Program Manager, Hospital Administration (Full-Time, Day Shift)

About the role

Manages programs directly impacting the company, developing workstream leads and business analysts. Manages relationships with multiple stakeholders and executives while overseeing the quality of delivery of the team's assigned projects. Leads large and complex programs/projects in a cross-functional environment. Directs the activities of various levels of assigned personnel using both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment.

Responsibilities

• Collects, measures, reports, and communicates program progress.
• Ensures requirements are documented and delivered, and that project deliverables are created, reviewed, and completed on time.
• Ensures project is managed with strong adherence to on-time and on-budget guidelines.
• Leads organizational change management methodology by designing and implementing specific change management initiatives associated with the strategic pillars of Adventist Health long term goals.
• Guides the creation of scope and detailed requirements for programs and projects, including facilitating requirements gathering sessions with key stakeholders, ensuring requirements are documented, and managing the requirements through the life of the project.
• Develops project plans for schedule, resources, and budget through collaboration with team/resource managers and executive stakeholders.
• Covers project materials (agenda, status reports, initiative-specific documents) for key cross-functional meetings, and manages formal project documentation (decision documents, change requests, charters, program management plan, etc.).
• Conducts quality control and review of project status and progress reports.
• Collects, measures, reports, and communicates projects' progress with project stakeholders.
• Makes sure project progress and performance are tracked against project plans.
• Reports status to project stakeholders through structured communication (written status reports, steering committee meeting/documents, etc.) as well as informal approaches (ad-hoc requests and email).

  Requirements

  • Education and Work Experience: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required Master's Degree in health administration: Preferred Five years' related experience: Preferred Two years' healthcare experience: Preferred One year leadership experience: Preferred
  • Licenses/Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification: Preferred

  Essential Functions

  • Collects, measures, reports, and communicates program progress.
  • Ensures requirements are documented and delivered, and that project deliverables are created, reviewed, and completed on time.
  • Ensures project is managed with strong adherence to on-time and on-budget guidelines.
  • Leads organizational change management methodology by designing and implementing specific change management initiatives associated with the strategic pillars of Adventist Health long term goals.
  • Guides the creation of scope and detailed requirements for programs and projects, including facilitating requirements gathering sessions with key stakeholders, ensuring requirements are documented, and managing the requirements through the life of the project.
  • Develops project plans for schedule, resources, and budget through collaboration with team/resource managers and executive stakeholders.
  • Covers project materials (agenda, status reports, initiative-specific documents) for key cross-functional meetings, and manages formal project documentation (decision documents, change requests, charters, program management plan, etc.).
  • Conducts quality control and review of project status and progress reports.
  • Collects, measures, reports, and communicates projects' progress with project stakeholders.
  • Makes sure project progress and performance are tracked against project plans.
  • Reports status to project stakeholders through structured communication (written status reports, steering committee meeting/documents, etc.) as well as informal approaches (ad-hoc requests and email).

    Organizational Requirements

    • Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable.
    • Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
    • Adventist Health participates in E-Verify.

    About Us

    Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 100 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 440 sites of care, including 27 acute care facilities. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of more than 38,000 includes employees, physicians, Medical Staff, and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.

    JOB INFO

    • Job Identification : 68053
    • Job Category : Manager
    • Posting Date : 2026-07-07T22:57:01+00:00
    • Job Shift : Day Shift
    • Locations : Bakersfield, CA, United States
    • Assignment Category : Full-time regular
    • Pay Range : The estimated base pay for this position is $85,336 to $128,004. Additional individual compensation may be available for this role through differentials, extra shift incentives, bonuses, etc. Base pay is only a portion of the total rewards package, and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions. Please contact our Talent Acquisition team for more information.
    • Hiring Department : Hospital Administration
    • Shift Length : 8 Hours