Senior IT Project Manager - Remote

Community Health Systems is one of the nation's leading healthcare providers. The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end planning and execution of multiple complex, high-impact projects across the organization, ensuring alignment with business objectives and effective communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the full lifecycle of large-scale, cross-functional, or strategically significant projects from initiation through closure
• Collaborates with business units and functional teams to define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria
• Manages detailed project plans, allocates resources, tracks milestones, and drives execution to ensure alignment with goals and deadlines
• Identifies and mitigates project risks and issues, escalating as needed to maintain project progress
• Serves as the primary liaison for project updates, communicating progress, risks, and decisions to sponsors and senior leadership
• Oversees the preparation of project documentation, including charters, reports, schedules, and communication plans
• Ensures adherence to project management standards, methodologies, and governance frameworks
• Provides mentorship and guidance, fostering professional growth and performance
• Drives continuous improvement by recommending and implementing enhancements to tools, templates, and delivery processes
• Manages change control processes and evaluates the organizational impact of proposed changes
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance
• Complies with all policies and standards

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Healthcare Administration, or a related field required
• 5-7 years of experience managing projects of increasing complexity required
• Expert knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and lifecycle frameworks (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
• Proficient in project portfolio tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar
• Exceptional problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills
• Skilled in facilitating collaboration across diverse teams and stakeholder groups
• Strong communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging to executives, sponsors, and technical teams
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and mentoring capabilities
• Proactive and solution-oriented with strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing project portfolios or enterprise-wide initiatives preferred
• Prior experience in healthcare, operations, or IT project environments preferred
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI preferred