Program Manager - Healthcare Transformation

Blue Water Thinking, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, and

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Federal holidays

401(k) plan matching

Job summary

Blue Water Thinking is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to lead strategic healthcare initiatives within integrated delivery systems, focusing on project management, healthcare analytics, and business process reengineering. You will drive solutions across schedules, budgets, and methodologies to positively impact Veterans and their families.

Ideal candidates bring a decade of program leadership experience, PMP certification, and strong communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Masters degree required.
• 10+ years of professional work experience.
• PMP or similar certification.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Cultivating and sustaining client relationships, supporting organizational growth, and overseeing teams to ensure strategic and effective management of projects.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
• Responsible for managing risk management, financial budget and performance of the project to include evaluating resource needs based on scope, timelines and deliverables.
• Prepare executive-level reports and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations.
• Serve as a liaison between consulting teams and client stakeholders to ensure alignment and impact.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to organizational knowledge development.
• Analyze new and complex project-related problems, creating innovative solutions that involve schedule, technology, methodology, tools, solution components, and financial management.
• Monitor project progress, adjusting as necessary to ensure timely and cost-effective completion.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of project goals and objectives.

Skills

PMP certification

Communication skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Masters degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About Blue Water Thinking

Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals.

Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers.

Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated "one-team" approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions, thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs.

Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners.

Lastly, our formula for success is simple: Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible.

Job Description

We are seeking a seasoned Program Manager to actively lead strategic healthcare initiatives within integrated delivery systems. This role is ideal for a professional with deep expertise in project management, healthcare analytics, and business process reengineering. You will be responsible for analyzing project-related problems and creating innovative solutions that involve schedule, methodology, tools, solution components, and financial management. If you have a strong background in project management and a passion for making a positive impact on Veterans' lives, we invite you to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Cultivating and sustaining client relationships, supporting organizational growth, and overseeing teams to ensure strategic and effective management of projects.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
• Responsible for managing risk management, financial budget and performance of the project to include evaluating resource needs based on scope, timelines and deliverables.
• Prepare executive-level reports and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations.
• Serve as a liaison between consulting teams and client stakeholders to ensure alignment and impact.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to organizational knowledge development.
• Analyze new and complex project-related problems, creating innovative solutions that involve schedule, technology, methodology, tools, solution components, and financial management.
• Monitor project progress, adjusting as necessary to ensure timely and cost-effective completion.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of project goals and objectives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters’s degree.
• Minimum of 10 years professional work experience.
• Experience leading programs including planning, initiating, managing, executing and closing out programs in support of an integrated Health Care System.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.MS Office suite skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Outlook, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with government/civilian agencies or in the health care industry.

Eligibility

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required federal public trust clearance for this role.

Compensation

Salary for this position is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, location, the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies and experience, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements. The proposed salary range for this position is outlined below.

Salary range

$150,000 - $185,000

Benefits

• Blue Water Thinking offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), paid time off, federal holidays, and a matching 401(k) plan.

Reasonable Accommodation for Applicants

Blue Water Thinking is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and hiring process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, complete an application, or participate in the interview process, please contact Resource Management at [e-mail]. Requests for accommodation will be handled promptly and confidentially in accordance with applicable law.

Our Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Water Thinking is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, hire, train, and promote qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.