Our Benefits:
As a Senior Project Manager at Community Health Systems (CHS) – Shared Business Operations, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our purpose to help people get well and live healthier by providing safe, quality healthcare, building enduring relationships with our patients, and providing value for the people and communities we serve. Our team members enjoy a robust benefits package including:
- Competitive compensation
- Paid time off for vacations, holidays, and illness
- Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Education support and student loan assistance
- Life and disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
Job Summary
The Senior Project Manager, independently manages multiple projects involving Oracle Health EHR, information systems, and database management. This role requires experience with multi-facility design, planning, execution, and oversight of complex initiatives.
The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the technical aspects of project management and will coordinate with departmental and cross-functional teams to deliver expert-level customer support. They must possess comprehensive knowledge of all phases of the EHR system, deployments, and ongoing support.
The ideal candidate is confident in leading projects, managing vendor resources, and ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery. Strong communication skills and adherence to corporate and departmental policies are essential.
Essential Functions
- This role requires a strong team leader who can coordinate efforts among multiple stakeholders. Successful implementation involves managing expectations of hospital executives and physicians, collaborating with local medical staff (nurses and technicians), engaging local technical resources (systems analysts and programmers), and working closely with vendor support teams.
- 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.
- This is a fully remote opportunity
Qualifications
- 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
Preferences
- Minimum of 5 years of dedicated experience with Acute Facility EHR Implementation preferred
- Oracle Health EHR platform expertise preferred
- Proven multi-facility design, planning, and execution background in a hospital setting.
- Comprehensive structural knowledge of all phases of the EHR deployment lifecycle and ongoing support preferred
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing project portfolios or enterprise-wide initiatives preferred
- Expert-level proficiency across the full Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel,
- PowerPoint, Access, and Microsoft Project) preferred
- 3 years of experience utilizing Smartsheet for project tracking and centralization (preferred)
- Prior experience in healthcare, operations, or IT project environments preferred
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- 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.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer.
We know it’s not just about finding a job. It’s about finding a place where you are respected, valued and where your work is purposeful and fulfilling. A place where your talent is recognized, professional development is encouraged and career advancement is possible.
Community Health Systems is one of the nation's leading healthcare providers. With healthcare delivery systems in 36 distinct markets across 14 states, CHS operates 69 affiliated hospitals with more than 10,000 beds and approximately 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, imaging centers, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgery centers.
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