What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at St Lukes Health System (Boise ID)?
Overview
Position Summary:
We are seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead and coordinate complex, multi-year transformation efforts under the Enhanced Care (EC) initiative. This role is central to advancing St. Luke’s strategic goals in value-based care, workforce sustainability, and expanded access to high-quality primary and specialty care.
The Project Manager will oversee planning, execution, and stakeholder alignment across multiple workstreams. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership, communication, and change management capabilities.
- Lead cross-functional teams through all phases of EC project lifecycle, from intake to execution and evaluation.
- Translate strategic goals into actionable project plans with clear milestones, deliverables, and success metrics.
- Facilitate alignment across EC governance groups, including Steering Committees, Workgroups, and Executive Sponsors.
- Manage dependencies across clinic transformation efforts, including scheduling template redesign, workflow standardization, and Epic build coordination.
- Partner with analytics and digital teams to support care plan implementation and performance reporting.
- Oversee change management and communication strategies to minimize change fatigue and ensure stakeholder engagement.
- Provide mentorship and oversight to junior project managers and analysts supporting EC workstreams.
- Ensure timely reporting to executive sponsors and contribute to enterprise-level planning and prioritization.
Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in project management, preferably in healthcare or large-scale transformation initiatives.
- Process/Performance Improvement experience in complex, integrated systems
- Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder projects with strategic impact.
- Strong understanding of care delivery models, clinic operations, and digital health tools.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Power BI, and collaboration tools (Teams, SharePoint).
Responsibilities
- Utilizes SLHS-standard project management processes and methodologies to ensure projects and programs are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high-quality standards and meet customer expectations.
- Develops and actively maintains larger-scale complex strategic and tactical projects, plans, programs, budgets, schedules, KPI’s/ metrics, and appropriate controlling artifacts to ensure progress reporting and communication meet stakeholder expectations.
- Defines project/program scope, objectives, and governance structure; identifies, quantifies, gains approval for and communicates scope, schedule and budget.
- Takes projects and programs from original concept through final implementation.
- Assembles large cross functional, multi-application project teams, and manages project performance; applies resource analysis/allocation and provides technical and analytical guidance to ensure project team is operating efficiently on a daily basis.
- Partners with business or operational sponsors and executive sponsors to lead projects and programs and on decisions of all aspects of planning, delivery and close for projects/subprojects.
- Manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables.
- Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking, analysis and reporting status to project/program stakeholders; complies, and works cooperatively with the EPMO to support an environment of continuous improvement through a standardized project deployment approach.
- Implements effective project/program communications and effective change management through project/program lifecycle.
- Possesses comprehensive knowledge field policies, procedures, and practices, including PMI and Lean project methodology.
- Mentors and coaches other project managers and members of other project teams.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's degree or experience in lieu of degree.
- Experience: 4 years relevant experience
- Licenses/Certifications: None
What’s in it for you
At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.
St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.
*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.
