Epic Project Manager

ClinDCast LLC; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ClinDCast LLC is seeking an experienced Epic Project Manager to lead planning, execution, and delivery of Epic EHR implementations across healthcare organizations.

The role requires collaboration with clinicians, analysts, and IT teams to ensure projects are on time, within scope, and on budget while improving patient care outcomes. Flexible work-from-home options are available.

Qualifications

• Active Epic Certification in EpicCare, Resolute, Cadence, or other Epic modules.
• Strong knowledge of Epic implementation methodology.
• Experience managing large-scale healthcare IT/EHR projects.
• Familiar with PMBOK, Agile, Scrum, and PRINCE2.
• Understanding of EHR workflows, Revenue Cycle, and patient data management.
• Experience coordinating Oracle or other healthcare system integrations.
• Knowledge of HIPAA and healthcare security standards.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and risk management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full project lifecycle from initiation to closure.
• Develop detailed project plans, budgets, schedules, and risk registers.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including clinicians, analysts, IT, vendors, and Epic reps.
• Facilitate governance meetings and executive status reporting.
• Manage scope, timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes.
• Oversee training, change management, and adoption activities.
• Ensure HIPAA/regulatory compliance throughout the project.
• Track milestones, KPIs, budgets, and report progress to PMO and sponsors.
• Support go-live planning, testing, stabilization, and optimization.
• Identify improvement opportunities for Epic applications.

Skills

Epic project management

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Healthcare IT

Tools

EpicCare

Resolute

Cadence

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Epic Project Manager to lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation and optimization projects across healthcare organizations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in healthcare IT project management, Epic application implementations, stakeholder management, and regulatory compliance. This role requires close collaboration with clinical, operational, and technical teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget while supporting organizational goals and improving patient care outcomes. Epic Project Managers commonly lead implementation projects in partnership with healthcare organizations and cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the complete project lifecycle, including project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.

Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, and resource allocation plans.

Coordinate cross-functional teams consisting of clinicians, analysts, application teams, IT infrastructure, vendors, and Epic representatives.

Facilitate project governance meetings, steering committee updates, and executive status reporting.

Manage project scope, timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.

Drive workflow analysis, process improvement, and Epic implementation best practices.

Support organizational change management, end-user training, communication planning, and adoption strategies.

Coordinate integration activities between Epic and third-party applications including Oracle and other healthcare systems.

Ensure compliance with HIPAA, GDPR (where applicable), organizational security policies, and healthcare regulatory standards.

Track project milestones, KPIs, budgets, and overall project performance while providing regular updates to PMO leadership and executive sponsors.

Collaborate with application teams during testing, go-live planning, stabilization, and post-implementation optimization.

Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and recommend enhancements to Epic applications and project delivery processes.

Flexible work from home options available.

Required Skills

Active Epic Certification in one or more modules such as:

• EpicCare
• Resolute
• Cadence
• Other Epic clinical or revenue cycle modules

Strong knowledge of Epic implementation methodology.

Experience managing large-scale healthcare IT or EHR implementation projects.

Expertise in project management methodologies including:

• PMBOK
• Agile
• Scrum
• PRINCE2

Strong understanding of:

• Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Clinical workflows
• Revenue Cycle
• Patient data management
• Healthcare interoperability

Experience coordinating system integrations with Oracle or other third-party healthcare applications.

Knowledge of healthcare compliance standards including HIPAA and healthcare security best practices.

Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and risk management capabilities.