Project Manager

Project Manager Healthcare IT

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Healthcare IT Project Manager with hands-on experience leading projects in environments similar to healthcare -including medical supply chain, pharmacy operations, regulatory compliance, commercialization, and healthcare data systems. The ideal candidate will have strong project planning, cross-functional leadership, vendor coordination, and governance experience

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery across healthcare IT initiatives (supply chain systems, data migrations, integrations, compliance programs, etc.).
• Manage project scope, budget, timelines, risks, and resource allocation in alignment with healthcare PMO standards.
• Facilitate collaboration between business stakeholders, technical teams, QA, security, and external vendors.
• Drive project execution using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies depending on business needs.
• Coordinate with data, infrastructure, and application teams for environment readiness, deployment planning, and release management.
• Prepare detailed project documentation, weekly status updates, dashboards, RAID logs, and executive summaries.
• Ensure projects comply with healthcare regulations (HIPAA, FDA/UDI, SOX, GxP).
• Support testing phases (SIT/UAT), validation cycles, and production go-live activities.
• Present project updates to leadership committees and ensure alignment with healthcare governance models.
• Drive issue resolution and escalations from initiation to closure.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8 12 years of Project Management experience, preferably in healthcare IT or life sciences.
• Experience working with Cardinal Health, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, or similar medical supply chain organizations.
• Strong familiarity with:
  • Healthcare data systems
  • Supply chain and inventory workflows
  • Data migration & integration projects
  • Regulatory and compliance initiatives
• Strong understanding of cloud ecosystems (AWS/Azure) and data platforms.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• PMP, CSM or SAFe certification preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Projects involving Healthcare applications:
  SAP, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Oracle, EDI feeds, Pharmacy operations, Order Management, Regulatory systems.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and implementation partners.
• Experience with change management within large enterprise healthcare programs.

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