Job Description
Project Manager
locationsUS Remote
time typeFull time
job requisition id
REQ-1725
Join one of the nation’s leading and most impactful health care performance improvement companies. Over the years, Health Catalyst has achieved and documented clinical, operational, and financial improvements for many of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations. We are also increasingly serving international markets. Our mission is to be the catalyst for massive, measurable, data-informed healthcare improvement through:
- Data: integrate data in a flexible, open & scalable platform to power healthcare’s digital transformation
- Analytics: deliver analytic applications & services that generate insight on how to measurably improve
- Expertise: provide clinical, financial & operational experts who enable & accelerate improvement
- Engagement: attract, develop and retain world-class team members by being a best place to work
Role: Project Manager
Team: Professional Services
Location: US Remote
Travel: <10%, US
Be a part of our World-Class Team:
The Project Manager provides a consistent, effective operating structure for implementation projects through sound IT investment analysis, project management methodology, effective project resource allocation, and consolidated project performance reporting.
What you’ll own:
- Manages the day-to-day activities of one complex project (cost of $1 million or more) or multiple business-sponsored projects (each with project cost of less than $1 million) to deliver tasks on time, within budget, and within scope.
- Responsible for the success of the project(s).
- Fundamental Components & Physical Requirements include but are not limited to:
- Responsible for managing, directing and planning one complex or multiple less complex projects.
- Ability to communicate and effectively negotiate with immediate manager(s), peers, and client partners with a high level of confidence and composure.
- Guides a matrixed project team in executing assigned tasks and coordinating the efforts of internal and external project team members.
- Ensures that project team members complete tasks and deliverables on time and within budget, and that the project delivers promised business functionality.
- Identifies and capitalizes on interdependencies within the project to ensure end-to-end synergy during all phases of the project life cycle.
- Develops and manages all key project governance documents, such as but not limited to the Project Charter, Project Plan, Communications Plan, and Risk Mitigation Strategy
- Manages the project budget, and reports project cost information in an accurate and timely manner.
- Proactively identifies additional cost-savings to reduce overall project expenditures
- Manages the effective utilization of resources assigned to the project team, and proactively communicates resource capacity and shortages to the respective organization leads.
- Coordinates engagement of subject matter experts in the business segment to assist in the identification, validation, and resolution of business system needs.
- Acts as the liaison between project team members and Client Success Leads to ensure that expectations and objectives are clearly understood by all parties, and to communicate project information including the status of deliverables, scope changes, and issues.
- Proactively evaluates project activities, builds contingency plans, executes corrective action, and monitors issue resolution to mitigate risks such as scope and/or budget variances.
- Manages the scope of the project, and ensures that scope changes are reviewed and approved by the Finance and Business Sponsor where appropriate
- Evaluates project activities utilizing quality measurements and monitoring mechanisms to ensure that deliverables meet or exceed expectations and integrate with overall project effort.
- Monitors and reports tangible and intangible benefits.
- Provides management with team and individual performance feedback.
- Adheres to existing project management methodology by leveraging and promoting the use of existing tools, capturing best practices, identifying areas for process improvement, and the associated implementation.
- Monitors and holds project resources accountable for meeting performance metrics.
- Creates and maintains a highly collaborative PM community of practice that drives and implements continuous improvements which result in IT and Business Return on Investment.
- Partners and collaborates with the Business in building a strong foundational knowledge of the Business processes to deliver the appropriate Business solution.
- Prepares and delivers professional presentations to management and business.
- Exhibits the following Project Manager Behaviors: Organization, Accountability, Collaboration, Relationship Management, Time Management, Risk Management and Mitigation
Background/Experience Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree from accredited higher education institution or equivalent experience
- Project Management Institute (PMI) certification, Lean Six Sigma, Scrum Master, Scrum Product Owner, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this job function. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, and indeed additional responsibilities may be assigned by Health Catalyst.
Studies show that candidates from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for roles if they don’t have 100% of the qualifications shown in the job posting. While each of our roles have core requirements, please thoughtfully consider your skills and experience and decide if you are interested in the position. If you feel you may be a good fit for the role, even if you don’t meet all of the qualifications, we hope you will apply. If you feel you are lacking the core requirements for this position, we encourage you to continue exploring our careers page for other roles for which you may be a better fit.
At Health Catalyst, we appreciate the opportunity to benefit from the diverse backgrounds and experiences of others. Because of our deep commitment to respect every individual, Health Catalyst is an equal opportunity employer.