Associate Director – Project Management – Healthcare

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of healthcare engagements, ensuring alignment to scope, timelines, and outcomes
• Translate strategy into clear, executable initiatives with defined ownership and sequencing
• Develop and manage integrated, multi-workstream workplans and delivery dependencies
• Serve as the primary interface with senior client executives and Steering Committees
• Establish and enforce governance structures, including stage gates, escalation paths, and approvals
• Manage scope, risk, and change control to maintain alignment with engagement objectives
• Ensure benefits tracking and realization tied to EBITDA, cost savings, revenue improvement, or quality metrics
• Proactively identify and address risks to financial and operational outcomes
• Lead, coach, and oversee PMO and project support staff
• Act as a recognized subject matter expert across margin and/or quality improvement disciplines, including workforce productivity, supply chain, revenue cycle, managed care, physician enterprise, strategy, and care transformation

Qualifications

• 9–15+ years of experience in healthcare consulting, operations, or enterprise transformation
• Proven track record leading complex, multi-workstream engagements with measurable financial impact
• Experience working directly with C-suite and senior health system leaders
• Strong program and project management, governance, and execution capabilities
• Advanced financial acumen related to margin and performance improvement
• Strong leadership, judgment, and executive communication skills

About the Role

The Associate Director is a single point of accountability for engagement delivery, owning execution quality, timeline integrity, and financial impact realization across complex, multi-workstream healthcare engagements. This role combines hands-on delivery leadership with senior client engagement and governance ownership.

This role combines hands-on delivery leadership with senior client engagement and governance ownership. The Associate Director is a delivery leader—not an administrative project manager—who ensures strategy is translated into measurable results. Willing to travel consistently (75%), depending on project requirements and client expectations, is required for this position.