Project Manager
MPOWERHealth · Addison, TX · 3 wk ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
About the role
Project Manager responsible for leading projects across our EMR and clinical applications ecosystem, coordinating work between clinical operations, IT, Data, Revenue Cycle, and external vendors to implement, improve, and standardize systems that support clinicians and back‑office teams. This is a hands‑on delivery role owning timelines, organizing stakeholders, and driving projects from idea through go‑live and stabilization.
Responsibilities
- Lead EMR and clinical application projects from intake and discovery through go‑live and post‑implementation support.
- Collaborate with clinical and operational leaders to understand workflows, pain points, and desired outcomes; translate needs into requirements, test plans, implementation plans, and training support.
- Coordinate data migration, integrations, environment setup, and testing with IT, data, and vendor teams.
- Plan and support go‑live readiness, including cutover planning, communication, training coordination, and hypercare.
- Support integration and standardization efforts following acquisitions and new market launches.
- Support data mapping between source and target systems; partner with data teams and vendors to validate file layouts, key fields, and basic data quality.
- Partner interdepartmentally to define project scope, success criteria, timelines, and resourcing; document workflows, requirements, test plans, and lessons learned.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget using best practices; manage scope and change control, assess impacts, and secure approvals.
- Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date information in project management tools for all assigned projects.
- Serve as day‑to‑day project lead with EMR and clinical application vendors: clarify requirements, manage timelines, facilitate demos/UAT, and escalate issues.
- Facilitate prioritization of change requests with clinical, operational, and executive stakeholders; translate technical details into concise updates for non‑technical leaders.
- Build strong working relationships with clinicians, clinical operations, IT, revenue cycle, and external partners to drive alignment and adoption.
- Identify process gaps and recommend improvements to intake, prioritization, and execution of EMR/clinical application projects; capture lessons learned and incorporate into future work.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
- Minimum 3–5 years of project management experience.
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and quality expectations.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
- Excellent communication and organizational abilities.
- Proficiency in project management software and tools.
- Comfortable working in a lean environment with ability to move fluidly between higher‑level planning and detailed execution.
Preferred Skills
- Prior experience leading EMR/EHR projects.
- Familiarity with healthcare regulations and concepts (HIPAA, PHI, clinical documentation, revenue cycle basics).
- Experience with integrations between EMR/clinical systems and other business applications.
- Experience with data mapping between systems and reviewing data dictionaries/file layouts.
- Ability to write or interpret basic SQL queries (e.g., to validate records, counts, or simple joins).
- Project management certification (e.g., PMP, CAPM, CSM, PMI‑ACP) – a plus.
Schedule
Hybrid position based in Dallas; required to be in‑person.