Director, Enterprise Projects — Acquisitions & Openings

Cedarhurst Senior Living; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability

401(k) with company match

On-site gym

Personal trainer

Catered lunches

Monthly team events

Job summary

Cedarhurst Senior Living seeks a Director of Enterprise Projects to lead high-profile cross-functional initiatives, with primary ownership of acquisitions, transitions, and new community developments. You will independently build project plans, set timelines, identify risk, drive decisions, and hold teams accountable to deadlines.

Acquisitions and new developments will be a primary function, with potential enterprise-wide projects spanning departments and senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• PMP certification required.
• Five or more years of progressive project management experience.
• Experience in acquisitions, new developments, healthcare, senior living, or multi-site operations strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with project management tools and Microsoft Office is required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project plan for acquisitions, new developments, major renovations, and community transitions, including scope, milestones, dependencies, owners, required decisions, risks, budget, and completion dates.
• Lead cross-functional project meetings so every department understands its role, deliverables, and deadlines.
• Report project status to the President and executive leadership with concise updates on progress, decisions needed, risks, and next steps.
• Ensure operations, clinical, sales, marketing, and support teams are prepared to launch, transition, and stabilize each community, partnering with community and regional operators to translate plans into action at the community level.
• Lead on-site transition teams during peak transition dates alongside Operations, HR, IT, Clinical, Marketing, Sales, and Accounting/Finance to ensure continuity of care and minimal disruption to residents, families, and staff.
• Build repeatable, scalable processes, tools, checklists, timelines, templates, and playbooks for acquisitions, new developments, and enterprise projects.
• Lead formal post-mortems after acquisitions, openings, transitions, and major projects, assign owners and due dates to the resulting improvements, and carry them into future project plans.

Skills

Project management

Executive communication

Reporting to executives

Cross-functional coordination

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Cedarhurst Senior Living seeks a Director of Enterprise Projects to lead high-profile cross-functional initiatives, with primary ownership of acquisitions, transitions, and new community developments. You will independently build project plans, set timelines, identify risk, drive decisions, and hold teams accountable to deadlines.

Acquisitions and new developments will be a primary function, with potential enterprise-wide projects spanning departments and senior leaders.