Project Manager – Digital Pathology Implementation

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead the end-to-end Digital Pathology implementation, from planning and requirements through testing, go-live, and stabilization. 

• Develop and maintain the integrated project plan, milestones, dependencies, RAID log, resource plan, and implementation schedule. 

• Coordinate activities across Pathology, Laboratory Operations, Clinical IT, Infrastructure, Security, Networking, Integration, and application teams. 

• Partner with digital pathology technology and implementation vendors to manage deliverables, timelines, issues, and dependencies. 

• Coordinate integration of the digital pathology platform with relevant LIS, EHR/Epic, PACS/VNA, image management, identity and access, and downstream clinical systems, as applicable. 

• Manage infrastructure readiness for whole-slide imaging, including scanners, diagnostic workstations and displays, storage, network capacity, interfaces, and production environments. 

• Coordinate requirements gathering and workflow design with pathologists, laboratory leadership, technologists, and clinical stakeholders. 

• Drive interface and integration testing, system testing, workflow validation, UAT, defect management, and go-live readiness. 

• Establish governance, status reporting, decision logs, escalation processes, and executive-level reporting. 

• Proactively identify project risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and implementation issues and drive mitigation plans. 

• Coordinate training, change management, communications, operational readiness, and adoption activities with business and clinical teams. 

• Develop cutover and go-live plans, including command-center support, issue triage, escalation, and post-production stabilization. 

• Ensure implementation activities align with organizational privacy, security, compliance, access, and healthcare operational requirements. 

• Manage multiple workstreams and ensure clear ownership, accountability, and timely resolution of cross-functional dependencies. 

• Track project KPIs, milestones, budget and resource utilization, risks, and overall delivery health for leadership. 

Required Qualifications 

• 7+ years of project management experience, preferably within healthcare IT or clinical technology programs. 

• 3+ years of experience managing healthcare application or clinical system implementations. 

• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional implementations involving clinical, technical, infrastructure, and vendor teams. 

• Strong understanding of the healthcare application implementation lifecycle, including requirements, design, integration, testing, deployment, and stabilization. 

• Experience with Digital Pathology, Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), pathology workflows, imaging solutions, or related clinical technologies strongly preferred. 

• Understanding of healthcare integration concepts such as HL7, interfaces, Epic integration, image management, and clinical workflows. 

• Strong experience with project planning, RAID management, dependency management, change control, stakeholder communication, and executive reporting. 

• Experience coordinating third-party product or vendor implementations. 

• Ability to work effectively with physicians, pathologists, laboratory teams, technical SMEs, vendors, and senior leadership. 

• Excellent communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and organizational skills. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Prior Digital Pathology or Whole Slide Imaging implementation experience. 

• Experience working with pathology or laboratory platforms and workflows. 

• Experience with Epic and/or LIS integration projects. 

• Familiarity with Digital Pathology platforms or vendors such as Philips, Leica/Aperio, Sectra, Hamamatsu, or Proscia. 

• Experience managing clinical system go-lives in a large hospital or academic healthcare environment. 

• Knowledge of healthcare privacy, security, regulatory, and clinical validation requirements. 

• PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent project/program management certification preferred.