Who We Are Mercy Ships is a global faith-based charity that uses hospital ships to bring life-changing surgeries and transformational medical training to people in some of the most challenging contexts along the African coast. For over 40 years, Mercy Ships has been delivering lasting hope and healing through safe surgical care, while working alongside partners and stakeholders to strengthen local healthcare systems in more than 55 countries. Since the inception of this dream by founders Don and Deyon Stephens in 1978, Mercy Ships has served more than 2.7 million direct beneficiaries without regard for race, gender, or religion. Do you have a heart for the hurting and a desire to invest your talents and experiences into a mission with eternal significance? For every transformative surgery that takes place onboard one of our Mercy Ships, there are dozens of men and women being used of the Lord to prepare the way through their vocational gifts and talents!
We are seeking multiple Senior Project Managers to join our team. We offer both full-time and independent contractor opportunities, with engagement type determined by the specific project.
- *Compensation Range for This Position Is $109,500 - $115,000.
This is a full-time, REMOTE position that requires international travel. We will consider candidates that are able to work either Central Time (UTC - 5) or UTC Time. Mercy Ships is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Project Manager to lead various organizational initiatives, ensuring successful planning, execution, and delivery of projects.
The Senior Project Manager will be pivotal in driving project success through effective leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and robust stakeholder engagement.
The Senior Project Manager works to fulfill larger organizational goals by coordinating activities between multiple workstreams by managing the Project, developing and implementing the Project strategies to achieve business objectives, managing interdependencies between projects and workstreams, ensuring resources are appropriately distributed between projects and workstreams, and managing project delegation, and implementation.
The Senior Project Manager must have the ability to inspire and guide project team resources toward achieving common goals.
How You’ll Contribute
Project Planning and Execution:
- Develop comprehensive project plans outlining tasks, timelines, and resource requirements.
- Oversee the execution of project plans, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and standards.
- Utilize standardized project management processes and documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitor project progress and make adjustments as necessary to ensure successful completion.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement project solutions.
- Facilitate effective communication and coordination among project stakeholders, ensuring a unified approach towards project goals.
- Promote adherence to standardized processes and documentation.
Stakeholder Engagement and Requirements Gathering:
- Engage with key stakeholders to gather detailed requirements and understand business needs.
- Translate stakeholder requirements into effective project solutions.
- Lead comprehensive requirements-gathering efforts, ensuring all stakeholder expectations are captured and integrated into the project scope.
Change Management:
- Develop and implement robust change management strategies to support organizational transitions.
- Engage with stakeholders to understand their needs and concerns, and proactively address resistance to change.
- Ensure adequate training and support mechanisms are in place to facilitate user adoption and minimize disruptions.
Documentation and Knowledge Transfer:
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including technical specifications, user guides, and change management plans.
- Facilitate knowledge transfer sessions to ensure understanding and adoption of new processes and tools.
- Promote the use of standardized processes and documentation across all project activities.
The Ideal Candidate
- Supportive and in alignment with Mercy Ships mission and vision and committed to its core values.
- Understand and apply servant leadership principles, work collaboratively with integrity, and demonstrate accountability.
- Able to contribute to community life, requiring stable and healthy interpersonal skills.
- Extensive experience with formal project management methodologies and best practices
- Ability to organize projects and activities in accordance with the missions and goals of the organization
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience interacting with all levels of the organization including Executive Leadership and Senior Management, which may include educating, influencing, and negotiating.
- Must be able to work effectively in a matrix environment, particularly influencing without final decision authority and leading while not owning desired outcomes.
- Be process oriented, have an attention to detail and a strong analytical problem-solving ability.
- Ability to adapt to evolving project requirements and priorities.
- An ability to adjust quickly in response to re-organization, strategy or priority changes and shifting customer needs
- An ability to use servant leadership, strong resource management and inter-personal skills to attract, motivate and develop an effective, creative, and collegial team
- Ability to evaluate projects and programs to assess strengths and identify areas for improvement
- Produce accurate and timely reporting of project status throughout its lifecycle
- Ability to travel internationally, including extended onsite engagements as required.
- Experience in Agile or Scrum methodologies is a plus.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or the equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in project management.
- Proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams and managing change in complex projects.
- Minimum 7 years of leadership experience leading complex, global, and diverse teams
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or equivalent is preferred.
- Successful completion of Mercy Ships Entry Training will be required within the first year.
- *Compensation range listed is for U.S. hires only. Actual compensation may vary dependent upon location of hire.
- Takes an active role in supporting the Community of Faith and lives out our Core Values
- Achieves a high level of trust in relationships, respects others, is open and honest, and admits mistakes.
Teamwork
- Works cooperatively and actively engages with others by sharing responsibilities and information.
- Develops rapport with Team Members and maintains positive working relationships through clear and effective communication.
Business Function
- Shows technical and professional expertise for their scope of work and maintains stakeholders focus, seeking to meet the expectations, requirements, and needs of internal and external stakeholders.
Belongingness
- Actively contributes to a culture of belonging by honoring diverse backgrounds and perspectives, fostering inclusive relationships, and embodying Christ-like love and respect in all interactions to ensure every individual feels empowered to fulfill Mercy Ships' mission.
Mercy Ships On Boarding Program (Gateway)
- Actively participates in learning how to carry out the Core Values and Culture of Mercy Ships to sustain our mission. Successful completion is required within the first year of employment.
Physical and Mental Demands
- The physical and mental demands of this position must be met by the Staff Member to complete the job duties satisfactorily.
- The physical and mental demands may include lifting or moving a certain amount of weight, sitting frequently, standing for extended periods, etc.
- Reasonable accommodation may be provided to perform the essential functions of the job.
- *Compensation range listed is for U.S. hires only. Actual compensation may vary dependent upon location of hire.
Pour your God-given talents into a mission with eternal return on investment -- join the Crew, today! This is a paid position. To explore our many volunteer opportunities, please visit us at: https://www.mercyships.org/get-involved/volunteer/
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