Remote Project Manager: Lead Complex Initiatives

Highmark Health; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 68,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health seeks a Project Manager to lead complex initiatives from definition through transition, delivering clear plans and accountable execution across cross‑functional teams in a regulated healthcare context.

You will manage scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, and dependencies, partnering with sponsors, business owners, analysts, technology partners, and vendors to ensure on‑time, within‑budget delivery of outcomes.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years experience in a project manager role and/or in a project leadership role
• Experience coordinating delivery across business and technology teams in a matrixed environment
• Experience with structured project lifecycle, governance, audit, or compliance requirements

Responsibilities

• Establish a clear, realistic, and controlled foundation for delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across business, technology, operations, clinical, regulatory, finance, data, vendors, and other partners.
• Track progress against approved scope, schedule, cost, quality, readiness, and delivery commitments.
• Maintain delivery momentum by resolving routine barriers and escalating constraints when needed.
• Validate that deliverables meet documented requirements and acceptance criteria before milestones or phase transitions.
• Coordinate implementation, stabilization, transition‑to‑operations, and project closure activities.

Skills

Project planning

Integrated schedule management

RAID dependency change management

Sponsor and stakeholder engagement

Executive and delivery-team comms

Meeting facilitation

Problem solving

Financial and vendor coordination

Change readiness and adoption

Team leadership and accountability

Strong organization and judgment

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s degree in business/tech/healthcare administration/operations/project management

Advanced education or professional development in project management or related discipline

Job description

Highmark Health seeks a Project Manager to lead complex initiatives from definition through transition, delivering clear plans and accountable execution across cross‑functional teams in a regulated healthcare context.

You will manage scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, and dependencies, partnering with sponsors, business owners, analysts, technology partners, and vendors to ensure on‑time, within‑budget delivery of outcomes.