IT PROJECT MANAGER

Whiz Global LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

Whiz Global LLC is seeking an experienced Program Manager to run a structured governance process for clinical vendors and provider organizations needing elevated review.

The role coordinates with senior stakeholders across Healthcare Operations, Network, Contracting, Medical Affairs, Legal, Compliance, and Payment Integrity to ensure cases are reviewed, decisions documented, and follow-up actions completed.

Qualifications

• 7 years of Program Management, Project Management, or Chief of Staff experience.
• Experience supporting executive-level governance forums or decision committees.
• Strong experience in healthcare, managed care, health plans, provider organizations, or clinical vendor environments.
• Knowledge of clinical vendor management, network operations, utilization management, and vendor performance.
• Working knowledge of contracting, obligations, termination provisions, renegotiation, and contracting restrictions.
• Understanding of medical policy, clinical appropriateness, utilization controls, and policy alignment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong executive presentation and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end governance and review processes for clinical vendors.
• Own meeting schedules, agendas, case intake, pre-read materials, decision documentation, and follow-up.
• Review cases and ensure required information is available across business, financial, contract, legal, and compliance areas.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to close information gaps before executive review.
• Prepare executive-ready presentations, decision summaries, escalation briefs, and meeting recaps.
• Maintain action items, owners, deadlines, dependencies, and follow-up through closure.
• Track cases, decisions, risks, aging items, and open actions.
• Coordinate with senior stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Support corrective action plans, governance restrictions, contracting activities, renegotiation, and other downstream workstreams.
• Maintain governance documentation, templates, SOPs, and shared resources.
• Identify process gaps and recommend improvements to governance and decision workflows.

Skills

Program Management

Executive Governance

Stakeholder Management

Vendor Governance

Healthcare Industry

Utilization Management

Policy Alignment

Communication

Presentation Skills

Multi-tasking

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Asana

QuickBase

Job description

Clinical Vendor Governance -- Program Manager

Job Title: Clinical Vendor Governance -- Program Manager

Location: Remote -- U.S.

Work Hours: Primarily U.S. Central working hours

Job Type: Contract

Experience: 7 Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Clinical Vendor Governance -- Program Manager to manage a structured governance process for clinical vendors and provider organizations requiring elevated review.

The Program Manager will coordinate with senior stakeholders across Healthcare Operations, Network, Contracting, Medical Affairs, Legal, Compliance, and Payment Integrity to ensure cases are properly reviewed, decisions are documented, and follow-up actions are completed.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end governance and review processes for clinical vendors.

• Own meeting schedules, agendas, case intake, pre-read materials, decision documentation, and follow-up.

• Review cases and ensure required business, financial, utilization, contract, legal, network, and compliance information is available.

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to close information gaps before executive review.

• Prepare executive-ready presentations, decision summaries, escalation briefs, and meeting recaps.

• Maintain action items, owners, deadlines, dependencies, and follow-up activities through closure.

• Track cases, decisions, risks, aging items, and open actions.

• Coordinate with senior stakeholders and executive leadership.

• Support corrective action plans, governance restrictions, contracting activities, renegotiation, and other downstream workstreams.

• Maintain governance documentation, templates, SOPs, and shared resources.

• Identify process gaps and recommend improvements to governance and decision workflows.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7 years of Program Management, Project Management, or Chief of Staff experience.

• Experience supporting executive-level governance forums or decision committees.

• Strong experience in healthcare, managed care, health plans, provider organizations, or clinical vendor environments.

• Knowledge of clinical vendor management, network operations, utilization management, and vendor performance.

• Working knowledge of contracting, contract obligations, termination provisions, renegotiation, and contracting restrictions.

• Understanding of medical policy, clinical appropriateness, utilization controls, and policy alignment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong executive presentation and stakeholder management skills.

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and drive action items to closure.

• Advanced proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with vendor governance, risk, compliance, or credentialing committees.

• Experience with Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial healthcare lines of business.

• Experience working with Legal, Compliance, SIU, and Payment Integrity teams.

• Experience with Asana, QuickBase, or similar work-management platforms.

• PMP certification or equivalent program management experience.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior healthcare Program Manager with experience in clinical vendor governance, executive stakeholder management, healthcare operations, and cross-functional program delivery.

Key Skills:

Healthcare Program Management | Clinical Vendor Governance | Managed Care | Health Plan | Provider Network | Vendor Management | Utilization Management | Contracting | Medical Policy | Executive Stakeholder Management | Risk & Compliance | Program Governance | PowerPoint | Excel | SharePoint