Project Manager – Supply Chain and Ancillary Services

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Work Day(s) Monday-Friday

Shift Start Time 8:00 AM

Shift End Time

5:30 PM

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

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Job Description

The Project Manager is responsible for leading complex operational and supply chain projects across Supply Chain and Ancillary Services, with accountability for project design, planning, execution, facilitation, implementation, change management, and sustainment. The role manages projects to defined scope, timeline, budget, quality, service, and operational performance expectations. This individual is responsible for working closely with clinical, operational, financial, technology, and vendor stakeholders. The Project Manager develops project charters, workplans, governance structures, communication plans, risk and issue logs, and performance dashboards to support transparent decision-making and successful implementation. The Project Manager evaluates project outcomes, identifies lessons learned, supports standard work and adoption plans, and makes recommendations to Supply Chain and operational leadership to drive measurable, sustainable improvement. This role may provide functional direction, coaching, and work coordination for project coordinators, analysts, and cross-functional project team members.

Job Description Experience • Minimum of 5 years of experience managing projects, operational initiatives, process improvement efforts, or cross-functional workstreams in healthcare, supply chain, logistics, ancillary services, hospital operations, or a comparable complex service environment.

Preferred Qualifications • Master’s degree in business administration, health administration, supply chain management, industrial engineering, operations management, or related field • Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Lean Six Sigma, Certified Healthcare Operations Professional, or equivalent project/process improvement certification • Healthcare operations, supply chain, logistics, procedural services, ambulatory operations, pharmacy, laboratory, facilities, or ancillary services project experience • Experience leading system-level or multi-site operational projects, technology implementations, workflow redesigns, new facility activations, or service expansion initiatives • Experience with project governance, executive reporting, stakeholder management, vendor coordination, and change adoption • Experience providing functional direction, coaching, or supervision to project coordinators, analysts, or cross-functional project team members

Education • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience required.

Certification Summary • No professional certifications required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Advanced knowledge of project management practices, including project charters, work breakdown structures, schedules, resource plans, risks/issues logs, governance routines, and status reporting • Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Microsoft Planner, Teams, SharePoint, or comparable platforms • Demonstrated ability to develop and monitor operational metrics, dashboards, scorecards, and project benefit realization plans • Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data, processes, workflows, and systems to identify root causes, risks, opportunities, and measurable improvement actions • Strong leadership, facilitation, relationship management, and influencing skills with the ability to align clinical, operational, finance, technology, and vendor stakeholders • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate project status, decisions, risks, and recommendations clearly to frontline teams, managers, directors, and senior leaders • Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, prioritize competing demands, and maintain progress despite ambiguity, resource constraints, and operational disruption • Ability to build trust, support adoption, and lead change across departments and locations while maintaining a customer-service and patient-care orientation • Demonstrated ability to build and lead collaborative, cross-functional project teams and provide functional direction to project coordinators, analysts, or assigned team members

Job Responsibilities • Lead the full project lifecycle for assigned initiatives, including intake, charter development, scope definition, planning, governance, execution, implementation, sustainment, and closeout • Create, manage, and execute project scope, schedules, resource plans, budgets, milestones, deliverables, metrics, and change management activities • Develop project charters, workplans, communication plans, governance structures, stakeholder maps, risk/issue logs, decision logs, and executive-level status reports • Clearly, concisely, and professionally communicate project plans, progress, risks, decisions, business goals, and governance expectations to project teams, operational leaders, vendors, and senior leadership • Identify, escalate, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, constraints, and opportunities proactively, recommending mitigation strategies and decision options • Collaborate with clinical, operational, finance, technology, supply chain, ancillary services, and vendor partners to align project activities with operational pri

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