Project Manager - Physician Wellness

About the Role

As Project Manager - Physician Wellness, you’ll organize and manage broad-based departmental initiatives from planning through implementation. You’ll partner with stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within scope and budget, while supporting clear communication, effective decision-making, and continuous improvement. The Project Manager for Physician Wellness advances clinician well-being through coordinated, data-driven initiatives aligned with the AMA Joy in Medicine framework. This role partners with Human Resources and Quality & Safety to support assessment, implementation, and continuous improvement of wellness strategies that reduce burnout, strengthen engagement, and promote an efficient practice environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement physician wellness initiatives aligned with organizational strategy and AMA domains as identified by TCPO Wellness & Engagement Council
• Manage projects, timelines, and deliverables across multiple initiatives as directed by the TCPO Wellness & Engagement Council
li>Collaborate across various wellbeing committees, structures, and forums for trust building, information sharing, enabling teamwork, and transparency
• Serve as a trusted resource to clinicians regarding wellness programs and services
• Promote engagement and awareness of support resources in collaboration with system HR programs and initiatives
• Support data collection, reporting, and continuous improvement efforts
• Administer and maintain records that emerge from the TCPO Wellness & Engagement Council (including but not limited to minutes, notes, coordination of meetings, related forums)
• Act as content coordinator for the production and distribution of a wellness newsletter
• Develop, maintain, and administer detailed project plans that identify activities, tasks, risks, issues, resource requirements, and implementation timelines
• Provide regular project-status reports and ensure project documentation is complete, accurate, timely, and aligned with established standards
• Facilitate project meetings and communicate effectively with team members, internal and external customers, leadership, and technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Assess project scope, duration, complexity, and priorities to determine staffing and resource needs
• Establish project governance and lead steering committee and work-team meetings
• Manage project scope, cost, timelines, risks, dependencies, and project metrics
• Plan and execute transitions of system responsibilities to support staff and leaders at project completion
• Obtain, validate, analyze, and manage data from internal and external sources to support informed decision-making and reporting needs
• Evaluate current practices, workflows, user needs, systems, and potential solutions to identify process improvements
• Analyze project impacts and dependencies across departments and recommend modifications to processes or system designs
• Conduct literature, benchmark, and best-practice research to inform project planning and improvement efforts
• Represent the department on designated committees and task forces and resolve project-related concerns through effective facilitation and communication
• Build productive stakeholder relationships, identify problems promptly, and escalate concerns to leadership when appropriate
• Prepare baseline project metrics and recommend appropriate measurement, validation, and sample-size methods

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, finance, business administration, biology, or another business, health care, or science-related field required
• Four years of business, project, finance, or health care experience required
• Master’s degree in computer science, finance, business administration, biology, or another business, health care, or science-related field may substitute for two years of required experience
• 3–5 years of experience in HR, healthcare operations, or program coordination is highly preferred
• Proficient in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams) highly preferred
• Healthcare or physician-facing experience preferred

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education, and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees, and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families.

We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world.

Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse, and successful pediatric programs in the nation. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other protected Federal, State/Province, or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.