Senior Ops Project Manager, Ambulatory Operations

University of Utah Health; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Utah Health is seeking a skilled Operational Project Manager to lead and coordinate complex projects within the Operational Project Management Office (OPMO). You will align portfolios with strategic objectives, manage scope, risk, budget, and stakeholder communications, and guide teams through delivery.

This role requires strong PM expertise, healthcare experience preferred, and collaboration with senior leaders to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalency.
• Six years of progressively responsible experience in a business, leadership, or healthcare setting, including 3 years of experience in a similar position, leading complex operational projects in a large organization (strong preference given to candidates with project management experience in a healthcare setting).
• Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) or a Master’s degree in business or healthcare administration.

Responsibilities

• Manages long term goals of assigned portfolios in accordance with organizational objectives.
• Effectively prioritizes project management work in alignment with key operational and strategic goals for assigned portfolio(s).
• Facilitates strategic discussions and understanding of ideas, implications and proposals as they relate to project and portfolio objectives.
• Plans and executes individual projects within the assigned portfolio(s) or other areas as assigned.
• Provides expert guidance to project teams as it related to project management processes and their application, including scope definition and management, project communication, risk mitigation, barrier resolution, timeline development and management, and other PM processes based on project and stakeholder need.
• Identifies key decisions, milestones and achievements for individual projects as well as for interrelated initiatives within the assigned portfolio(s).
• Provides status reports and meets regularly with stakeholders to ensure easy and transparent communication, as well as timely escalation of project/portfolio issues.
• Manages project budget and tracks expenditures to plan.
• Maintains up-to-date project documentation and reporting.
• Responsible to achieve defined project goals and deliverables.
• Leads operational projects in accordance with applicable OPMO standards, project management best practices, policies, procedures, and project stakeholder approaches.
• Identifies and includes appropriate stakeholders in the project team.
• Addresses projects from multiple angles, proactively anticipating needs of stakeholders, assuring that initiatives support core goals.
• Works with project team members as well as organizational teams and committees to help them understand the project vision, objectives, and trade-offs, and ultimately gain buy-in from key decision makers.
• Coordinates efforts across multiple groups, departments, divisions, and facilities to achieve project and portfolio objectives.
• Provides team leadership and inspires others to action.
• Responsible for project stakeholder satisfaction relating to assigned areas of responsibility.
• Tracks and communicates project and/or portfolio performance to organizational leaders.
• Increases talent pool within the OPMO by focusing on developing the existing team members (through regular coaching, role modeling, projects and assignments) to improve overall project management skills within the organization.

Skills

Project management

Strategic planning

Communication

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP certification

Master's degree in business or healthcare administration

Job description

University of Utah Health is seeking a skilled Operational Project Manager to lead and coordinate complex projects within the Operational Project Management Office (OPMO). You will align portfolios with strategic objectives, manage scope, risk, budget, and stakeholder communications, and guide teams through delivery.

This role requires strong PM expertise, healthcare experience preferred, and collaboration with senior leaders to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes.