Healthcare Project Manager

Essential Functions

• Lead multiple enterprise projects simultaneously across hospitals, outpatient programs, physician services, and corporate departments.
• Develop comprehensive project charters, implementation plans, work breakdown structures, timelines, budgets, and communication plans.
• Establish project goals, deliverables, milestones, and success metrics in collaboration with executive sponsors.
• Carefully coordinate project resources while maintaining alignment with organizational priorities.
• Maintain oversight of project progress and proactively address barriers to successful implementation.
• Ensure projects are completed within approved timelines and budgets.
• Manage organizational initiatives supporting clinical operations, quality improvement, patient experience, workforce development, technology implementation, facility expansion, and operational excellence.
• Cross-functionally coordinate teams responsible for implementing strategic initiatives.
• Assist leadership in prioritizing projects based on organizational impact, resource availability, and strategic value.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, hospital openings, service line expansion, and enterprise growth initiatives as assigned.
• Facilitate enterprise standardization of operational processes across multiple facilities.
• Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for assigned initiatives.
• Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, financial, quality, and operational objectives.
• Evaluate project outcomes using measurable operational, financial, clinical, and patient experience metrics.
• Prepare executive dashboards and project status reports.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to identify lessons learned and opportunities for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Nursing, Public Health, Project Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible project management experience within healthcare or another complex, highly regulated environment.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide, cross-functional projects from planning through implementation.
• Experience developing project plans, managing timelines, budgets, and organizational resources.
• Experience presenting project updates and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Experience in behavioral healthcare, hospital operations, or multi-site healthcare organizations preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.

Skills / Abilities

• Comprehensive knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Strong understanding of healthcare operations and behavioral health service delivery.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and project management software.
• Ability to analyze operational and financial data to support decision-making.
• Strong facilitation and meeting management skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority while building consensus among diverse stakeholder groups.

Work Environment

• Subject to many interruptions.
• Occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries.
• This position can be high paced and stressful; must be able to cope mentally and physically to atmosphere.
• Work requires spending approximately 90% or more of the time inside a building that offers protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• Travel required, including via automobile, planes and/or trains, as required.