Sr. Project Manager

Ellkay, Llc; United States; Híbrido; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Remote work options

Free daily lunches on site

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with matching

Descripción de la vacante

ELLKAY is seeking a Sr. Project Manager to drive complex, cross-functional healthcare IT implementations across the product suite.

You will mentor other PMs, partner with engineering, QA, product, and client teams, and ensure delivery excellence with a focus on stakeholder alignment and client satisfaction. The role blends hands-on leadership with process improvement, vendor coordination, and strategic initiatives to improve delivery efficiency while maintaining high-quality outcomes for

Formación

• Experience in client-facing roles with a service-oriented mindset and high standards for 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 and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.
• Strategic problem solver with strong critical thinking, issue resolution, and decision-making skills.
• 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.
• Demonstrated success building trusted client relationships and aligning project delivery with business goals.
• Proactive mindset with ability to identify process improvement opportunities and drive change.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee the successful implementation of ELLKAY’s solutions across the product suite.
• Lead full lifecycle implementation of complex healthcare data, interoperability, or migration projects.
• Manage high-impact client engagements requiring cross-department coordination and executive alignment.
• Own project planning and execution: create detailed plans, allocate resources, track milestones, ensure on-time delivery.
• Serve as primary communications contact with internal and external stakeholders, including executives.
• Manage risks, issues, scope changes, and interdependencies across technology, business, and client functions.
• Define and enforce success criteria to ensure client satisfaction and alignment with contractual deliverables.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and operational support to project managers and junior staff.

Conocimientos

Project delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Healthcare technology

Mentoring/coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk & issue management

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, technology, business, or related field

PMP or other project management certification

Herramientas

MS Office

Asana

Jira

Confluence

Vision

Descripción del empleo

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Sr. Project Manager

Full Time US

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.

Training/Education:

• 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).

ELLKAY offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that starts day one!

Including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
• Employer-paid Life and LTD
• 401k w/ matching – once eligibility is met
• Work/life balance
• Generous FTO
• Remote work options
• Employee Discounts
• Gym membership / Exercise class stipends

Our awesome culture includes:

• Working with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do
• Professional growth within
• Innovation environment
• On site in HQ Free daily lunches

Awards:

• 2025 Top Workplaces Employee Appreciation
• 2025 Top Workplaces Employee Well-Being
• 2025 Top Workplaces Professional Development
• 2026 NJ Top Workplaces

Additional information

At ELLKAY, we are committed to operating as a hybrid workplace, offering employees flexibility in how they structure their time between in-office and remote work. We recognize the significance of fostering connections, collaboration, and creativity within our office culture and its positive impact on our business. Our philosophy of operating as a hybrid workplace underscores our dedication to enabling employees to tailor work-life balance to their individual preferences. For those who do not live within 40 miles of one of our offices, we are open to considering remote work for candidates whose skills and experience strongly align with the role. While we prioritize a hybrid work environment for most roles, we understand the importance of flexibility and are open to remote work for specific positions and specialized skill sets.

For more information on our company, visit www.ELLKAY.com.

ELLKAY LLC 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.