Our Benefits:
As an Senior EHR Project Manager, Acute Facility Deployments at Community Health Systems (CHS) – Shared Business Operations, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our purpose to help people get well and live healthier by providing safe, quality healthcare, building enduring relationships with our patients, and providing value for the people and communities we serve. Our team members enjoy a robust benefits package including:
- Competitive compensation
- Paid time off for vacations, holidays, and illness
- Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Education support and student loan assistance
- Life and disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
Job Summary
The Senior EHR Project Manager, Acute Facility Deployments independently manages multiple projects involving OracleHealth EHR, information systems, and database management. This role requires experience with multi-facility design, planning, execution, and oversight of complex initiatives.
The Senior EHR Project Manager, Acute Facility Deployments will be responsible for the technical aspects of project management and will coordinate with departmental and cross-functional teams to deliver expert-level customer support. They must possess comprehensive knowledge of all phases of the EHR system, deployments, and ongoing support.
The ideal candidate is confident in leading projects, managing vendor resources, and ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery. Strong communication skills and adherence to corporate and departmental policies are essential.
Essential Functions
- This role requires a strong team leader who can coordinate efforts among multiple stakeholders. Successful implementation involves managing expectations of hospital executives and physicians, collaborating with local medical staff (nurses and technicians), engaging local technical resources (systems analysts and programmers), and working closely with vendor support teams.
- Ensures projects are executed with precision by applying strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and consistent follow-through to drive tasks, deliverables, and milestones to completion.
- Develops and maintains project management tools and documentation to ensure comprehensive planning, execution, and tracking of all project activities, from business requirements through project completion.
- Manages large-scale or mission-critical projects with complex scope and high visibility.
- Leads stakeholder engagement, executive updates, and vendor relationships.
- Owns project financials, including budgeting, forecasting, and contract alignment.
- Anticipates and mitigates risks across work streams and resource groups.
- Delivers clear and compelling executive presentations and dashboards.
- Collaborates closely with enterprise PMO teams to ensure adherence to standards.
- Mentors junior project team members and promotes best practices.
- Supports vendor management and contract alignment in accordance with project needs.
- Promotes consistency by applying PMO standards, templates, and methodologies.
- Champions adoption and change management efforts across the business.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- This is a fully remote opportunity with travel.
- Travel will include approximately 1 trip a month. A higher frequency may be required during project deployment phases / milestones, go live support and operational needs.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field required
- A combination of education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- 5-7 years of experience managing projects, preferably in a technology, digital, or enterprise setting required
- Experience managing high-budget projects and leading vendor partnerships required
Preferred:
- At least 5 years of experience with Acute Facility EHR Implementation highly preferred
- At least 3 years of experience with Smartsheet preferred.
- Expert level proficiency in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Advanced project leadership skills with the ability to lead large-scale, high-visibility, or mission-critical initiatives across business and technical domains.
- Demonstrated experience navigating matrixed organizations and aligning cross-functional teams toward shared goals.
- Expert-level understanding of project lifecycles, delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid), and PMO governance standards.
- Proven ability to lead vendor engagements, manage complex scopes, and ensure successful delivery across internal and external partners.
- Executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to deliver strategic presentations and status updates to senior leadership.
- Deep experience managing project financials, including complex budgeting, forecasting, and contract alignment.
- Proficiency in project and collaboration tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Asana.
Licenses and Certifications
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI or obtained within six (6) months of employment required
We know it’s not just about finding a job. It’s about finding a place where you are respected, valued and where your work is purposeful and fulfilling. A place where your talent is recognized, professional development is encouraged and career advancement is possible.
Community Health Systems is one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. Developing and operating healthcare delivery systems in 40 distinct markets across 15 states, CHS is committed to helping people get well and live healthier. CHS operates 71 acute-care hospitals and more than 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, imaging centers, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery centers.