Community Health Systems (CHS) is one of the nation's leading healthcare providers, operating numerous hospitals and care sites across the United States. The Senior Project Manager, Healthcare Integrations is responsible for leading high-impact initiatives, particularly focusing on artificial intelligence and automation projects, while managing the clinical application lifecycle and coordinating vendor engagements.
Responsibilities:
- Leads the full lifecycle of large-scale, cross-functional, or strategically significant projects from initiation through closure
- Works with the Technical Team for VM provisioning, firewall configuration, remote access setup, IP whitelisting, service account provisioning, EMR access, CDW data alignment, and integration
- Tracks the budget and POs and ensures Change Management is implemented when needed
- 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
- Adheres to the PMO policies and procedures as outlined by CHS
- 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
- A combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- 5-7 years of experience managing projects of increasing complexity required
- 7 years of Technical Project Management experience highly preferred
- Prior experience managing technical healthcare projects highly preferred
- Prior experience with vendor management highly preferred
- Prior experience working with clinical data and operations highly preferred
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing project portfolios or enterprise-wide initiatives highly preferred
- Experience working with Cerner, Med host and Athena applications highly preferred
- Prior experience in understanding of data flow, application integration, automation and end-to-end workflow processes highly preferred
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI highly preferred
- Prior experience utilizing Smart Sheets preferred
- An understanding of HL7 messages and data integration within clinical applications preferred