Strategic Surgical Services Programs Manager

Cottage Health; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cottage Health in Santa Barbara, CA seeks a seasoned Project/Program Manager to lead planning, resource allocation, and execution of complex hospital programs. You will coordinate teams, budgets, timelines, and stakeholder communications to ensure on-time, within-scope delivery.

Responsibilities include developing detailed plans, risk management, and driving process improvements across Surgical Services leadership and IT to support patient care excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Health Management/Business or equivalent experience.
• Masters degree in Business preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word.
• Seven (7) years of healthcare leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Works with Surgical Services Leadership planning and allocating resources, preparing budgets, monitoring progress, and keeping stakeholders informed.
• Develops detailed project plans involving all stakeholders and ensures timely delivery within budget and scope; acts as central point of contact for all project activities.
• Creates and maintains comprehensive program/project documentation; reviews policies and workflows and drafts new procedures.
• Performs risk management assessments; generates data reports for root cause analysis, quality assurance, and process improvements.
• Researches new applications and technology to determine potential benefit and coordinates downtime procedures with IT and Health Information Management.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor Degree in Health Management/Business

Master's Degree in Business (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Cottage Health in Santa Barbara, CA seeks a seasoned Project/Program Manager to lead planning, resource allocation, and execution of complex hospital programs. You will coordinate teams, budgets, timelines, and stakeholder communications to ensure on-time, within-scope delivery.

Responsibilities include developing detailed plans, risk management, and driving process improvements across Surgical Services leadership and IT to support patient care excellence.