Lead Project Manager

Job Description Essential Responsibilities:
• Conduct project planning activities and manage the execution of projects according to plan.
• Creation of project implementation timeline with collaboration between customer, GE HealthCare, and any other resources.
• Tracking of equipment delivery, installation, and testing & Acceptance.
• Provide regular communications including project kick-off, regular status updates, and project closure including regular customer site visits.
• Lead the team during all project phases.
• Maintain accurate project milestone documentation and data accuracy aligning with business metrics and revenue forecasting.
• Act as the primary liaison between GE and the customer project teams.
• Ensure proper use of methodology, tools and procedures (internal & external).
• Manage and communicate a clear vision of the project’s objectives and motivate the project team to achieve them; create a project environment that enables peak performance by team members.
• Manage relationship with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients, keeping stakeholders informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables.
• Evaluate complex situations accurately and identify viable solutions that create successful outcomes for the customer.
• Proactively identify changes in work scope and ensure appropriate planning measures are taken with internal and external stakeholders to reassess and amend the scope of work requirements, budget and timeline.
• Manage the financial aspects of the project by continuously monitoring budget utilization and evaluating variance.
• Analyze risk and establish contingency plans.
• Determine what constitutes successful closure for all parties. Gain acceptance and sign-off by all parties when closure is attained.
• Maintain project documentation and updates to relevant knowledge management bases; analyze lessons learned and share with the organization’s project management community.
• Participate in the development of project management best practices.
• Obtain & Increase NPS scores with customers.
• Provide regular, timely and productive team and individual development feedback.
• Act as a role model for collaborative mindset across functions.
• Stay informed on cutting-edge tools and technologies that may be leveraged to improve project management productivity.

Qualifications/Requirements:
• Education of Bachelor Degree level or equivalent level of education and field experience.
• Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in healthcare technology specifically healthcare IT.
• Proven experience within healthcare IT industry with a track record of successfully completed projects.
• Basic understanding of DICOM and HL7 as well as healthcare domain workflows (e.g. Radiology, Cardiology, VNA).
• Knowledge of PMP/ITIL methodologies; certification is a plus.
• Must be professional in MS Office and PM Tools.
• Knowledge of the strategic and operational issues of project management.
• Familiar with GE HealthCare SEI product.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Strong leadership, organizational, interpersonal and customer management skills.
• Highly developed business acumen.
• Liaison and consultative skills: negotiating skills within a context of high political sensitivity and conflicting interests.
• Ability to perform in a high-pressure environment.
• Demonstrated problem solving and creative skills, ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on business needs and priorities to go beyond the status quo.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, strategic agility, manage diversity and drive for results.
• Must be flexible and able to travel 50%+ of the time and based on the project needs.
• Must be fluent in Arabic and English (reading, writing & dialogue).