CHI Operations Project Manager, Grade VIII

Children’s Health Ireland Jobs; Dublin; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) is seeking an experienced Operations Project Manager to lead strategic and operational projects. You will work with clinicians and IT teams to drive transformations in patient flow and governance, ensuring regulatory compliance across CHI.

The role requires coordinating multiple workstreams, applying change management principles, and providing strong leadership to engage diverse stakeholders within CHI and partner organisations.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects within a healthcare or clinical environment.
• Minimum 2 years in a Project/Programme Management role.
• Experience with multidisciplinary teams including clinicians, business stakeholders, and technical teams.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities.
• Experience in large-scale change initiatives; including change management and project management principles.
• Demonstrated leadership, proactive development, motivation and engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of strategic and operational projects within CHI.
• Collaborate closely with clinical and technical stakeholders to drive successful outcomes.
• Support healthcare transformation initiatives and optimise clinical workflows while ensuring governance compliance.

Skills

Healthcare project management

Stakeholder engagement

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Change management

Leadership

Delivery of complex projects

Job description

Purpose of the Role:

The CHI Operations Project Manager to lead the delivery of strategic and operational projects within CHI. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering complex projects in clinical or healthcare settings, working closely with both clinical and technical stakeholders to drive successful outcomes. This post will contribute to healthcare transformation initiatives, optimising clinical workflows while ensuring compliance with evolving healthcare legislation and governance requirements.

Essential Criteria:

• Demonstrated experience delivering projects within a healthcare or clinical environment.
• Have held a Project/Programme Management role in a complex organisation for a minimum period of 2 years.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, including clinicians, healthcare professionals, business stakeholders, and technical teams
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities
• Experience in delivering large-scale change initiatives; including change management and project management principles and approaches.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, proactive development, motivation and engagement skills.

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Catriona McDonald, Chief Operations Officer via email: [e-mail]

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist – [e-mail]

CHI has transitioned to a process of a one commencement day per month for all new employees, CHI internal transfers and Secondments. This update to our Onboarding process is aligned to changes in our monthly/fortnightly payroll and with the launch of our new corporate induction program. This process enhancement ensures that we can thoroughly prepare for your arrival and facilitate a smooth transition in your onboarding journey.

So that the Onboarding team can confirm your start date, you will need to ensure that your mandatory training is completed at least 7 days prior to your commencement date.

It is important for you to note that if you do not have your pre-employments and mandatory training completed in time, your commencement date will be deferred to the next available date.

Below, you’ll find the list of commencement dates for 2026 for your information.

• 5thOctober
• 2ndNovember
• 7thDecember