CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

While you're busy impacting the healthcare industry, we'll take care of you with benefits that include: Medical/Dental/Vision, FSA, Dependent Care Spending Account, Life Insurance, Short and Long-term Disability, 401k match, Paid Time Off, Wellness Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Accidental Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Employee Assistance Program, and more!

This is a remote position.

Job Summary / Purpose

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.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent work experience.
• 10 years of program and project management experience. Leadership experience managing cross functional teams. Capable of building strong relationships and collaborating with executive level stakeholders and business partners.
• Completed at least one full implementation from start to finish as a Program Director/Program Leader.
• 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 required
• Previous experience in Healthcare IT required 
• Significant experience using and optimizing Project Management tools i.e. Planview, MS Project, ServiceNow required 
• Experience in implementing, monitoring and optimizing project management methodology required.
• Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification preferred.
• Experience in vendor negotiations.
• Experience managing, leading and coaching project leaders and staff