Senior IT Project Manager - Remote
Community Health SystemsAbout the role
Our Benefits:
Our team members enjoy a robust benefits package including:
- Competitive compensation
- Paid time off for vacations, holidays, and illness
- Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Education support and student loan assistance
- Life and disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
Job Summary
The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end planning and execution of multiple complex, high-impact projects across the organization. This role acts as the primary point of accountability for achieving project outcomes, ensuring work is completed on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives. The Senior IT Project Manager partners with cross-functional stakeholders, drives effective communication, mitigates risk, and supports the advancement of project management capabilities by mentoring junior staff and promoting best practices.
Essential Functions
- Leads the full lifecycle of large-scale, cross-functional, or strategically significant projects from initiation through closure.
- Collaborates with business units and functional teams to define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
- Manages detailed project plans, allocates resources, tracks milestones, and drives execution to ensure alignment with goals and deadlines.
- Identifies and mitigates project risks and issues, escalating as needed to maintain project progress.
- Serves as the primary liaison for project updates, communicating progress, risks, and decisions to sponsors and senior leadership.
- Oversees the preparation of project documentation, including charters, reports, schedules, and communication plans.
- Ensures adherence to project management standards, methodologies, and governance frameworks.
- Provides mentorship and guidance, fostering professional growth and performance.
- Drives continuous improvement by recommending and implementing enhancements to tools, templates, and delivery processes.
- Manages change control processes and evaluates the organizational impact of proposed changes.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Healthcare Administration, or a related field required
- 5-7 years of experience managing projects of increasing complexity required
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing project portfolios or enterprise-wide initiatives preferred
- Prior experience in healthcare, operations, or IT project environments 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.
- Exc
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