Engagement / Project Manager

Horizontal Talent; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 34,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a senior delivery leader to drive new patient-facing digital platform initiatives. You will own scope, schedule, milestones, risk, and client communication across a cross-functional, multi‑team engagement in a fast-paced environment.

This role emphasizes end-to-end delivery from discovery through go-live and hypercare. You will coordinate across technical, product, research, and security teams, manage dependencies, and ensure smooth UAT, cutover, and handover.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technology project or program management experience.
• 3+ years delivering fixed-price, milestone-based engagements.
• Experience leading multi-system integration projects with cross-functional dependencies.
• Strong delivery ownership with scope, timelines, risks, and outcomes.
• Experience with patient-facing digital products in healthcare or regulated environments.
• Experience navigating enterprise architecture, security review, and penetration testing.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, escalation, and stakeholder management.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery from discovery to go-live and hypercare.
• Own scope, schedule, milestones, risks, and status reporting for fixed-scope engagements.
• Coordinate across technical, product, research, security, and enterprise stakeholders.
• Drive decisions and keep work moving with dependencies and approvals.
• Track blockers, access requests, and action items to completion.
• Coordinate enterprise architecture, security review, and testing early in timeline.
• Manage change control and scope protection for low-change-order delivery.
• Coordinate Agile execution with engineering while overseeing UAT, cutover, and handover.
• Support feasibility readout and go/no-go decision after discovery.
• Maintain transparent communication with stakeholders throughout the engagement.

Skills

8+ years technology project management

3+ years fixed-price deliveries

multi-system integration

stakeholder management

healthcare / regulated domain

security / architecture review

communication / facilitation

cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Join a fast-moving, senior delivery team supporting the design and launch of a patient-facing digital platform that streamlines clinical research eligibility and electronic consent. This is a hands‑on project leadership role where you will own scope, schedule, milestones, risk management, and client communication across a complex, multi‑team technology engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery from discovery and feasibility through build, go-live, and hypercare
• Own scope, schedule, milestones, risks, and status reporting for a fixed-scope, milestone-based engagement
• Serve as the main point of coordination across technical, product, research, security, and enterprise stakeholders
• Drive decisions and keep work moving across client teams with multiple dependencies and approval paths
• Track blockers, access requests, and action items through completion and escalation issues quickly when needed
• Plan and coordinate enterprise architecture review, security review, and penetration testing early in the timeline
• Manage change control, milestone acceptance, and scope protection to support a low-change-order delivery approach
• Coordinate Agile execution with the engineering lead while also overseeing UAT, cutover, knowledge transfer, and handover
• Support the feasibility readout and go/no-go decision at the end of discovery
• Maintain transparent communication with stakeholders throughout the engagement

Skills

• 8+ years of technology project or program management experience
• 3+ years delivering fixed-price, milestone-based engagements
• Proven experience leading multi-system integration projects with cross-functional dependencies
• Strong delivery ownership with the ability to manage scope, timelines, risks, and outcomes
• Experience working on patient-facing digital products in healthcare, life sciences, or another regulated environment
• Experience navigating enterprise architecture, security review, and penetration-testing processes
• Excellent communication, facilitation, escalation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical partners

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting academic medical centers or clinical research organizations
• Familiarity with HIPAA, IRB processes, and electronic consent
• PMP or PgMP certification
• PMI-ACP or SAFe certification
• Experience opening and managing support transition conversations with client teams

Horizontal is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, respected, and empowered. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and believe equity and inclusion are essential to building strong teams and delivering great work.

• For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.

The pay range for this role is $25 - $80 per hour based on qualifications and experience.

Applications will be accepted for 4 weeks.