Program Manager

ATD Technology LLC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ATD Technology LLC is seeking an Epic Program Manager to provide enterprise-level leadership for complex healthcare technology initiatives, focusing on Epic EHR implementations, optimizations, and regulatory programs.

The role requires executive communication, healthcare domain knowledge, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in politically sensitive environments across a broad portfolio of high-visibility projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years healthcare IT project/program leadership.
• Demonstrated Epic implementation or optimization leadership.
• Experience managing multi-workstream enterprise programs.
• Executive communication and reporting expertise.
• Proven success delivering high-risk regulatory or compliance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Epic initiatives spanning multiple modules and departments.
• Oversee regulatory and compliance-driven healthcare technology programs.
• Manage cross-functional portfolios with significant operational impact.
• Serve as primary escalation and coordination point for senior leadership.
• Develop executive dashboards, strategic briefings, and decision materials.
• Implement structured governance frameworks for large healthcare initiatives.
• Ensure vendor and partner coordination aligns with enterprise priorities.
• Resolve complex stakeholder conflicts and drive consensus across competing interests.

Skills

Epic program leadership

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Healthcare IT

Regulatory awareness

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Epic certification

PMP certification

Lean/Six Sigma

Tools

ServiceNow

Project portfolio management tools

Job description

Description:

The Epic Program Manager provides enterprise-level leadership for complex healthcare technology initiatives with a primary focus on Epic EHR implementations, optimizations, and regulatory programs. This role owns a diverse portfolio of high-visibility projects impacting clinical, operational, compliance, and executive priorities.

The Program Manager operates as a strategic integrator across stakeholders, ensuring initiatives are delivered safely, compliantly, and on schedule while navigating organizational complexity, competing priorities, and regulatory mandates.

Success requires advanced Epic program experience, executive communication capability, strong healthcare domain knowledge, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in politically sensitive environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Leadership

• Lead enterprise Epic initiatives spanning multiple modules and departments
• Oversee regulatory and compliance-driven healthcare technology programs
• Manage cross-functional portfolios with significant operational impact

Stakeholder & Executive Engagement

• Serve as primary escalation and coordination point for senior leadership
• Develop executive dashboards, strategic briefings, and decision materials
• Facilitate alignment across clinical, operational, and IT stakeholders

Delivery & Governance

• Own program planning, resource coordination, risk mitigation, and delivery oversight
• Implement structured governance frameworks for large healthcare initiatives
• Ensure vendor and partner coordination aligns with enterprise priorities

Organizational Navigation

• Resolve complex stakeholder conflicts
• Manage politically sensitive initiatives
• Drive consensus across competing enterprise interests

Core Competencies

• Executive presence and communication
• Strategic planning and escalation management
• Healthcare regulatory awareness
• Complex stakeholder management
• Organizational political intelligence
• Risk anticipation and mitigation
• Cross-functional leadership

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years healthcare IT project/program leadership
• Demonstrated Epic implementation or optimization leadership
• Experience managing multi-workstream enterprise programs
• Executive communication and reporting expertise
• Proven success delivering high-risk regulatory or compliance initiatives

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Epic certification or advanced Epic platform experience
• PMP or equivalent program leadership certification
• Lean/Six Sigma experience
• ServiceNow or enterprise workflow platform familiarity

Required Screening

• Healthcare IT environment experience
• Epic implementation/optimization leadership
• Multi-project or program portfolio ownership
• Executive stakeholder interaction
• Regulatory/compliance project exposure

Preferred Screening:

• Epic certification or advanced Epic workflow knowledge
• PMP or Lean certification
• Vendor coordination experience

Automatic Disqualifiers

• Only non-healthcare PM experience
• No Epic exposure
• Only small-scale project ownership
• No executive reporting responsibility

ATD Technology, LLC is a certified minority woman owned business that creates opportunities to match qualified individuals with client programs while meeting all parties' financial and technical goals. ATD is a full service provider with offerings in Contract, Permanent and Temp-to-Perm staffing solutions. We serve Fortune 1000, mid cap and small cap companies in the Commercial, Public and Government sectors.