Project Manager - Physician Wellness

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital is seeking a Project Manager for Physician Wellness to organize broad-based departmental initiatives from planning through implementation. You will partner with stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within scope, and budget, while supporting clear communication and data-driven decision-making.

The role advances clinician well-being through coordinated initiatives aligned with AMA Joy in Medicine framework, collaborating with Human Resources and Quality & Safety to

Qualifications

• Four years of business, project, finance, or health care experience required
• 3–5 years of experience in HR, healthcare operations, or program coordination is highly preferred
• Healthcare or physician-facing experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement physician wellness initiatives aligned with organizational strategy and AMA domains as identified by TCPO Wellness & Engagement Council
• Manage projects, timelines, and deliverables across multiple initiatives as directed by the TCPO Wellness & Engagement Council
• Collaborate across various wellbeing committees, structures and forums for trust building, information sharing, enabling teamwork and transparency
• Serve as a trusted resource to clinicians regarding wellness programs and services
• Promote engagement and awareness of support resources in collaboration with system HR programs and initiatives
• Support data collection, reporting, and continuous improvement efforts
• Administer and maintain records that emerge from the TCPO Wellness & Engagement Council (including but not limited to-minutes, notes, coordination of meetings, related forums)
• Content coordinator for, production and distribution of a wellness newsletter
• Develops, maintains, and administers detailed project plans that identify activities, tasks, risks, issues, resource requirements, and implementation timelines
• Provides regular project-status reports and ensures project documentation is complete, accurate, timely, and aligned with established standards
• Facilitates project meetings and communicates effectively with team members, internal and external customers, leadership, and technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Assesses project scope, duration, complexity, and priorities to determine staffing and resource needs
• Establishes project governance and leads steering committee and work-team meetings
• Manages project scope, cost, timelines, risks, dependencies, and project metrics
• Plans and executes transitions of system responsibilities to support staff and leaders at project completion
• Obtains, validates, analyzes, and manages data from internal and external sources to support informed decision-making and reporting needs
• Evaluates current practices, workflows, user needs, systems, and potential solutions to identify process improvements
• Analyzes project impacts and dependencies across departments and recommends modifications to processes or system designs
• Conducts literature, benchmark, and best-practice research to inform project planning and improvement efforts
• Represents the department on designated committees and task forces and resolves project-related concerns through effective facilitation and communication
• Builds productive stakeholder relationships, identifies problems promptly, and escalates concerns to leadership when appropriate
• Prepares baseline project metrics and recommends appropriate measurement, validation, and sample-size methods

Skills

MS Office Suite

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, finance, business administration, biology, or another business, health care, or science-related field

Master’s degree in computer science, finance, business administration, biology, or another business, health care, or science-related field may substitute for two years of required experience

Job description

Job Description

At our company, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values of Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust, we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. As Project Manager - Physician Wellness, you’ll organize and manage broad-based departmental initiatives from planning through implementation. You’ll partner with stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within scope and budget, while supporting clear communication, effective decision-making, and continuous improvement.

Job Description

At our company, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values of Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust, we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. As Project Manager - Physician Wellness, you’ll organize and manage broad-based departmental initiatives from planning through implementation. You’ll partner with stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within scope and budget, while supporting clear communication, effective decision-making, and continuous improvement.

The Project Manager for Physician Wellness advances clinician well-being through coordinated, data-driven initiatives aligned with the AMA Joy in Medicine framework. This role partners with Human Resources and Quality & Safety to support assessment, implementation, and continuous improvement of wellness strategies that reduce burnout, strengthen engagement, and promote an efficient practice environment.

• Coordinate and implement physician wellness initiatives aligned with organizational strategy and AMA domains as identified by TCPO Wellness & Engagement Council
• Manage projects, timelines, and deliverables across multiple initiatives as directed by the TCPO Wellness & Engagement Council
• Collaborate across various wellbeing committees, structures and forums for trust building, information sharing, enabling teamwork and transparency
• Serve as a trusted resource to clinicians regarding wellness programs and services
• Promote engagement and awareness of support resources in collaboration with system HR programs and initiatives
• Support data collection, reporting, and continuous improvement efforts
• Administer and maintain records that emerge from the TCPO Wellness & Engagement Council (including but not limited to-minutes, notes, coordination of meetings, related forums)
• Content coordinator for, production and distribution of a wellness newsletter

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and administers detailed project plans that identify activities, tasks, risks, issues, resource requirements, and implementation timelines
• Provides regular project-status reports and ensures project documentation is complete, accurate, timely, and aligned with established standards
• Facilitates project meetings and communicates effectively with team members, internal and external customers, leadership, and technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Assesses project scope, duration, complexity, and priorities to determine staffing and resource needs
• Establishes project governance and leads steering committee and work-team meetings
• Manages project scope, cost, timelines, risks, dependencies, and project metrics
• Plans and executes transitions of system responsibilities to support staff and leaders at project completion
• Obtains, validates, analyzes, and manages data from internal and external sources to support informed decision-making and reporting needs
• Evaluates current practices, workflows, user needs, systems, and potential solutions to identify process improvements
• Analyzes project impacts and dependencies across departments and recommends modifications to processes or system designs
• Conducts literature, benchmark, and best-practice research to inform project planning and improvement efforts
• Represents the department on designated committees and task forces and resolves project-related concerns through effective facilitation and communication
• Builds productive stakeholder relationships, identifies problems promptly, and escalates concerns to leadership when appropriate
• Prepares baseline project metrics and recommends appropriate measurement, validation, and sample-size methods

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, finance, business administration, biology, or another business, health care, or science-related field required
• Four years of business, project, finance, or health care experience required
• Master’s degree in computer science, finance, business administration, biology, or another business, health care, or science-related field may substitute for two years of required experience
• 3–5 years of experience in HR, healthcare operations, or program coordination is highly preferred
• Proficient in MSOffice suite-Word, Excel, Outlook Powerpoint, Teams highly preferred
• Healthcare or physician-facing experience preferred

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’ s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ’ s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.