Summary: Under the general direction of the Director of Information Technology, the IT Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning, implementation, and maintenance of  information technology projects  at a healthcare facility. This role will work closely with executive leadership to align IT strategies with the organization's clinical, operational, and regulatory objectives, ensuring the smooth delivery of patient care and compliance with healthcare standards.

Duties: 

•  Strategic Planning: Develop and implement IT strategies that support the organization's overall business goals.
•  Infrastructure Management: Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of the organization's IT infrastructure, including hardware, software, networks, and security systems.
•  Team Management: Lead a team of multidisciplinary professionals, including clinicians, financial, IT professionals, MSPs, VARS, vendor specific support engineers, systems administrators.
•  Budget Management: Develop, Review and manage  IT project budgets, ensuring that resources are allocated effectively and efficiently.
•  Vendor Management: Negotiate and manage contracts with IT vendors and service providers.
•  Project Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and completion of IT projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the desired quality standards.
•  Security Management: Develop and implement security policies and procedures to protect the organization's IT systems and data from threats.
•  Compliance: Ensure that the organization's IT projects and practices comply with relevant industry standards and regulations.
•  Direct experience working  with Physcians/Providers , Fiscal Services, and Technical Stakeholders. 
•  Problem Solving: Identify and resolve IT-related issues in a timely and effective manner.                                                                                                     •  Schedule and conduct weekly status review meetings to address the progress, accomplishments, work planned, and problems encountered for all tasks and subtasks
•  Review contractual requirements with project team, key stakeholders, and other shareholders
•  Develop weekly reports on the progress of project status deliverables. Status reporting shall focus on service levels, significant events and open action items requiring immediate attention, project issues, staffing issues and budget
•  Develop a monthly report of the status of quality assurance, configuration management, and security management applied to the contract
•  Maintain knowledge of all tasks and subtasks to a detailed level that will allow proper management of staffing resources to meet deliverables within agreed timeframe
•  Implement a communications plan across task/subtasks that will reduce duplicative work and ensure consistent implementation of data standards and application development methods
•  Inform key stakeholders of project issues identified that may negatively affect the successful completion of required deliverables
• Participate in weekly team meetings with agency leaders and contract staff to provide updates on system development, documentation, training, and technical assistance activities

Required: 

•  Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare Informatics or a related field.
•  Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, including hardware, software, networking, and security.
•  Proven experience managing IT projects and budgets.
•  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
•  Five plus years of result-oriented project management
•  Ability to lead and motivate a team.
•  Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
 

Preferred: 

IT experience in healthcare or hospital setting. Familiarity with healthcare regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA, CMS, Joint Commission). Experience with electronic health records (EHRs) and other clinical systems.
Knowledge of healthcare data standards and interoperability.
Certification in IT management or a related field (e.g., ITIL, PMP) is a plus