Posted Position Title Programme Director

Job Number	1866626
Business	GE Healthcare
Business Segment	Healthcare IT
About Us	What do you envision for your future? At GE Healthcare, we strive to see life more clearly. Our "healthymagination" vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing healthcare costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world. We employ more than 52,000 people worldwide and serving healthcare professionals in more than 100 countries. We believe in our strategy - and we'd like you to be a part of it. As a global leader, GE can bring together the best in science, technology, business and people to help solve one of the world's toughest challenges and shape a new age of healthcare. At GE, developing people is embedded in our culture and integral to our growth. Something remarkable happens when you bring together people who are committed to making a difference - they do! At work for a healthier world.
Career Level	Experienced
Function	Services
Function Segment	Project Management
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available	United Kingdom
Relocation Expenses	No
Role Summary/Purpose	The Solution Programme Director owns and drives HCIT deployments across multiple sites. There will be multiple customer stakeholders to manage at DOH, Regional Health Authorities or CXOs . The SPD manages a complex commercial environment with a changing scope. The SPD has full contract management throughout the implementation until handover to Service and is responsible for delivering to deadlines and targets. Also, manages all stakeholders internally and externally to deliver on the plan.
Essential Responsibilities	Lead implementation advisor for Sales during pre-sales phase  Lead contract negotiator for the Information Technology Professional Services  Exceptional communication skills essential in order to manage multiple stakeholder groups (internal and external) and to explain complex IT concepts to non-technical colleagues  Strong customer focus & orientation during project implementation; a customer-first attitude and understanding customer behavior; anticipation, assessing and responding timely to changing customer needs. Taking ownership of customer complaints  Driving Sales execution with financial understanding of key financial metrics, cost definition and margins. Full financial responsibilioty for the programme, revenue and margin.  Subcontractor selection and management  Provide technical advice on current technology – storage, servers, data centres, networking  Advisory/Leader of Change Management  “Sell” implementation to the customer during pre-sales meetings  Coordinate all GE and sub-contractor teams during the execution of the programme  Act as the primary point on contact for the customer during the programme  Full inventory management for the programme  Manage customer expectation and satisfaction  At times, hands-on project management will be required Detailed pre-sales support including:  Infrastructure advice  ITPS effort estimation  Implementation schedule construction  Implementation negotiation
Qualifications/Requirements	Degree - level education in engineering/software discipline/economics or comparable  Strong influencing skills to operate in a matrix environment.  Extensive experience in delivering software solutions in a client/server environment  Expertise of programme management, including finance and leadership skills  Strong knowledge of healthcare IT systems, data centres and cloud offerings  Awareness of legal and legislative aspects and public healthcare  Training, coaching and mentoring across the regions; providing effective coaching to peers  Fluent English language GE is committed to diversity . We aim to employ the brightest minds in the world to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities . We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles - people like you … Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EU/EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post, as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. For further information please visit UK Border Agency website.