Information Technology Infrastructure Project Manager

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. is the leading operator of senior living communities throughout the United States. We are committed to providing senior living solutions primarily within properties that are designed, purpose-built and operated to provide the highest-quality service, care and living accommodations for residents.

This is a newly created position responsible for managing data center and related networking projects. This will include LAN/WAN projects in addition to key efforts related to cloud solutions, email strategy and others. This leader will manage Brookdale’s operations projects including planning, resource sourcing, risk management, RFP oversite, conflict resolution and program status reporting. Fosters project management as a discipline throughout organization through the creation of tools, education, and mentoring of associates. The ability to partner with teams across IT and the business is the key to success along with the ability to operate effectively in a fast paced environment. The ideal candidate will be team oriented, results driven while fostering a fun, collaborative environment.

* Effectively works with a team of project managers for strategic initiatives, partnering with all organization departments and vendors. * Develops and maintains project plans and schedules to manage strategic projects from initiation through full implementation. Includes planning, budgeting, fostering business case process, resource modeling, resource sourcing, project process and documentation, team management, troubleshooting and problem resolution to ensure successful completion of projects on schedule and budget. * Remains current on project management and application development techniques, skills, and tools and recommends enhancements for organization. Embraces mentoring others in project management across enterprise creating a center of excellence for project management. Experience with agile, lean, ITIL and other approaches. * Develops strong relationships and maintains effective communication channels. Consults with others on development and execution of project plans. Defines practice and process for managing expectations. * Identify and propose new information technologies and systems to improve business processes and decision making. * Manages projects of various sizes. Presents project updates for cross functional meetings, as well as executive stakeholders under the guidance of the Director. Plans and coordinate activities of multi-team projects in a matrix managed and cross-functional organization. Ensures project management and documentation in accordance with company standards. * Maintains high levels of partnership across organization, ensuring solutions orientated culture while fostering positive team environment. * Work with the IT leadership, including the IT steering committee, on executing the strategic direction of the Company’s initiatives including those within the information systems teams.

* Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field, or equivalent experience. PMP certification or equivalent experience * 8+ years of IT project management experience preferably with networking, server, datacenter, WAN/LAN, wireless projects. * Travel up to 50%. * Management/Decision Making