Senior Project Manager, Healthcare

Partner's Consulting, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Epic Project Manager to oversee an array of Healthcare IT projects, focusing on applications upgrades and implementations. This role involves providing leadership, managing complex projects, and ensuring alignment with enterprise goals. Candidates should possess extensive healthcare project management experience and strong communication skills suitable for engaging with executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hospital/healthcare project management experience required.
• EMR background and Epic experience preferred.
• PMI Certification or PMP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead concurrent Healthcare IT projects including applications upgrades/implementations.
• Manage timelines, resources, and budgets using established PM standards.
• Communicate with executive leadership on project dependencies.

Skills

Healthcare IT project management

Communications skills

Change management

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science, Business or Clinical field

Job description

Title: Senior Epic Project Manager

Location: Philadelphia, PA (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Description

Our client is seeking a Senior Epic Project Manager that is ready to hit the ground running, providing leadership on an array of concurrent Healthcare IT projects that could include Applications upgrades / implementations.

• Key Accountabilities:
• Delegates duties and responsibilities among team members. Fosters collaborative and productive relationships among team members. Resolves disputes and disciplinary issues among team members. Communicates appropriately with Executive Program Director and Product Directors regarding shared work and dependencies across multiple groups.
• Utilizes established Enterprise project management standards, processes, policies, methodologies and tools established by the Program Management Office to manage timelines, resources, and budgets.
• Interfaces with Enterprise and Clinical leadership to align the work of the systems groups with the strategic goals of the enterprise.
• Functions as an advocate / change agent and serves as a positive role model for encouraging others to embrace operational changes and transformation associated with the technology projects.
• Leads the development of appropriate metrics for quality, performance, usage, and outcomes related to clinical information systems.
• Collects and aggregates data with accuracy and efficiency.
• Provides clear and comprehensive summary reports to the PMO.

• Required Skills:
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Business or Clinical related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of hospital / healthcare project management experience is required.
• EMR background and Epic experience is preferred.
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Certification or Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred.
• Proven ability to manage all stages of the project management life cycle.
• Extensive experience managing large, complex projects.
• Must have experience with Application upgrades and implementations in hospital setting.
• Experience with Lab applications is helpful.
• Communications skills must be strong, with the ability to communicate in the C-suite and other executive stakeholders, end user customers, and through to individual team members.
• Healthcare IT project management experience.
• Experience in implementing information systems, clinical initiatives, including electronic healthcare, academic and research systems.
• Local candidates only (willing to be on site for big meetings / go-lives about once per month).