PetVet Care Centers is dedicated to improving the lives of animals and people through exceptional care. The IT Support & Project Manager is responsible for overseeing IT support operations and leading strategic technology initiatives to enhance hospital performance and growth.
Responsibilities:
- Lead day-to-day IT support services for full enterprise
- Supervise and develop IT support staff, including performance management and coaching
- Establish service level expectations and monitor KPI performance (response time, resolution time, customer satisfaction)
- Manage escalation processes and critical incident response
- Coordinate third-party vendors and managed service providers
- Drive standardization of support workflows and documentation
- Lead enterprise and divisional technology initiatives from planning through deployment
- Develop detailed project charters, timelines, budgets, and communication plans
- Manage system implementations, integrations, infrastructure upgrades, and acquisitions onboarding
- Facilitate stakeholder alignment and executive-level reporting
- Identify risks and proactively manage mitigation strategies
- Oversee change management and user adoption strategies
- Partner with the CIO on divisional IT strategy and roadmap alignment
- Assist in budget planning and cost control for IT initiatives
- Identify opportunities for automation, process optimization, and operational efficiencies
- Develop dashboards and executive reporting for IT performance and project tracking
- Ensure scalable systems that support growth and acquisition activity
- Lead people, not just processes
- Build accountability structures within the support team
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Influence hospital leadership without direct authority
- Balance service responsiveness with long-term strategic execution
- Operate independently with regular executive-level communication
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of progressive IT leadership experience
- 3+ years managing IT support teams and service operations
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional technology projects
- Strong financial and operational acumen
- Experience supporting multi-site healthcare or veterinary organizations
- Familiarity with veterinary PIMS and imaging systems
- Experience supporting acquisition integration