Project Manager (85733)

Centurion Health; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Generous paid time off

Paid holidays

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Continuing education benefits

Job summary

Centurion Health in Sterling, VA seeks a Project Manager III to oversee a diverse IT project portfolio, ensuring on-time delivery within scope and budget. You will drive governance, engage with executives, and coordinate across Product, Operations, Compliance, Finance, and Legal to align initiatives with business goals.

The role requires strong organization, communication, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment, and offers a path to influence nearly every area of the company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 7+ years of project management experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives in Healthcare Technology.
• Experience with health integrations and interoperability standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects from initiation through completion.
• Define objectives, scope, timelines, budgets, and resource needs with stakeholders.
• Develop charters, roadmaps, milestones, and risk mitigation plans.
• Monitor progress with metrics and dashboards for leadership.
• Coordinate with executive and department leaders across functions.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Healthcare IT

EHR/HIE interoperability

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Planner

Smartsheet

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Microsoft 365

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: VA, Sterling - Corporate Office - Sterling, VA 20166, Position Type: Full-Time, Education Level: Bachelor's Degree, Travel Percentage: Up to 25%, Job Shift: Day, Job Category: Corporate, Centurion is proud to be a leading provider of comprehensive healthcare services to correctional facilities, state hospitals, and community mental health centers nationwide.

We are currently seeking a Project Manager to join our IT team located in Sterling, Virginia.

The Project Manager III will manage a diverse portfolio of cross-functional initiatives spanning product development, customer implementations, operations, sales, marketing, compliance, finance, legal, and business development. This individual will establish project governance, monitor progress, mitigate risks, facilitate stakeholder communication, and drive accountability to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives.

The ideal candidate is a skilled project manager with exceptional organization, communication, and problem-solving skills who thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment. Success in this role requires the ability to manage multiple priorities, influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization, and translate strategic vision into actionable plans and measurable results. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact across nearly every aspect of the company in an entrepreneurial environment.

• Lead and manage cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives from initiation through completion.
• Partner with executive and business stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, success criteria, timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Develop and maintain project charters, work plans, roadmaps, milestones, budgets, and resource plans.
• Gather and validate business requirement, define project scope, and develop detailed project plans that align stakeholder expectations with organization objectives.
• Monitor project progress, performance metrics and key deliverables providing regular updates to leadership and stakeholders ensuring tasks are completed on schedule and within scope.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and obstacles while proactively driving resolution and escalation when necessary.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, status reports, and executive dashboards.
• Serve as the central point of coordination among executive leadership, department leaders, product team and operational stakeholders.
• Foster strong cross-functional collaboration with department managers to manage project initiatives including Product & Development, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, Legal & Compliance, and Human Resources departments
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and executive reviews.
• Communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and decisions clearly and effectively to stakeholders at all levels of the organization, ensuring accountability across teams.
• Partner with Product Management to facilitate backlog prioritization, release planning, and roadmap execution, ensuring alignment between business priorities, customer needs, and strategic objectives.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize project resource and capacity plans across multiple concurrent initiatives; monitor resource utilization, identify constraints and conflicts, prioritize assignments based on organizational objectives, and collaborate with leadership to ensure appropriate staffing levels and effective allocation of project resources.
• Own ongoing project budget management activities, including monitoring expenditures, tracking actual costs against approved budgets, forecasting financial performance, identifying cost-saving opportunities, evaluating budget variances, and providing regular financial status reporting to leadership and key stakeholders to ensure effective fiscal management and project success.
• Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of Project Management processes, methodologies, governance standards, and tools to support PMO maturity and improve organizational project delivery performance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, or related field.
• Seven (7)+ years of project management experience leading cross-functional business initiatives within the Healthcare Technology industry.
• Four (4) or more years of experience leading product development, application implementation, and technology transformation projects.
• Experience managing product development, SaaS, healthcare technology, Electronic Health Record (EHR), Health Information Exchange (HIE), Interoperability, and other healthcare IT Initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects involving health integrations, interoperability standards, including APIs, HL7, FHIR, EHR platforms or other clinical or administrative data exchange technologies.
• Project management professional certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent project management certifications.
• Experience supporting organization change management, stakeholder engagement, user adoption, training and workflow transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, competing priorities, budgets, resources, risks and project dependencies across cross-functional teams.
• Experience presenting project status, risks, recommendations, and strategic initiatives to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Knowledge of healthcare operations, clinical workflows, health plan administration, or regulated healthcare environments.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations, including HIPAA and healthcare privacy requirements.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships, influence outcomes, and drive consensus across all levels of an organization.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Microsoft Planner, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, and Microsoft 365.

We offer excellent compensation and comprehensive benefits for our full-time team members, including:

• Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Continuing education benefits
• And much more