of rheumatology and treatment of rheumatic disease. On the forefront of cutting-edge information with countless opportunities for rheumatology professionals to expand their networks and build strong education foundations for their teams, ACR empowers you to break barriers in patient care.

The Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP) is the interprofessional division of the American College of Rheumatology, supporting the needs of this diverse group of interprofessionals working in the medical subspeciality of rheumatology by providing professional training and development, research, advocacy, and practice resources.

Since its founding in 1985, the Rheumatology Research Foundation (the largest private funding source for rheumatology research and training in the U.S.) has invested more than $205 million directly into its two mission priorities: rheumatology training and development and targeted rheumatic disease research. Programs funded by the Foundation train the next generation of rheumatology professionals who are tackling rheumatology’s challenges and working toward discoveries to improve the health of people with rheumatic disease.

 POSITION DESCRIPTION

TITLE:                        Technical Project Management

STATUS:                     Exempt

LEVEL:                      Director

DIRECT SUPERVISOR:        Vice President, Information Technology

POSITION DESCRIPTION SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for leading cross functional teams to support the successful delivery of complex organizational Information Technology and other business driven IT projects.  Primary responsibilities include creation and evolution of core technical project management processes and methodologies for the organization that directly supports strategic and fiscal goals, as well as creation of effective and efficient processes for communicating progress.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establish processes and methodologies for successful project management of complex systems implementation and integration projects, as well as application development and enhancement projects and infrastructure/technology upgrades.
• Effectively and efficiently initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and control, and close all assigned projects.
• Create and manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, assigned resources, and risks for all assigned projects.
• Directly support business needs and goals with all assigned projects, including but not limited to business process definition, user requirements gathering, and managing all stakeholder expectations.
• Prepare, manage, and maintain detailed requirements documentation for entire project lifecycle.
• Nurture and sustain constant, clear, and transparent communication with project staff and stakeholders.
• Conduct periodic project status meetings with project staff and stakeholders.
• Provide regular documentation and reports to project sponsors and senior management.
• Facilitate monthly Technology Steering committee meetings.
• Champion project management best practices and support organizational process improvement initiatives.
• Participate in identifying problems and suggesting solutions that the IT organization can implement.
• Supports the evolution of the systems development methodology for the organization and ensure consistency of applying the systems development methodologies (following technical standards and procedures) across all organization projects.
• Provides direction and manage team members comprised of employees and consultants that are assigned to the project in a matrix relationship
• Plans and coordinates projects with users, development teams, and IT support areas
• Responsible for managing the project control processes for Issues/Risks, Schedule, Operational Readiness, Scope, and Quality Assurance
• Coordinates system changes across multiple platforms, develop and execute comprehensive project plans, and negotiate project scope, deliverables, and schedule
• Some overnight travel as necessary to fulfill job and assigned responsibilities.
• Any additional responsibilities as the Vice President, Information Technology may assign.