Program Manager

WellMed Optum Florida; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

WellMed Optum Florida is seeking a seasoned program leader to develop and execute strategic initiatives in healthcare transformation. You will craft detailed project plans, define milestones, and coordinate cross‑functional teams to ensure on‑time delivery aligned with business goals.

The role emphasizes governance, executive communication, and stakeholder management, with a focus on value-based care, performance tracking, and continuous improvement across operational and clinical domains.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in program management, project management, consulting, business operations, healthcare operations, or transformation leadership.
• Experience managing large, cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience supporting executive-level stakeholders and governance processes.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute programs, manage risks and dependencies, and deliver on schedule.
• Strong executive communication skills, including status reporting, dashboards, and steering committee materials.
• Ability to use data to inform decisions, track performance trends, and recommend corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project and program plans for assigned strategic initiatives.
• Define milestones, deliverables, timelines, risks, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Drive accountability for action items and project commitments.
• Ensure projects remain on schedule and aligned with business objectives.
• Support initiatives focused on quality improvement, population health, risk adjustment, care management, provider engagement, utilization management, and cost-of-care reduction.
• Collaborate with operational, clinical, technology, and finance leaders to execute value-based care initiatives.
• Track key performance indicators and transformation outcomes.
• Identify implementation barriers and develop mitigation strategies.
• Build strong working relationships with business leaders and executive sponsors.
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and project reviews.
• Communicate project updates, risks, and decisions to stakeholders.
• Drive alignment across multiple functional areas.
• Prepare executive-level status reports and dashboards.
• Maintain project documentation and governance materials.
• Support steering committee meetings and executive reviews.
• Escalate risks and issues appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Monitor program outcomes and key performance indicators.
• Support value realization tracking and benefits measurement.
• Analyze performance trends and recommend corrective actions when needed.
• Support organizational readiness and adoption planning.
• Coordinate communication and stakeholder engagement efforts.
• Assist leaders with implementation and sustainment activities.
• Promote continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Support initiatives that leverage automation, analytics, and AI to improve productivity and business performance.
• Identify opportunities to reduce administrative burden and improve workflow efficiency.
• Assist in evaluating technology-enabled solutions that improve organizational outcomes.

Skills

Program management

Project management

Consulting

Business operations

Healthcare operations

Transformation leadership

Job description

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Program Leadership and Execution

• Develop and maintain detailed project and program plans for assigned strategic initiatives.
• Define milestones, deliverables, timelines, risks, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Drive accountability for action items and project commitments.
• Ensure projects remain on schedule and aligned with business objectives.

Value-Based Care Transformation

• Support initiatives focused on quality improvement, population health, risk adjustment, care management, provider engagement, utilization management, and cost-of-care reduction.
• Collaborate with operational, clinical, technology, and finance leaders to execute value-based care initiatives.
• Track key performance indicators and transformation outcomes.
• Identify implementation barriers and develop mitigation strategies.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong working relationships with business leaders and executive sponsors.
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and project reviews.
• Communicate project updates, risks, and decisions to stakeholders.
• Drive alignment across multiple functional areas.

Governance and Reporting

• Prepare executive‑level status reports and dashboards.
• Maintain project documentation and governance materials.
• Support steering committee meetings and executive reviews.
• Escalate risks and issues appropriately and in a timely manner.

Performance Management

• Monitor program outcomes and key performance indicators.
• Support value realization tracking and benefits measurement.
• Analyze performance trends and recommend corrective actions when needed.

Change Management

• Support organizational readiness and adoption planning.
• Coordinate communication and stakeholder engagement efforts.
• Assist leaders with implementation and sustainment activities.
• Promote continuous improvement and operational excellence.

AI and Process Improvement

• Support initiatives that leverage automation, analytics, and AI to improve productivity and business performance.
• Identify opportunities to reduce administrative burden and improve workflow efficiency.
• Assist in evaluating technology‑enabled solutions that improve organizational outcomes.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in program management, project management, consulting, business operations, healthcare operations, or transformation leadership.
• Experience managing large, cross‑functional initiatives.
• Experience supporting executive‑level stakeholders and governance processes.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute programs, manage risks and dependencies, and deliver on schedule.
• Strong executive communication skills, including status reporting, dashboards, and steering committee materials.
• Ability to use data to inform decisions, track performance trends, and recommend corrective actions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in value‑based care organizations, provider groups, MSOs, health systems, health plans, Medicare Advantage, managed care, ACOs, or population health environments.
• Experience supporting quality, risk adjustment, care management, provider operations, network performance, or healthcare transformation programs.
• Exposure to AI, digital transformation, process improvement, or operational excellence initiatives.
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or Agile certification.

Wellmed Optum is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Wellmed Optum is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state laws. Applicants who require accommodation should contact Human Resources.