Senior Epic Lab/Pharmacy Relocation Project Manager (Epic Beaker/Willow)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA (Hybrid - 3 days onsite as required)
Duration: 6 Months Contract (High possibility of extension through Fall 2028)
Schedule: Monday-Friday, Day Shift
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Epic Applications Project Manager to lead the application planning, implementation, and activation activities supporting a major laboratory and pharmacy centralization initiative. This is not a construction project management role. The focus is on Epic application implementation, healthcare technology integration, operational readiness, workflow redesign, and relocation of clinical operations.
The Project Manager will lead enterprise-wide initiatives involving Epic Beaker (Laboratory) or Epic Willow (Pharmacy), collaborating with executive leadership, clinical operations, Health IT, vendors, and technical teams to ensure a successful transition into a new centralized healthcare facility.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end project planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery.
- Manage Epic Beaker or Epic Willow implementation, optimization, and activation activities.
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including clinical operations, IT, laboratory, pharmacy, vendors, and executive stakeholders.
- Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue resolution.
- Manage operational readiness, workflow redesign, and change management initiatives.
- Ensure successful technology integration including laboratory systems, interfaces, automation, and supporting infrastructure.
- Facilitate executive steering committee meetings and project governance.
- Track project metrics, milestones, deliverables, and financial performance.
- Lead vendor coordination and third-party implementation activities.
- Support relocation planning and go-live readiness.
- Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and organizational standards.
Required Qualifications
- 5-8+ years of Project Management experience.
- Minimum 2 years managing Healthcare IT projects.
- Strong experience managing Epic implementations.
- Hands-on experience with:
- Epic Beaker (Lab) or
- Epic Willow (Pharmacy)
- Experience leading enterprise technology initiatives.
- Proven expertise in project planning, budgeting, scheduling, and resource management.
- Strong stakeholder and executive communication skills.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical teams.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.