Remote Principal Program Manager, AI Health IT

GovCIO; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training & Certification Assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Program Manager to coordinate delivery of modernization, clinical informatics, and AI-enabled health IT projects for federal healthcare customers.

You will partner with technical leads, product owners, business analysts, QA, and stakeholders to translate priorities into delivery plans, manage schedules and risks, and ensure successful adoption and measurable outcomes. Fully remote, reporting to program leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, informatics, or a related field with 8–12 years of experience (or commensurate experience).
• 5+ years of experience in technical project management, software delivery leadership, or related roles.
• Experience coordinating multiple software development teams or complex technical projects.
• Working knowledge of the software development lifecycle, Agile delivery, application integrations, testing, and release management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Experience using project and backlog management tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Manage project schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate work across development, testing, platform, and production support teams.
• Partner with Product Owners and Business Analysts to prepare requirements and maintain delivery-ready backlogs.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, cross-team planning, and release readiness reviews.
• Work with technical leads to identify impediments, evaluate delivery options, and resolve issues.
• Communicate project status, risks, and decisions to customer and internal leadership.
• Track delivery performance and support continuous improvement.
• Coordinate production issue resolution and follow-up work into project plans.
• Coordinate integration, testing, release readiness, and deployment activities for AI-enabled clinical applications.

Skills

Program management

Agile delivery

Cross-team coordination

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Appian (preferred)

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Program Manager to coordinate delivery of modernization, clinical informatics, and AI-enabled health IT projects for federal healthcare customers.

You will partner with technical leads, product owners, business analysts, QA, and stakeholders to translate priorities into delivery plans, manage schedules and risks, and ensure successful adoption and measurable outcomes. Fully remote, reporting to program leadership.