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PeopleSoft Training Lead

Position:  PeopleSoft Training Lead
Location:  Wichita, KS (M-Th onsite, remote Fri.)
Duration:  10 Months
Type:  Contract Position 
Position #:  LMC019

Looking for a Project Manager with an extensive background in PeopleSoft Training.  This resource will work closely with the Team and help build up a training program alongside the Team and deploy it across the organization to about 10k employees.

Responsibilities: 
  • This person would be responsible for all training and will report to the Manager of Design, Development and Learning.
  • Client has 7 locations, 10k employees ( About 300 employees will be Physicals)
  •  Role are note yet clearly defined, but we need to find people with the following skills:
  • - Peoplesoft Training Project Management skills
  • - Ideal cands. will have healthcare exp.
  • - Must have "Train the Trainer" exp
  • - Exp. in any of the following areas: SCM, HR, FI
  • - Excellent comm skills, verbal and written
  • - Change mgt. exp.
Senior Project Manager

Position:  Senior Project Manager
Location:  New York and Long Island, NY
Duration:  1+ year
Type:  Contract Position (2 positions)
Position #:  LMC018

Leads all phases of the project lifecycle following NSLIJ’s IS project management methodology to successfully achieve clinical and business objectives for multiple and complex healthcare technology initiatives. Establishes schedule, budget, and coordinate project activities to ensure the success of projects from original concept to final implementation. Mentors staff in project management methodology and competencies.    

Responsibilities: 
  • Ensures the established Project Methodology is followed including creation of the project plan and maintaining it using Microsoft Project and CA Clarity, and completion of standard project deliverables as specified.
  • Works with IS, vendors and customers to develop Project Proposal outlining deliverables, business requirements, risks, assumptions, key stakeholders, roles and responsibilities and budget.
  • Defines and develops project plan including schedule and funding limitations.
  • Coordinates with Resource Managers to define required roles and tasks for each project phase and works with Resource Managers to assign staff and procurement of contractors, as needed.
  • Performs all standard PMI PMBOK project management activities as specified in the project management methodology.
  • Conducts weekly status meetings with project team to communicate work plan, track actual performance against plans and budget, analyze variances, and identify issues and risks to ensure all customer needs are met while maintaining control of the project. 
  • Develops weekly status reports and modifies schedules as required following change management process. 
  • Oversees deliverable creation and quality, including review of other project managers’ work.
  • Prepares and presents project reports for management, clients or others, as requested.
  • Mentors and coaches others to develop project management competencies.
  • Performs related duties, as required.

Required Experience & Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree, required.  Master’s Degree, preferred
  • Minimum of seven (7) years related technical experience including five (5) years of project management for Information technology projects, required.
  • Experience managing large ERP Projects such as PeopleSoft or SAP preferred.
  • Experience in assigned technical area (i.e. Healthcare, Large Scale Applications Implementations , etc), and in a similarly sized IT organization, required. Healthcare environment, preferred.
  • Program Management Institute (PMI) training required.
  • PMP Certification or comparable proven structured project management expertise required
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex IS programs and projects utilizing PMI PMBOK standards and industry best practices, required.
  • Very strong communication, presentation, relationship building and strategic planning and implementation skills, required.
  • Very strong analytical and organization skills and ability to manage multiple complex projects, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate difficult or controversial discussions and drive to issue resolution, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate overall design discussions to completion, required.
  • Ability to mentor and coach others to develop project management competencies, required
  • Strong experience with MS Project required.  Experience with CA Clarity or related PPM tool, preferred.
Senior Project Manager

Position:  Senior Project Manager
Location:  New York and Long Island, NY
Type:  Full-Time Employee Position
Position #:  LMC017

Leads all phases of the project lifecycle following NSLIJ’s IS project management methodology to successfully achieve clinical and business objectives for multiple and complex healthcare technology initiatives. Establishes schedule, budget, and coordinate project activities to ensure the success of projects from original concept to final implementation. Mentors staff in project management methodology and competencies.    

Responsibilities: 
  • Ensures the established Project Methodology is followed including creation of the project plan and maintaining it using Microsoft Project and CA Clarity, and completion of standard project deliverables as specified.
  • Works with IS, vendors and customers to develop Project Proposal outlining deliverables, business requirements, risks, assumptions, key stakeholders, roles and responsibilities and budget.
  • Defines and develops project plan including schedule and funding limitations.
  • Coordinates with Resource Managers to define required roles and tasks for each project phase and works with Resource Managers to assign staff and procurement of contractors, as needed.
  • Performs all standard PMI PMBOK project management activities as specified in the NSLIJ project management methodology.
  • Conducts weekly status meetings with project team to communicate work plan, track actual performance against plans and budget, analyze variances, and identify issues and risks to ensure all customer needs are met while maintaining control of the project. 
  • Develops weekly status reports and modifies schedules as required following change management process. 
  • Oversees deliverable creation and quality, including review of other project managers’ work.
  • Prepares and presents project reports for management, clients or others, as requested.
  • Mentors and coaches others to develop project management competencies.
  • Performs related duties, as required.

Required Experience & Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree, required.  Master’s Degree, preferred
  • Minimum of seven (7) years related technical experience including five (5) years of project management for Information technology projects, required.
  • Experience in assigned technical area (i.e. Healthcare, Large Scale Applications Implementations , etc), and in a similarly sized IT organization, required. Healthcare environment, preferred.
  • Program Management Institute (PMI) training required.
  • PMP Certification or comparable proven structured project management expertise required
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex IS programs and projects utilizing PMI PMBOK standards and industry best practices, required.
  • Very strong communication, presentation, relationship building and strategic planning and implementation skills, required.
  • Very strong analytical and organization skills and ability to manage multiple complex projects, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate difficult or controversial discussions and drive to issue resolution, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate overall design discussions to completion, required.
  • Ability to mentor and coach others to develop project management competencies, required
  • Strong experience with MS Project required.  Experience with CA Clarity or related PPM tool, preferred.
Project Manager

Position:  Project Manager
Location:  New York and Long Island, NY
Type:  Full-Time Employee Position
Position #:  LMC016

Leads all phases of the project lifecycle following NSLIJ’s IS project management methodology to successfully achieve clinical and business objectives for multiple and complex healthcare technology initiatives. Establishes schedule, budget, and coordinate project activities to ensure the success of projects from original concept to final implementation. Mentors staff in project management methodology and competencies.    

Responsibilities: 
  • Ensures the established Project Methodology is followed including creation of the project plan and maintaining it using Microsoft Project and CA Clarity, and completion of standard project deliverables as specified.
  • Works with IS, vendors and customers to develop Project Proposal outlining deliverables, business requirements, risks, assumptions, key stakeholders, roles and responsibilities and budget.
  • Defines and develops project plan including schedule and funding limitations.
  • Coordinates with Resource Managers to define required roles and tasks for each project phase and works with Resource Managers to assign staff and procurement of contractors, as needed.
  • Performs all standard PMI PMBOK project management activities as specified in the NSLIJ project management methodology.
  • Conducts weekly status meetings with project team to communicate work plan, track actual performance against plans and budget, analyze variances, and identify issues and risks to ensure all customer needs are met while maintaining control of the project. 
  • Develops weekly status reports and modifies schedules as required following change management process. 
  • Oversees deliverable creation and quality, including review of other project managers’ work.
  • Prepares and presents project reports for management, clients or others, as requested.
  • Mentors and coaches others to develop project management competencies.
  • Performs related duties, as required.

Required Experience & Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree, required.  Master’s Degree, preferred
  • Minimum of seven (7) years related technical experience including five (5) years of project management for Information technology projects, required.
  • Experience in assigned technical area (i.e. Healthcare, Large Scale Applications Implementations , etc), and in a similarly sized IT organization, required. Healthcare environment, preferred.
  • Program Management Institute (PMI) training required.
  • PMP Certification or comparable proven structured project management expertise required
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex IS programs and projects utilizing PMI PMBOK standards and industry best practices, required.
  • Very strong communication, presentation, relationship building and strategic planning and implementation skills, required.
  • Very strong analytical and organization skills and ability to manage multiple complex projects, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate difficult or controversial discussions and drive to issue resolution, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate overall design discussions to completion, required.
  • Ability to mentor and coach others to develop project management competencies, required
  • Strong experience with MS Project required.  Experience with CA Clarity or related PPM tool, preferred.
PeopleSoft Trainer/Curriculum Developer

Position:  PeopleSoft Trainer/Curriculum Developer
Location:  Pleasanton, CA
Duration:  10+ months
Type:  Contract Position
Position #:  LMC015

Under the direction of the Training Manager, responsible for developing training curriculum, courseware and tools for instructor-led, workshop and web-based training for end-users and OneLink staff to successfully utilize PeopleSoft Supply Chain and Finance Modules 

Responsibilities: 
  • Develops train-the-trainer materials, reference guides, reference cards and job aids. 
  • Identifies and implements improvements in training curriculum and courseware using standard testing methods, needs analysis, and methods of redesigning training programs. Maintains training materials. 
  • Provides training as needed to end-users, project team, and other stakeholders. 
  • Theory, teaching experience, and demonstrated competence in presenting training courses, is a must. 
  • Responsible for assessing, planning, designing, developing and implementing OneLink and related legacy system training curriculum and courseware for end-users and staff. 
  • Apply project management methodology to the instructional design process, including assessment, job analysis, course design and development. 
  • Build and maintain the training database for all PeopleSoft OneLink systems 
  • Web-based learning: develop and execute web based learning strategies under the direction of the training manager. 
  • Design, conduct and evaluate post instruction outcomes using current learning evaluation methods. 
  • Deliver instructor-led and long-distance training to trainers, end-users and staff who support OneLink as needed. 
  • Up to 50% travel may be required 

Required Experience & Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree, required.  Master’s Degree, preferred.
  • Minimum of seven (7) years related technical experience including five (5) years of project management for Information technology projects, required.
  • Experience in assigned technical area (i.e. Healthcare, Large Scale Applications Implementatoins , etc), and in a similarly sized IT organization, required. Healthcare environment, preferred.
  • Program Management Institute (PMI) training required.
  • PMP Certification or comparable proven structured project management expertise required
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex IS programs and projects utilizing PMI PMBOK standards and industry best practices, required.
  • Very strong communication, presentation, relationship building and strategic planning and implementation skills, required.
  • Very strong analytical and organization skills and ability to manage multiple complex projects, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate difficult or controversial discussions and drive to issue resolution, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate overall design discussions to completion, required.
  • Ability to mentor and coach others to develop project management competencies, required
  • Strong experience with MS Project required.  Experience with CA Clarity or related PPM tool, preferred.
Sr. Project Manager

Position:  Sr. Project Manager
Location:  Melville, NY
Duration:  Long Term
Type:  Contract Position
Position #:  LMC014 

Required Skills
  • Bachelor’s Degree, required. Master’s Degree, preferred.
  • Minimum of seven (7) years related technical experience including five (5) years of project management for Information technology projects, required.
  • Experience in assigned technical area (i.e. Healthcare, Infrastructure, etc), and in a similarly sized IT organization, required. 
  • Healthcare environment, preferred.
  • Program Management Institute (PMI) training required.
  • PMP Certification, required.
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex IS programs and projects utilizing PMI PMBOK standards and industry best practices, required.
  • ICD-9 and ICD-10 required.
  • Very strong communication, presentation, relationship building and strategic planning and implementation skills, required.
  • Very strong analytical and organization skills and ability to manage multiple complex projects, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate difficult or controversial discussions and drive to issue resolution, required.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate overall design discussions to completion, required.
  • Ability to mentor and coach others to develop project management competencies, required
  • Strong experience with MS Project required. 
  • Experience with CA Clarity or related PPM tool, preferred.

Sr. Instructional Designer

Position:  Sr. Instructional Designer
Location:  Oakland, CA
Duration:  24 months
Type:  Contract Position 
Position #:  LMC013

Summary
:
  • Senior Instructional Designer is responsible for leading the design and development of the training curriculum
  • The position is responsible for providing the strategy, framework and instructional design direction for all aspects of the training curriculum.
  • Key responsibilities include creating a role-based integrated training curriculum preparing employees with the knowledge and skill-set to perform successfully in their new job roles.
  • The Senior Instructional Designer is a member of the Training Team and will be responsible for managing a team of instructional designers and content developers.
  • The position reports to the Training Manager.

Job Responsibilities
Course development responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Creating learning objectives, designing and developing course content and corresponding assessment items; Creating, selecting, and incorporating case scenarios, business processes, examples, and graphics into courses as appropriate.

Development of Course Framework
  • Conducts analysis of future state business process designs to determine transactions by audience and work stream.
  • Recommends structured approach for instructional design methodology and sets standards practices for design of templates and all course materials.
  • Translates content from subject matter experts into objectives and viable course content for skills training and transfer of knowledge.
  • Integrates content across process workflows.
  • Identifies and writes learning objectives and create comprehensive storyboards using instructional design techniques.
  • Decides on appropriate delivery method and sequencing of information to engage the learner.
  • Provides a strategic framework for identifying appropriate learning modalities and sequencing of learning topics for optimal skill development and achievement of learning goals.
  • Serves as an expert in developing instructionally sound learning content to assure high quality instruction and participant manuals and on-line presentations.
  • Develops blended learning strategy to address audience learning needs including town halls, webinars, instructor-led sessions, labs, simulations and learning labs.
 
Course Design and Production
  • Designs, develops and produces course content to support the PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 implementation, utilizing sound instructional design principles geared to the end-user.
  • Designs, develops and produces instructor manuals, participant guides, quick-reference guides and jobs aides to support all training delivery.
  • Converts complex technical information into clear and easy-to-follow instructions by consulting with subject matter experts on concepts, techniques, and creative applications.
  • Works extensively with subject matter experts and team members to identify training requirements and validate training curriculum.
  • Manages the development and revision of content including setting and meeting time deadlines and budget requirements.
  • Integrates case studies and business process mapping into training design.
  • Creates engaging and valid test and quiz questions as required.
  • Uses multimedia technology and authoring tools proficiently, which may include any or all of the following: Oracle User Productivity Kit, Captivate, Adobe Photoshop, Articulate and MS Office, etc.
  • Develops storyboards and audio scripts for all e-learning courses.
  • Revises and rewrites current source content to shape it for learning needs.
  • Provides expertise and consultation around the best modality for which training should be delivered.
  • Creates content for Train-the-Trainer sessions.
 
Experience, Skills and  Qualifications Required:
  • 7+ years’ experience directing and designing customized training curriculum for PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 and case management technology.
  • 5+ years instructional design experience that demonstrates high degree of self-direction, creativity, initiative and motivation.
  • Prior experience designing training in higher education environment.
  • Proven experience managing and directing a team of instructional designers.
  • Experience developing on-line simulations using Oracle’s User Productivity Kit (UPK).
  • Demonstrated ability to translate new business processes into a course content that provides the learner with the tools and skills to learn new job roles.
  • Significant experience in the design, development, implementation and evaluation of end-user technical applications training.
  • Demonstrated experience directing the design of customized instructor led, webinars, and blended and on-line learning as it pertains to PeopleSoft HCM implementations.
  • Demonstrated expertise with adult learning techniques and understanding of instructional design principles.
  • Expertise in instructional technologies including effective application of multimedia, computers, and software for use in development and delivery of web-based courses
  • Knowledge of Captivate and usage of Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator to create instructional graphics.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with SMEs, project team members and training staff in completing project tasks on deadline.
  • Ability to demonstrate proficiency in all phases the instructional design process (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate) for technical skill based adult learning.
  • Ability to convert complex content into clear, easy-to-understand instructional material.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
  • Strong technical writing abilities.
  • Ability to write valid test questions.
  • Knowledge and skill in working with a learning management system.
  • Must be motivated and proactive with ability to take limited direction and work independently.
  • Experience interacting working collaboratively with others to achieve solutions.
  • Demonstrated course development and evaluation skills.
  • Ability to draw on social networking tools
  • Proficiency in graphic design, layout and adherence to style guides.
  • Masters degree or equivalent experience in instructional design,  e-learning development, or related field.

Preferred:
  • Prior experience designing shared service center/call center training preferred.
Change Management Lead

Position:  Change Management Lead
Location:  Washington, D.C.
Duration:  12 months
Type:  Contract Position 
Position #:  LMC012

Responsibilities
:
  • Monitors and directs the workflow of segments of large change management projects, including the design of project plan. 
  • Works with organizations to effectively deal with large changes in their businesses. 
  • Analyzes changes and determines impact on the business processes and organizational design of a company. 
  • Develops change management strategy, plans and direction to minimize negative impact such changes have on organizational performance, customer service, and employees. 
  • Possesses business analysis, organizational design and development, and change facilitation skills as well as an in-depth knowledge of clients' businesses. 
  • Anticipates and identifies client issues and concerns and proposes advice as appropriate. 
  • Identifies and communicates opportunities to project team to expand services to existing clients. 
  • May supervise and direct the work of less experienced employees. 

Skills/Education:
  • Must have experience with Change Management for PeopleSoft FSCM in version 9.1 or higher with module expertise in the following: e-Procurement, e-Purchasing, and e-Supplier. 
  • Must have strong knowledge of change implications for organizations with bargaining units. 
  • Requires a bachelor's degree and seven to nine years of consulting and/or work experience. Advanced related degree preferred
PeopleSoft Functional Consultant

Position:  PeopleSoft Functional Consultant
Location:  Washington, D.C.
Duration:  12 months
Type:  Contract Position (2 Positions available)
Position #:  LMC011

Position Summary 

  • Acts as a module lead and key business partner with various functions of the FSCM; utilizing extensive knowledge of functional business processes and PeopleSoft FSCM application expertise to document functional requirements and design new and improved supply chain business processes. Detects inefficiencies or conflicts in systems and processes and helps to identify effective improvements. Facilitates communication between customers, SMEs, and technical staff. Participates in various testing functions to verify that results are correct (i.e. component, system and acceptance tests. Must have recent experience with PeopleSoft and knowledge and experience documenting business requirements and supply chain process design; an understanding of financial systems configuration, and a proven ability to provide detailed configuration specifications documentation is also required. Must have experience with the PeopleSoft FSCM modules and at least one of the following: Supplier Contract Management, e-Procurement, e-Purchasing, e-Supplier, and Strategic Sourcing in version 9.1 or higher.

Responsibilities
:
Recommend and influence best practice solutions when it comes to business process improvement and application design. Perform duties as assigned by the Project Manager that will generally include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Collaborates with customers to gather information, define complex work problems, and designs a system and procedures to resolve problems.
  • Leads functional analysis to document complex process steps, tasks and their inter- relationships, particularly in the areas of Supplier Contract Management, e-Procurement, e-Purchasing, e-Supplier, and Strategic Sourcing
  • Communicate with both SMEs and members of the development staff. Translates SME information into a form understandable by the development team.
  • Facilitate requirements gathering and documentation efforts, specifically in the specified areas Analyze customizations and facilitate fit/gap analysis.
  • Document and refine functional requirements to include: prioritization, elimination and consolidation.
  • Document requirements for internal and external interfaces, reporting, workflow and security for procurement business processes.
  • Document functional Use Test Cases and scripts.
  • Identify, document and escalate risks and issues.
  • Understand the impact changes to the HR system configuration will have on integrated ERP systems and existing internal and external interfaces.
  • Develops, coordinates and implements plans to test business and functional processes during system development and quality assurance testing.
  • Adhere to expectations and timeline for deliverables.

Skills/Education:
  • Ability to foster and maintain strong working relationships with peers and leaders
  • Strong HRIS experience including requirements gathering and documentation, procurement process design and ability to multi-task and prioritize duties to achieve most critical business needs first
  • Must be detail oriented, as well as be able to see big picture. 
  • Must be proficient in Visio, MS Project, Word and Excel. 
  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent, and seven to nine years of related experience

Sr. Project Manager (2 positions)

Position:  Sr. Project Manager
Location:  Melville, NY
Duration:  12+ months
Type:  2 Full-Time Position
Position #:  LMC010

Position Summary 

  • Leads all phases of the project lifecycle following client’s IS project management methodology to successfully achieve clinical and business objectives for multiple and complex healthcare technology initiatives.

  • Establishes schedule, budget, and coordinate project activities to ensure the success of projects from original concept to final implementation.

  • Mentors staff in project management methodology and competencies.



Responsibilities

  • Ensures the established Project Methodology is followed including creation of the project plan and maintaining it using Microsoft Project and CA Clarity, and completion of standard project deliverables as specified.

  • Works with IS, vendors and customers to develop Project Proposal outlining deliverables, business requirements, risks, assumptions, key stakeholders, roles and responsibilities and budget.

  • Defines and develops project plan including schedule and funding limitations.

  • Coordinates with Resource Managers to define required roles and tasks for each project phase and works with Resource Managers to assign staff and procurement of contractors, as needed.

  • Performs all standard PMI PMBOK project management activities as specified in the client's project management methodology.

  • Conducts weekly status meetings with project team to communicate work plan, track actual performance against plans and budget, analyze variances, and identify issues and risks to ensure all customer needs are met while maintaining control of the project.

  • Develops weekly status reports and modifies schedules as required following change management process.
  • Oversees deliverable creation and quality, including review of other project managers' work.

  • Prepares and presents project reports for management, clients or others, as requested.

  • Mentors and coaches others to develop project management competencies.
  • Performs related duties, as required.



Required Experience and Qualifications 

  • Bachelor's Degree, required. Master's Degree, preferred.

  • Minimum of seven (7) years related technical experience including five (5) years of project management for Information technology projects, required.
  • Experience in assigned technical area (i.e. Healthcare, Infrastructure, etc), and in a similarly sized IT organization, required. Healthcare environment, preferred.
  • Program Management Institute (PMI) training required.

  • PMP Certification, required.

  • Demonstrated experience managing complex IS programs and projects utilizing PMI PMBOK standards and industry best practices, required.
  • Very strong communication, presentation, relationship building and strategic planning and implementation skills, required.

  • Very strong analytical and organization skills and ability to manage multiple complex projects, required.

  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate difficult or controversial discussions and drive to issue resolution, required.

  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate overall design discussions to completion, required.

  • Ability to mentor and coach others to develop project management competencies, required

  • Strong experience with MS Project required. Experience with CA Clarity or related PPM tool, preferred.



Skills:

  • My client is seeking Sr. Project Managers with 5-10 years of experience managing very large SDLC (Full Life Cycle Software) implementations.

  • Must be PMI and hopefully PMBOK
  • Financial applications a big plus:
-Lawson, Peoplesoft, SAP etc..

  • Solid track record with a number of multi-year engagements on resume.
Senior Project Business Analyst

Position:  Senior Project Business Analyst
Location:  Oakland, CA
Duration:  4 months
Type:  Contract Position
Position #:  LMC009

We need an experienced Senior Business Analyst to help us with the data quality improvements activities of the item data supporting the Procurement and Supply Chain organizations, business processes and initiatives. The role requires a very strong analytical person with in-depth knowledge & hands-on experience in data quality practices & item data lifecycles as well as hands-on tactical ability to profile, analyze, handle and update large volumes of item data. This role will also require project management and organizational skills to accomplish project objectives by planning and maintaining the data quality effort schedules via detailed plans. This is a short-term assignment following an aggressive timeline. Duration of project is 4 months. This position is temporary with no intent to hire.

Scope of the project: Work in the Supply Chain Services Group focusing on assisting Item Master team with analysis and clean-up

Essential Functions: 
  • Reviews, analyzes, and performs all necessary data clean-up, updates and corrective actions in the PeopleSoft Item Master application, with a high attention to detail and producing quality outcomes. 
  • Defines, maintains and tracks the data quality project plans, tasks, timelines and resource requirements on a weekly basis. Constantly monitors and reports on progress of the project to all stakeholders, including problems and solutions. 
  • Identifies, assists with and documents efficient methods and approaches to achieve the data cleansing activities quickly and with quality. 
  • Documents the corrective actions or procedures, elements definitions, valid rules and decisions to support the item setup workflow & cleansing enabling the data quality initiatives in scope. 
  • In collaboration with data owners, business partners and subject matter experts, analyzes and documents existing end-to-end item flows data problems root causes to achieve ‘Source of Truth’ for Item data across the value chain. This is in support of the data quality cleansing activities. 
  • Identifies and manages the resolution of data quality issues, such as uniqueness, integrity, accuracy, consistency, and completeness in a cost-effective and timely fashion. Makes every effort to find and resolve data quality issues in the Item Master in a timely manner or within established SLAs and set deadlines. 
  • Identifies, compares, and resolves known and unknown data quality problems. Evaluates business impact of specific data quality issues, measures and audits large volumes of varying data for quality issues. 
  • Must be able to understand business rules, data lineage, work with varying data formats, and comprehends data metrics to monitor data quality. 
  • Understands, query and document varying data and file formats. Works with multiple groups to resolve data quality issues. 
  • Elevates any newly identified item issues to the data management leads in a proactive way. 
  • Documents issues, action items and resolutions from conducted Item data quality issues research meetings. 
  • Identifies opportunities for business or process improvement related to Item Master data quality issues. Makes associated recommendations as necessary, representing the business process data owners’ needs and priorities.
  • Responsibilities impact the achievement of Item Master team and organization objectives, including project deliverables and project timelines. 

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor Degree in Information Management or Supply Chain related discipline preferred. 
  • Minimum of ten (10) to ten (12) years of related professional experience. 
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in data quality and data management principles and functions. 
  • Healthcare industry and procurement/supply chain knowledge preferred. 
  • Minimum of six (6) to eight (8) years of experience and strong knowledge in the PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9, 9.x, 9.2 functionality, in particular the Item Management and Item Catalogue capabilities and data structures. 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft office, in particular Microsoft Excel & Access experience to perform advanced creation of pivot tables, charts and dashboards. Proficient in Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project. 
  • Minimum of five (5) years direct experience in project management capacity: build and maintain project schedules to include critical path, timelines, dependencies and resource requirements. 
  • Ability to follow data quality standards, metrics and audit procedures. 
  • Ability to document and analyze data flows and transformation rules in a clear way. 
  • Ability to convey technical and business data issues in a clear way. 
  • Interpretive – strong correlation of data quality issues with business processes across areas keeping in mind impact horizontally and not only vertically. 
  • Ability to navigate organization and build relationships with both internal business stakeholders and external business partners. 
  • Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills. 
  • General application of concepts, techniques and standards in general business analysis, as well as data principles and practices.
  • Strong detail orientation & tenacity for solving detailed issues. 

Top 3 preferred skills: PeopleSoft experience, Advanced Excel skills and excellent analytical knowledge

Stage of the project: Clean-up of item master after 5 years of conversion work

What we are looking for is someone that can hit the ground running with excellent analytical skills to help identify and correct data quality issues. This is short-term assignment so we need people to be here every day, no planned vacations or other time off requirements.
Senior Project Business Data Analyst

Position:  Senior Project Business Data Analyst
Location:  Oakland, CA
Duration:  4 months
Type:  Contract Position
Position #:  LMC008

We need an experienced Senior Business Data Analyst to help us with the researching of data quality issues and cleansing activities of the item data supporting the Procurement and Supply Chain organizations, business processes and initiatives. The role requires both analytical and tactical orientation with a primary hands-on focus around all required item master data cleansing activities. This is a short-term assignment following an aggressive timeline. Duration of project is 4 months. This position is temporary with no intent to hire.

Scope of the project: Work in the Supply Chain Services Group focusing on assisting Item Master team with analysis and clean-up

Essential Functions:
  • Reviews, analyzes, and performs all necessary data clean-up, updates and corrective actions in the PeopleSoft Item Master application, with a high attention to detail and producing quality outcomes. 
  • Identifies and manages the resolution of data quality issues, such as uniqueness, integrity, accuracy, consistency, and completeness in a cost-effective and timely fashion. Makes every effort to find and resolve data quality issues in the Item Master in a timely manner or within established SLAs and set deadlines. 
  • Identifies, compares, and resolves known and unknown data quality problems. Evaluates business impact of specific data quality issues, measures and audits large volumes of varying data for quality issues. 
  • Must be able to understand business rules, data lineage, work with varying data formats, and comprehends data metrics to monitor data quality. 
  • Understands, query and document varying data and file formats. Works with multiple groups to resolve data quality issues. 
  • Elevates any newly identified item issues to the data management leads in a proactive way. 
  • Documents issues, action items and resolutions from conducted Item data quality issues research meetings. 
  • Identifies opportunities for business or process improvement related to Item Master data quality issues. Makes associated recommendations as necessary, representing the business process data owners’ needs and priorities. 
  • Responsibilities impact the achievement of Item Master team and organization objectives, including project deliverables and project timelines. 

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor Degree in Information Management or Supply Chain related discipline preferred. 
  • Minimum of six (6) to ten (10) years of related professional experience. 
  • Minimum of six (6) years of experience in data quality and data management principles and functions. 
  • Healthcare industry and procurement/supply chain knowledge preferred. 
  • Minimum of six (6) to eight (8) years of experience and strong knowledge in the PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9, 9.x, 9.2 functionality, in particular the Item Management and Item Catalogue capabilities and data structures. 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft office, in particular Microsoft Excel experience to perform advanced pivot table creation, Vlook-ups, macros and charting. 
  • Proficient in Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project. 
  • Minimum of five (5) years direct experience in project management capacity: build and maintain project schedules to include critical path, timelines, dependencies and resource requirements. 
  • Ability to document and analyze data flows and transformation rules in a clear way. 
  • Ability to follow data quality standards, metrics and audit procedures. 
  • Ability to convey technical and business data issues in a clear way. 
  • Interpretive – correlation of data quality issues with business processes across areas keeping in mind impact horizontally and not only vertically. 
  • Ability to navigate organization and build relationships with both internal business stakeholders and external business partners. 
  • Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills. 
  • General application of concepts, techniques and standards in general business analysis, as well as data principles and practices. 
  • Strong detail orientation & tenacity for solving detailed issues. 

Top 3 preferred skills: PeopleSoft experience, Advanced Excel skills and excellent analytical knowledge

Stage of the project: Clean-up of item master after 5 years of conversion work

We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running with excellent analytical skills to help identify and correct data quality issues. This is short-term assignment so we need people to be here every day, no planned vacations or other time off requirements. 
Senior Project Manager (Oracle Applications)

Position:  Project Manager (Oracle Applications)
Location:  Columbus, OH
Duration:  12 months
Type:  Contract Position
Position #:  LMC007

Requirements:
  • Financial system implementation background
  • Hyperion – Essbase
  • Oracle Financials EBS

Nice to have:
  • Lawson Financials
  • High level understand of retail accounting methods
  • Financial business processes
  • Having worked with financial executive level

Core Skillset:
  • Solid Project Mgmt. skills - building a maintaining project plans (3 plans, 1000+ lines)
  • MS Project/SharePoint - Scope/Risk/issue/financial/budget management
  • Weekly + monthly formal status reporting
  • Input/Creation of Steering/executive presentations
  • Technical IT knowledge – Application Development background 
  • Quick to learn and in navigating among the teams and business individuals
  • Matrix environment 
  • Persistent, independent working
  • Alignment and partnership building with technology and business partner on director/VP level
  • External vendor management / SOW management – multiple vendors on the project.
  • Project financials management – Oracle Financials.

Environment:
  • Experience working with offshore teams for testing / development.
  • Teams will consist of internal and external resources.
  • Rapidly changing environment from a people / process and tools perspective.
Project Manager- Scrum Master

Position:  Project Manager-Scrum Master
Location:  Greenwood Village, Colorado
# of Positions:  2-3
Type:  Contract Positions
Position #:  LMC006
 
Job Description:
  • Activities include coordinating the delivery of multiple Business Intelligence projects, communicating and presenting (both oral and written) to a broad range of stakeholders (both technical and non-technical), creating and reporting project status utilizing a dashboard. Managing a complex project schedule where there are multiple concurrent tracks of work. Managing projects using iterative or agile like development methodologies. Effectively build team relationships and partnerships across organizational lines.

    Minimum of 3 years of Scrum Master experience
    Minimum number of years of experience required - 6 years of progressively responsible project management experience 

Top Daily Responsibilities
  • Run, attend and facilitate a wide variety of meetings with technical and non-technical teams 
  • Manage project schedule, identifying and tracking project dependencies and critical path 
  • Utilization of strong prioritization and organizational skills 
  • Excellent analytical skills, allowing for the ability to distill requirements into action plans

Top Required Skills 
  • Certified Scrum Master 
  • Ability to work with a diverse stakeholder group, including clinical healthcare partners 
  • Change Management 
  • Risk identification and management 
  • Information Technology experience, specifically with Business Intelligence 
  • Managing projects using Agile/Iterative development methodologies

Desired Skills
  • Knowledge of healthcare 
  • Software Integration technical experience 
  • Vendor Management 
  • PMP 

Soft Skills
  • Superior communication skills, written & verbal, to a variety of audiences 
  • Educational Requirement: Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
Technical IT Project Manager

Position:  Technical IT Project Manager
Location:  Greenwood Village, Colorado
# of Positions:  2
Type:  Contract Positions
Position #:  LMC005
 
Job Description:
  • Activities include coordinating and leading the delivery of multiple IT projects through mentoring and collaboration. Defining and implementing project management standard practices, communicating and presenting (both oral and written) to a broad range of organizational leaders (both technical and non-technical), establishing and creating effective project status reporting standards utilizing a dashboard. Lead the development of processes for the development of complex project schedules where there are multiple concurrent tracks of work. Effectively build team relationships and partnerships across organizational lines. Successful track record of mentoring project managers and PMO organizations in continuous process improvement. Must be able to lead and engage project managers and senior leadership in measured process improvement initiatives.

    Minimum number of years of experience required – 10+ years of progressively responsible project management experience and organizational leadership 

Top Daily Responsibilities 
  • Run, attend and facilitate a wide variety of meetings with project managers and organizational leaders to define organizational processes and project management standard practices. 
  • Mentor others in developing project schedules, identifying and tracking project dependencies and critical path 
  • Utilization of strong prioritization and organizational skills 
  • Excellent analytical skills, allowing for the ability to distill requirements into action plans 

Top Required Skills
  • Expert in CMMI. 
  • Experience in advancing organizations in project management process maturity. 
  • Ability to work with a diverse stakeholder group, including clinical healthcare partners 
  • Requirements Management expert. 
  • Risk identification and management expert. 

Desired Skills
  • Knowledge of healthcare 
  • Software Integration technical experience 
  • Vendor Management 
  • PMP 

Soft Skills
  • Superior communication skills, written & verbal, to a variety of audiences 
  • Educational Requirement: Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
PeopleSoft Consultant/Technical Report Analyst

Position:  PeopleSoft Consultant/Technical Report Analyst
Location:  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Duration:  6+ Months (Extendable)
Type:  Contract Position
Position #:  LMC004
 
Job Description:
The technical report analyst will be responsible for understanding reporting requirements and for using various reporting tools including PS Query, XMLP, SQR, App Engine, nVision and Crystal in a university environment.
Duties:
  • Understand report requirements and code reports in PSQuery, XMLP, App Engine. Modify existing reports using SQR and Crystal
  • Track and communicate report development issues and progress to team leads
  • Respond to client questions concerning reports, and assist colleagues with computer or software related questions
  • Fix any defects and performance problems discovered in testing
  • Meet milestones and related effort/time commitments for assigned deliverables and provide work status, including estimated-time-to-complete (ETC) and actuals

Qualifications:
  • Expert understanding of the tables and fields used in GL, KK, Grants, Projects, AM, AR/BI and/or PO/ePro/AP
  • Functional knowledge in at least three of the following – GL, KK, Grants, Projects, AM, AR/BI and/or PO/ePro/AP in a university environment
  • Expert understanding of XMLP, PSQuery, App Engine and nVision
  • Nice to have - knowledge of Payroll, Benefits, Core HR and Training process and tables
  • The ideal candidate will be a problem-solver, able to create report requirements by translating legacy reporting needs into future state business processes
  • Candidate must demonstrate strong attention to detail and data validation skills
  • Must be comfortable with multi-tasking and shifting gears while maintaining accuracy and timeliness in all tasks
  • Ability to foresee and develop reports to support the current and future business needs and decisions of the shared services organization

Desired Skills include:
  • Undergraduate Degree in business or computer science
  • Good communication skills
  • PeopleSoft 9.1, tools release 8.53
  • Knowledge of Connected Query and Query DrillDown strategy and design
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the following reporting tools. Required - PS Query, XMLP and SQR
  • Experience with Report Bursting
  • Nice to have - App Engine, nVision and Crystal
  • Knowledge of Excel, Word, PPT and Access
  • Tree design and maintenance
Software Architect

Position:  Software Architect- Client Server- HS
Location:  Greenwood Village, CO
Duration:  1+ Year
Type:  Contract Position
Position #:  LMC003
 
Job Description:
  • Primary role will be as a hands on developer to develop .Net Web applications.
  • Design, Develop, Test and Document applications.

Required Skills:
  • A minimum of a 4 year college degree in an IT related discipline is required
  • 3 years of web development experience developing web applications using .NET Framework, C# .NET, XML, HTML
  • 2-3 years of experience in design and development of user interface development 2-3 years of database programming with relational databases

Desired Skills:
  • 2-3 years of Web UI development experience
  • Knowledge of, C#, C# MVC Framework MS Entity Framework and / or Dapper 
  • Experience with Javascript, JQuery, and CSSExperience with .Net MVC, EF, and LINQ framework
  • Experience in developing Workflow based applications using .Net
  • Experience with Web services development using SOAP and REST
  • Experience in UI and backend development
  • Experience with Python

Soft Skills:
  • Good communication skills

Additional Requirements:
  • Is a 4 yr degree required?  Yes
  • Will this Req convert to a FTE position? If so, do you only want to see individuals eligible to convert to FTE status?  Possibility, but nothing planned at this time. No, any candidates would work.
  • Do you require a face to face interview, or will you hire from a phone interview?  Face to Face or WebCam is required.
  • Can the contractor work remotely or do they need to be onsite?  Onsite
Senior Infrastructure Access Engineer

Position:  Senior Infrastructure Access Engineer
Location:  Greenwood Village, CO
Duration:  8+ months
Type:  Contract Position
Position #:  LMC002

Job Description:
Healthcare client is looking for an exceptional Identity and Access Management (IAM) engineer to deliver enterprise security products and services within a world-class managed-care organization. This position will be responsible for analyzing business requirements, designing and implementing solutions for Infrastructure Access Management including for UNIX, Windows/Active Directory, Network, and Database access with a focus on centralizing authentication, authorization and auditing of access and automation of provisioning and reporting for access privileges.

Responsibilities:
  • Provide Design and Engineering support for Access Management solutions
  • Review requirements for identity and access management and design and implement secure and reliable solutions.
  • Developing documentation, requirements, specs, test strategies and implementation plans
  • Scripting/programming for solution development, packaging and automation
  • Interface with team members and partners of varied levels from across the organization to ensure that business requirements are met without compromising security.
  • Ensures implementation of system access controls based upon IT Information Protection policies and standards
  • Responsible for enforcement of Systems Development Lifecycle and programming standards
  • Designs the integration and implementation of various technologies and systems architectures.
  • Performs second and third level problem determination and resolution.

Soft Skills:
  • The position requires; attention to detail, the development of detailed security documentation and procedures, strong team skills, the ability to work independently as well as with others, the ability to multi-task assignments, and the communication of complex technical information to team members, all levels of management and customers. 
  • The candidate should have experience working in a large enterprise and be able to work well under pressure.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.
  • A minimum of 6 or more years of experience with IT Infrastructure Security
  • Experience with Identity and Access management
  • Strong Windows, UNIX and/or Network security experience
  • Software development or scripting skills
  • Strong technical writing skills
  • Strong diagnostic and problem solving skills
  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with Privileged Identity Management/ Privileged password management process and technologies including CyberArk and/or similar technologies.
  • Experience with SSL certificate and Key management process and technologies including Venafi and/or similar technologies.
  • Experience with certificate-enabled applications, such as SSL/TLS, S/MIME, authentication, EFS, 802.1X, Code Signing, etc.
  • Cross-platform knowledge (Mac, PDAs, Unix, Linux, mainframe)
  • Systems or Network Administration experience
  • Strong UNIX skills (AIX, Linux, Solaris) with a focus on Identity Management
  • Advanced certifications (CISSP, MCSE)