Project Manager, Digital Enablement

Duke Clinical Research Institute; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Health Technology Solutions is seeking a Project Manager to lead and coordinate digital health initiatives, ensuring seamless transitions from pilots to scalable operations. You will manage cross-functional delivery across enablement workstreams, drive readiness for go‑live, and maintain risk/dependency logs in a fast-paced healthcare IT environment.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years in project management within healthcare IT, with Agile/sprint experience and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; four years of equivalent experience accepted in lieu of degree.
• Four years of related program/project management experience, preferably in healthcare IT or digital delivery.
• Experience leading Agile/sprint-based teams and coordinating across multiple workstreams.
• PMP or Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate program and project delivery across enablement workstreams, Strike Teams, and dotted‑line partners.
• Manage readiness and go‑live for pilots, releases, and transition milestones.
• Maintain risk, issue, and dependency logs with clear escalation paths.
• Coordinate change across business, technology, and operational owners.
• Develop and execute transition plans moving capabilities into sustainable long‑term service ownership.
• Prepare reports and analyses showing progress and adverse trends.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communications

Sprint coordination

Azure DevOps

Jira

Microsoft Planner/Project

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP/CSM or equivalent

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Microsoft Planner/Project

Job description

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

About Duke Health Technology Solutions

Pursue your passion for caring and innovation with Duke Heath Technology Solutions, which is dedicated to the transformation, development, and management of enterprise information technology solutions across Duke Health.By harnessing the power of innovative technologies like cloud computing and artificial intelligence - and pairing them with a forward-thinking approach - Duke Health Technology Solutions is revolutionizing the future of health care at Duke Health and beyond.

General Summary

Duke Health is establishing a Digital Enablement Team to provide a durable throughline from rapid innovation to value measurement, readiness assessment, scale decision, and transition to long-term ownership. The Project Manager is central to this team, owning the delivery and transition engine that moves digital and AI-enabled capabilities from pilot to scaled, sustainable operation. If coordinating complex, cross‑functional digital health work energizes you, please read on.

Work Duties and Responsibilities

The Project Manager orchestrates programs and projects across multiple teams, dependencies, and timelines in support of the digital strategy roadmap. Key and routine activities include:

• Orchestrate program and project delivery across enablement workstreams, Strike Teams, and dotted‑line partners.
• Manage readiness and go‑live for pilots, releases, and transition milestones.
• Maintain risk, issue, and dependency logs with clear escalation paths.
• Coordinate change across business, technology, and operational owners.
• Develop and execute transition plans that move capabilities into sustainable long‑term service ownership.
• Prepare reports and preliminary analyses setting forth progress and adverse trends.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Required Qualifications at this Level

• Demonstrate clear, concise communication with the ability to distill multiple stakeholder perspectives into key points.
• Possess strong time‑management skills and the ability to advance multiple workstreams on schedule.
• Exhibit superior attention to detail and disciplined dependency and risk management.
• Familiarity with Epic delivery, release coordination, and pilot‑to‑production transitions preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Working knowledge of Agile and Scrum frameworks, with hands‑on experience leading or coordinating work in sprints - including backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Ability to manage an iterative, sprint‑based cadence across concurrent workstreams while maintaining predictable delivery.
• Proficiency with project, portfolio, and Agile management tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira, Microsoft Planner / Project).
• Strong facilitation, escalation, and stakeholder‑communication skills across clinical, technical, and operational audiences.
• Knowledge of healthcare IT delivery, Epic release processes, and structured transition into service ownership.

Education & Training

Work requires analytical, communications, and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program. If no bachelor's degree, four years of equivalent experience required. PMP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or equivalent certification preferred.

Experience

Four years of related program / project management experience, preferably in healthcare IT or digital delivery, including experience working in Agile / sprint-based teams.

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