Program Manager - Construction, Hybrid, Pittsburgh PA

Highmark Health; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network is seeking a seasoned Construction Project Manager to ensure healthcare facilities projects align with enterprise strategies and patient care goals. You will coordinate multi-site efforts, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with building codes, safety standards, and AHN requirements.

Responsibilities include leading a team of PMs and Coordinators, engaging senior leadership, and coordinating with hospital facilities management to optimize construction impacts on

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a management or leadership role.
• Minimum 10 years in project management or equivalent.
• At least 5 years in healthcare industry engagement as employee, consultant, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate complex healthcare construction projects across one or more sites.
• Lead planning, scheduling, procurement, and commissioning activities.
• Develop and enforce policies; manage budgets and resources within financial constraints.
• Ensure designs meet AHN standards, codes, and facility guidelines.
• Provide leadership to a team of Construction Project Managers and Coordinators.
• Engage senior leadership to create facility master plans and roadmaps.
• Coordinate with hospital facility management to align construction with operations.

Skills

Construction coordination

Procurement

Project management

Budgeting & cost tracking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture/engineering/construction management

Job description

Company : Allegheny Health Network

Job Description :

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

This position is responsible for ensuring that healthcare construction projects are completed in alignment with enterprise strategies and priorities. Successful projects must be managed to ensure that designs address intended objectives, particularly to support unrivaled patient care and efficient business operations. Coordination of multiple projects occurring on a single site, or across multiple sites, is necessary to balance resources and maintain effective communications across a wide range of stakeholders. In the healthcare environment, it is essential construction projects honor process, building codes, facility guidelines, safety protocols, and regulations.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Perform management responsibilities to include, but are not limited to: involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity. Plan, organize, staff, direct and control the day-to-day operations of the department; develop and implement policies and programs as necessary; may have budgetary responsibility and authority. Oversee the process of planning complex construction and installation projects, including estimating, scheduling, sequencing, procurement, communications, infrastructure coordination, jurisdictional approvals, construction, commissioning, testing, training, and documentation. Ensure AHN standards and project-specific requirements are correctly reflected in purchasing agreements and contract documents. Manages, motivates, develops, and leads a team of Construction Project Managers and Coordinators. Engages directly with senior leadership to create a facility master plan and development roadmap, which defines a long-term vision for organization and functionality of one or more hospital campuses. Works closely with hospital facility management to coordinate construction requirements with existing building infrastructure, ensuring that building systems function as intended before, during, and after construction. Ensures that designs and construction processes respect operational norms and efficiencies. Engages with operational leaders to understand key requirements and ideal operational outcomes, and ensures project designs are optimized to achieve the intended outcomes. Prepares recommendations to senior AHN leaders based on evaluation of available options for design, logistics, and construction. Supports development of presentations to hospital and AHN leadership, especially to summarize and defend recommendations. Evaluates scopes of work and proposals carefully prior to approval of new commitments. Validates that proposals include a complete scope of work at market-competitive prices. Proposals include RFP responses, GMPs, change orders, and quotes for materials, equipment, and services. Supports procurement of professional services, including design and construction, as well as procurement of materials and equipment. Verifies compliance with procurement standards. Manages project timing, pace, and scope to align with financial constraints, and is accountable as a steward of AHN’s capital. Carefully evaluates uses of capital to ensure best value and appropriate application as compared to intended project goals. Facilitates the completion of construction work in a manner that furthers the department's reputation for performance and value, especially by exceeding expectations for quality, cost, duration, communication, interruptions, and professionalism. Other duties as assigned or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required 5 years in Management or leadership role 10 years' experience with Project management or equivalent role 5 years in Healthcare industry engagement as an employee, consultant, or similar Preferred Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, interior design, engineering, construction management or a similarly pertinent field of study.

SKILLS:

Expertise in coordinating construction projects and major medical equipment installations Expertise in the competitive procurement of services, equipment, fixtures, furniture, and/or equipment for construction projects Proficiency managing large, complex projects Very good organizational and planning skills Proficiency with industry standard project management softwares and systems Very good verbal and written communication skills Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills, especially relative to matters of design, construction, logistics, engineering, etc. Excellent financial management skills, including project budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, etc. Excellent customer service skills Dependability and professionalism

DISCLAIMER:

The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT:

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. California Consumer Privacy Act Employees, Contractors, and Applicants Notice Highmark Health is a national, blended health organization that includes one of America’s largest Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers and a growing regional hospital and physician network. Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Highmark Health’s 35,000 employees serve millions of customers nationwide through the nonprofit organization’s affiliated businesses, which include Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, HM Insurance Group, United Concordia Dental, HM Health Solutions and HM Home & Community Services. Highmark Health’s businesses proudly serve a broad spectrum of health-related needs including health insurance, health care delivery, population health management, dental solutions, reinsurance solutions, and innovative, technology solutions.