Senior EHR Project Manager

Role Description

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.

• Responsible for the technical aspects of project management and coordination with departmental and cross-functional teams.
• Possesses comprehensive knowledge of all phases of the EHR system, deployments, and ongoing support.
• 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

• Coordinate efforts among multiple stakeholders, managing expectations of hospital executives and physicians.
• Collaborate with local medical staff (nurses and technicians) and engage local technical resources (systems analysts and programmers).
• Work closely with vendor support teams.
• Lead the full lifecycle of large-scale, cross-functional, or strategically significant projects from initiation through closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria in collaboration with business units and functional teams.
• Manage detailed project plans, allocate resources, track milestones, and drive execution to ensure alignment with goals and deadlines.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and issues, escalating as needed to maintain project progress.
• Serve as the primary liaison for project updates, communicating progress, risks, and decisions to sponsors and senior leadership.
• Oversee the preparation of project documentation, including charters, reports, schedules, and communication plans.
• Ensure adherence to project management standards, methodologies, and governance frameworks.
• Provide mentorship and guidance, fostering professional growth and performance.
• Drive continuous improvement by recommending and implementing enhancements to tools, templates, and delivery processes.
• Manage change control processes and evaluate the organizational impact of proposed changes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Comply 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.

Company Description

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.