Sr. Project Manager

Ellkay, Llc; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ELLKAY is seeking a Sr. Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional client implementations across the product suite in healthcare IT. You will coach teams, manage scope, schedule, and risk, and ensure delivery excellence with executive sponsors.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, process improvement, and hands-on leadership across engineering, QA, product, and delivery teams in a fast-paced, customer-centric environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience, with 2+ years in lead roles.
• Experience delivering implementations in healthcare IT or health data environments.
• PMP or other project management certification strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple departments.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional client implementations across the product suite.
• Drive project planning, scheduling, risk management, and delivery to ensure on-time, in-scope results.
• Mentor and escalate issues within the project management team.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA, and Sales to align on client outcomes.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on quality and ownership.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Client-facing

Cross-functional teams

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, technology, business

Tools

MS Office

Jira

Confluence

Asana

Vision

Job description

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Sr. Project Manager

Full Time IN

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1394

ELLKAY started out providing connectivity solutions to laboratories and within a few years, grew to also provide data management solutions to ambulatory organizations. ELLKAY is now a trusted data management partner in five healthcare segments. ELLKAY’s solutions continue to serve laboratories and ambulatory practices and have expanded to empower hospitals and health systems, healthcare IT vendors, ambulatory practices, health plans, and other healthcare organizations with cutting-edge technologies and solutions that drive their growth and interoperability strategies. Today, ELLKAY remains true to our core values, building strong partner relationships and offering unparalleled service and support while providing innovative, scalable solutions to the challenges our customers face in today’s data-rich world. ELLKAY's experience, customer-focused approach, and reputation for innovation, speed, and accuracy differentiate ELLKAY as a premier partner for your interoperability needs and data management strategy.

Job Description:

Sr. Project Managers at ELLKAY are accountable for driving the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional projects across the ELLKAY product suite, ensuring high-quality outcomes that support healthcare clients’ evolving needs. This role combines hands-on project leadership with people development and process improvement. In addition to directly managing high-priority client implementations, Sr. PMs serve as mentors and escalation points for other project managers, helping to continuously elevate the performance and impact of the broader delivery team.

Ideal candidates bring deep experience in healthcare technology, exceptional organizational and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to influence both internal and client teams. The Sr. PM ensures delivery excellence, cultivates strong client relationships, and drives innovation in implementation practices and team operations.

Project Delivery Leadership

• Oversee the successful implementation ofELLKAY’ssolutionsin the ELLKAY product suite.
• Oversee full lifecycle implementation of complex healthcare data, interoperability, or migration projects, includingplanning, execution, and deployment across multiple ELLKAY product lines.
• Lead high-impact client engagements that require advanced technical knowledge, cross-department coordination, and strategic stakeholder alignment.
• Own project planning and execution: create detailed project plans, manage resource allocation, track milestones, and ensure on-time, in-scope delivery.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project communications and status updates with internal and external stakeholders, including executive sponsors.
• Manage and resolve risks, issues,scopechanges, andinterdependenciesacross technology, business, and client functions.
• Define and enforce success criteria across projects; ensure high client satisfaction and alignment with contractual deliverables.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and operational support to project managers and junior staff within the department.
• Serve as the first point of escalation for project and client issues that require elevated attention.
• Contribute to onboarding, training, and knowledge transfer across the project management team.
• Foster a high-performance team culture that emphasizes collaboration, quality, and ownership.

Process & Strategic Improvement

• Identifyand champion opportunities tooptimizedelivery methodologies, tools, and workflows.
• Recommend and help implement improvements to team processes, documentation standards, and project reporting frameworks.
• Contribute to internal strategic initiatives aimed at improving client outcomes, scalability, and efficiency.
• Participate in department-wide planning and alignment efforts with Product, Engineering, QA, and Sales teams.

Qualifications:

• Experience in client-facing roles with a service-oriented mindset andhigh standardsfor customer experience.
• Proven ability to manage and deliver complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience coaching and mentoring project managers or junior team members.
• Advanced organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.
• Strategic problem solver with strong critical thinking, issue resolution, and decision-making skills.
• Confident and collaborative team player who thrives in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
• Experience serving as a primary point of contact for high-stakes clients and navigating sensitive escalations with poise and professionalism.
• Demonstrated success building trusted client relationships and aligning project delivery with broader business goals.
• Proactive mindset with the ability toidentifyprocess improvement opportunities and drive change within a growing organization.
• Strong understanding of EMR systems (e.g., Epic, Cerner, Meditech),ancillarysystems, or otherclinicaldata platforms.
• Proficiencywith healthcare data exchange standards and formats (e.g., HL7, FHIR, CCD, APIs, CSV, XML).
• Familiarity with interoperability workflows and integration patterns between healthcare systems.
• Working knowledge of networking protocols and data transmission methods (e.g., SFTP, VPN, TCP/IP).
• Comfortable leading technical conversations and collaborating with engineering, QA, and product teams.

Education/Training/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, technology, business, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of project management experience, with 2+ years in a senior-level or lead role.
• Experience delivering implementations within healthcare IT or health data environmentsrequired.
• Demonstrated success leading projects across multiple departments or product lines simultaneously.
• PMP or other project management certificationstronglypreferred.
• Proficiencywith project management and collaboration tools (e.g., MSOffice Suite, Asana,Vision,Jira, Confluence).

Additional Information:

ELLKAY is committed to fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment that supports innovation, teamwork, and professional growth. Most roles are designed to operate from our office locations to encourage effective collaboration and engagement across teams. Any alternative work arrangements may be considered at the company’s discretion based on role requirements and business needs. For more information about our company, please visit www.ELLKAY.com . ELLKAY is a Smoke-Free Workplace.

ELLKAY, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.