Sr. Project Manager - Hybrid - 141826

UC San Diego; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

UC San Diego Health is seeking an Organizational Consultant 4 to lead the project management and execution of the virtual care strategy across ambulatory and inpatient telehealth, e-Consults, and remote monitoring. You will partner with clinical, operational, IT and support leaders to design scalable operating models, establish standards, and drive adoption and measurable outcomes.

This role manages multiple workstreams and requires executive-level facilitation and cross-functional influence in

Qualifications

• Nine years of related experience or a Bachelor's plus five years.
• Advanced knowledge of organizational development theories and models.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project planning skills.
• Highly skilled in facilitation, consulting and relationship building.
• Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong consulting, relationship building, and strategic thinking.
• Ability to coach, facilitate and influence at all levels.
• Ability to translate enterprise strategy into scalable operating models.

Responsibilities

• Lead as primary project manager for UC San Diego Health's virtual care strategy.
• Develop, implement, and optimize workflows across telehealth, e-Consults, and remote monitoring.
• Partner with clinical, operational, IT, and support leaders to establish standards and operating models.
• Design training programs and drive adoption and continuous improvement.
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams and serve as strategic consultant to leadership.
• Translate enterprise strategy into governance and measurable outcomes.

Skills

Organizational consulting

Analytical thinking

Facilitation

Communication

Consulting relationships

Strategic thinking

Influence at all levels

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Smartsheet

Wrike

Asana

Visio

Power BI

Tableau

Jira

Job description

UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 10/20/26 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.

Reassignment Applicants: Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.

This position will work a hybrid schedule which includes a combination of working both onsite at Lightwave Ave and remote.

DESCRIPTION

The Organizational Consultant 4 will serve as the primary project manager for UC San Diego Health's expanding virtual care strategy, leading the development, implementation, and optimization of workflows across ambulatory and inpatient telehealth, e-Consults, virtual care teams, and remote monitoring. The role will have enterprise-wide impact, partnering with clinical, operational, IT, and support services leaders to design workflows, establish standards and operating models, facilitate training and adoption, and drive continuous improvement. The position independently leads complex, multi-department initiatives with limited day-to-day direction and is accountable for translating enterprise virtual care strategy into scalable operating models, governance, implementation plans, and measurable outcomes. The role manages multiple concurrent workstreams and serves as a strategic project and organizational consulting partner to senior, physician, operational, and technical leaders.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Nine (9) years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor's degree in related area plus five (5) years of related experience/training.

• Advanced knowledge of the organizational development and effectiveness field, theories, models to assess, design and implement customized, strategic organization interventions.

• Demonstrates strong analytical, problem-solving, project planning and implementation skills.

• Highly skilled in facilitation, consulting and relationship building.

• Applies strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills.

• Possesses strong consulting, relationship building, and strategic thinking skills.

• Demonstrates skill consulting to managers and groups at all levels.

• Ability to coach, facilitate and influence people at all levels.

• Demonstrates ability to learn quickly, reason, synthesize and generalize based on information obtained; sound judgment; ability to draw unbiased conclusions.

• Ability to focus on priorities, strategies, and vision.

• Knowledge of the consulting process to effectively lead engagements from inception to conclusion.

• Ability to persuade through both logic and appeal to positive motivations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with virtual care workflow optimizations, inpatient clinical workflows, or inpatient clinical background.

• Experience developing and delivering training on the workflows.

• Experience within a large, complex healthcare system or academic medical center.

• Formal project management certification (PMP).

• Proficiency with project, portfolio, analytics, and operational management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Wrike, Asana, Visio, Power BI, Tableau, Jira, or similar platforms).

• Lean Six Sigma knowledge/skills.

• Change management knowledge/skills.

• Demonstrated ability to independently lead large-scale, complex, cross-functional initiatives.

• Advanced project/program planning and implementation skills.

• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.

• Executive-level facilitation, consultation, and presentation skills.

• Ability to influence and build alignment across clinical, operational, technical, and leadership stakeholders.

• Experience with workflow redesign, governance, KPI/measurement development, risk and dependency management, and organizational change.

• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments where precedent or standard solutions may not exist.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and drive measurable outcomes.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.

Pay Transparency Act

Annual Full Pay Range: $111,300 - $211,100 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hourly Equivalent: $53.30 - $101.10

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).