IT Program Director

Overview

Remote
On Site
USD 56.83 - 82.40 per hour
Full Time

Skills

Innovation
Health Care
Workflow
Performance Management
Preventive Maintenance
Accountability
Pure Data
Demand Management
Roadmaps
Professional Services
Offshoring
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
Waterfall
Reporting
Project Delivery
Accounting
Budget
Purchasing
Finance
Project Management
Leadership
Management
Recruiting
Healthcare Information Technology
PMP

Job Details

Overview

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation's largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.

Responsibilities

This is a remote position.

Job Summary

The Program Director will lead and oversee large scale, high complexity programs and projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong knowledge of workflows, implementation methodology, in-depth PM philosophy and skills and a full large scale implementation under their belt. Large scale implementations include but are not limited to key organizational initiatives like the Growth Portfolio, enterprise wide programs such as EHR implementations, Application Rationalization, and other high complexity implementations. The Program Director (PD) is accountable for meeting defined program and project objectives. They are responsible for overseeing multi-million dollar program budgets, managing a large roster of matrix resources, partnering and influencing executive level stakeholders, and balancing competing organizational priorities. The PD plays an active role in making decisions involving processes and structures to support enterprise wide change. The PD must have the ability to manage business sponsor relationships and navigate the political landscape. They will oversee large programs and, at times, be simultaneously assigned to multiple projects.

Essential Functions
  • Facilitates demand management practices to balance capacity with demand in support of the rolling program delivery process.
  • Owns program delivery roadmap and schedule, including critical milestones.
  • Finds creative solutions to maximize resource capacity including employees, contractors, professional services, and onshore/nearshore/offshore resources.
  • Drives excellence and best practices in multi-delivery methodologies (e.g., Agile, scrum, Kanban, waterfall, etc.). Adept at implementing appropriate methodology that is best suited to the program characteristics.
  • Owns the consolidated high-level tracking/reporting of the end-to-end investment portfolio from intake/discovery, governance, and project delivery for the committee
  • Understanding of Finance and Accounting principles in relation to project budgets, purchasing and analysis of financial results

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

  • Bachelors or equivalent work experience
  • 10+ years of program and project management experience
  • Previous experience in Healthcare IT
  • Leadership experience managing cross functional teams. Capable of building strong relationships and collaborating with executive level stakeholders and business partners
  • Experience leading large programs, spanning multiple years, that include several interconnected projects that holistically deliver a set of program objectives
  • Experience leading programs/projects greater than $50M and staffing of 100+ resources
  • Previous experience in Healthcare IT
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred
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