Director, Project Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the delivery for a substantial array of intricate, cross-functional, system-wide projects.

• Ensure that portfolio and project results align with the enterprise strategy.

• Supervise delivery across various domains, including technology, clinical, operational, and construction.

• Manage the health of the portfolio, its financial performance, and resource strategy.

• Monitor and intervene as necessary to maintain portfolio health, including schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.

• Lead governance at the portfolio level and oversee executive reporting.

• Drive the prioritization and sequencing of work initiatives.

• Oversee procurement activities throughout the portfolio.

• Ensure uniform development of SOW and vendor engagement practices.

• Provide strategic guidance on handling complex vendor relationships.

• Establish enterprise-wide standards for project procurement and vendor management.

• Align project procurement strategies with organizational priorities.

• Optimize vendor ecosystems and foster strategic partnerships.

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate project managers and coordinators.

• Manage performance assessments, career development, and succession planning.

• Align team capabilities with the needs of the portfolio.

• Develop and execute strategies to nurture project management leaders.

• Build system-wide competencies in project and portfolio management.

• Establish PMO operating models, governance, and standards.

• Ensure compliance with PMO methodologies and standards.

• Develop and implement strategies and methodologies for quantitative analysis to assess project health, manage portfolio risks, and aid executive governance and prioritization decisions.

• Promote continuous improvement and enhance the maturity of standards, tools, and practices.

• Collaborate with senior and executive stakeholders, including CMO, CFO, and VP roles.

• Define and execute strategic priorities in collaboration with executive leadership.

• Act as an escalation point for delivery-related challenges.

• Facilitate cross-functional alignment and enterprise decision-making.

• Lead project and portfolio management in a highly complex health system environment, encompassing technology implementations, clinical workflow, strategy and transformation, business and operational redesign, facilities/capital/construction, mergers and acquisitions, and multi-vendor delivery models.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is required; a Master’s degree is strongly preferred.

• PMP or equivalent certification is mandatory.

• A minimum of 12 years of project/program management experience is necessary.

• Prior experience in people leadership is preferred.

• Experience in large, matrixed organizations is preferred.

• Candidates should reside in the Eastern or Central time zone.

• Possess strategic leadership abilities and enterprise-level thinking.

• Demonstrate executive influence and partnership experience (e.g., VP, CFO, CNO).

• Experience with portfolio governance and prioritization.

• Strong background in organizational change leadership.

• Advanced financial and operational acumen is essential.

• Proven track record in leadership and team development.

• Strong strategic thinking and decision-making skills.

• Advanced capabilities in risk and dependency management.

• Excellent data management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Possess an outcome-driven delivery mindset.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits.

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Work-life balance initiatives.

• Supportive and inclusive work environment.