Epic Program Manager

The Epic Program Manager provides enterprise-level leadership for complex healthcare technology initiatives with a primary focus on Epic EHR implementations, optimizations, and regulatory programs. This role owns a diverse portfolio of high-visibility projects impacting clinical, operational, compliance, and executive priorities. The Program Manager operates as a strategic integrator across stakeholders, ensuring initiatives are delivered safely, compliantly, and on schedule while navigating organizational complexity, competing priorities, and regulatory mandates. Success requires advanced Epic program experience, executive communication capability, strong healthcare domain knowledge, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in politically sensitive environments. ?

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership
Lead enterprise Epic initiatives spanning multiple modules and departments
Oversee regulatory and compliance-driven healthcare technology programs
Manage cross-functional portfolios with significant operational impact

Stakeholder & Executive Engagement
Serve as primary escalation and coordination point for senior leadership
Develop executive dashboards, strategic briefings, and decision materials
Facilitate alignment across clinical, operational, and IT stakeholders

Delivery & Governance
Own program planning, resource coordination, risk mitigation, and delivery oversight
Implement structured governance frameworks for large healthcare initiatives
Ensure vendor and partner coordination aligns with enterprise priorities

Organizational Navigation
Resolve complex stakeholder conflicts
Manage politically sensitive initiatives
Drive consensus across competing enterprise interests

Core Competencies
Executive presence and communication
Strategic planning and escalation management
Healthcare regulatory awareness
Complex stakeholder management
Organizational political intelligence
Risk anticipation and mitigation
Cross-functional leadership

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
5+ years healthcare IT project/program leadership
Demonstrated Epic implementation or optimization leadership
Experience managing multi-workstream enterprise programs
Executive communication and reporting expertise
Proven success delivering high-risk regulatory or compliance initiatives

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Epic certification or advanced Epic platform experience
PMP or equivalent program leadership certification
Lean/Six Sigma experience
ServiceNow or enterprise workflow platform familiarity

Required Screening
Healthcare IT environment experience
Epic implementation/optimization leadership
Multi-project or program portfolio ownership
Executive stakeholder interaction
Regulatory/compliance project exposure

Preferred Screening
Epic certification or advanced Epic workflow knowledge
PMP or Lean certification
Vendor coordination experience

Automatic Disqualifiers
Only non-healthcare PM experience
No Epic exposure
Only small-scale project ownership
No executive reporting responsibility

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Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No