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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT Project Manager - **Company:** FutureSoft Consulting Inc - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Health Informatics, System Configuration, RAID, Health Information Technology, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Software Engineering, System Testing, Electronic Medical Records, Information Technology - **Published:** August 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9442893b-7dca-4358-a65e-19c45f87d671 ## About the Role This position requires a senior-level project management professional with significant experience managing **EHR/EMR implementations, healthcare IT initiatives, health informatics projects, and complex enterprise technology programs**. The ideal candidate will have direct experience implementing a new EHR environment for an organization transitioning from **paper-based medical records or charting processes to an electronic system**. The Project Manager will provide leadership throughout the complete project lifecycle, including planning, requirements coordination, implementation, testing, organizational readiness, training, deployment, transition to operations, and post-implementation support. This position requires strong stakeholder management, vendor coordination, risk management, organizational change management, and technical project leadership capabilities., * **7-9 years of relevant IT Project Management experience**, including responsibility for large and complex technology initiatives. * Demonstrated experience managing a **new EHR implementation**. * Experience implementing an EHR where the organization was transitioning from a **paper-based charting or medical records environment**. * Strong experience with **EHR and/or EMR systems**. * Experience working with **health IT, healthcare information systems, and/or health informatics**. * **Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI.** * PMP certification must have been held for a **minimum of 5 years**. * At least **7 years of experience managing complex technical initiatives** involving multiple IT teams and vendors. * Strong knowledge of PMI project management methodologies and the five major project management process groups. * Experience managing projects involving delivery cycles of approximately **8-12 months or longer**. * Experience developing and managing detailed project schedules, project plans, milestones, budgets, and deliverables. * Strong experience with project risk, issue, dependency, and change management. * Experience coordinating software testing, implementation, deployment, and transition activities. * Strong stakeholder and executive communication skills. * Demonstrated ability to manage multiple teams and workstreams simultaneously. * Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities. ## Preferred Qualifications * Experience supporting **public health programs or public-sector healthcare initiatives**. * Experience working with state or local government healthcare organizations. * Experience with **Organizational Change Management (OCM)** involving multiple independent stakeholder groups. * Experience managing enterprise healthcare technology transformation initiatives. * Familiarity with clinical workflows and healthcare operations. * Experience working with clinical staff, health informatics teams, application teams, data teams, security teams, networking teams, and vendors. * Experience with business process reengineering associated with healthcare technology implementations. ## Tools & Methodologies Experience with some or all of the following is highly desirable: * Microsoft Project or comparable project scheduling tools * Microsoft Teams * Microsoft SharePoint * RAID / RAID+ Logs * Project Management Plans * Communication Plans * Risk Management Plans * Change Management Plans * Deliverables Matrices * Project Governance Frameworks * PMI / PMBOK methodologies * Healthcare IT project methodologies, The strongest candidate will be a senior healthcare IT Project Manager who combines **PMP-based project management expertise with hands-on EHR implementation experience**. ## Description We are seeking an experienced **Senior IT Project Manager** to lead a large-scale **Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation** supporting multiple healthcare locations and clinical teams across Pennsylvania., * Lead the implementation of a new **Electronic Health Record (EHR) system** across multiple healthcare facilities and clinical departments. * Manage the transition from paper-based clinical documentation processes to an electronic health record environment. * Lead the project from initial planning through implementation, stabilization, operations, and maintenance transition. * Develop and maintain comprehensive **Project Management Plans, project schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and resource plans**. * Manage all phases of the project lifecycle, including: * Initiation * Planning * Execution * Monitoring and controlling * Project closure * Establish project governance processes and ensure appropriate participation from business, clinical, technical, and vendor stakeholders. * Manage complex technical initiatives involving multiple IT teams, business units, healthcare stakeholders, and external vendors. * Coordinate project activities involving application development, infrastructure, networking, security, data, informatics, solution management, service management, and other technical teams. * Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, resources, deliverables, and quality requirements. * Track project progress against established schedules and take corrective action when milestones or deliverables are at risk. * Develop project estimates related to planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and business process reengineering. * Work with technical and functional team leads to review and revise estimates when necessary. * Ensure project estimates and significant changes receive appropriate stakeholder approval. * Identify project dependencies and coordinate work across multiple project teams. * Facilitate discussions between technical teams, business stakeholders, healthcare professionals, and vendors. * Serve as the primary point of contact for project-related questions, escalations, risks, and issues. ## EHR Implementation Responsibilities * Manage the complete implementation of an enterprise **EHR/EMR platform**. * Coordinate clinical, operational, technical, and vendor workstreams associated with EHR deployment. * Support workflow analysis and redesign as clinical operations transition from paper-based processes to electronic workflows. * Coordinate requirements gathering involving clinicians, healthcare administrators, informatics teams, and technology personnel. * Ensure business and clinical requirements are accurately incorporated into the EHR implementation. * Coordinate system configuration, integration, testing, training, deployment, and transition activities. * Coordinate system testing with appropriate technical and business resources. * Manage readiness activities before system deployment. * Develop plans for transition from implementation activities into ongoing system operations and maintenance. * Assist stakeholders with identifying workflow, technology, training, and operational impacts resulting from implementation. ## Organizational Change Management * Incorporate **Organizational Change Management (OCM)** principles into project planning and implementation. * Evaluate the organizational impact of transitioning healthcare locations and clinical personnel to a new EHR. * Work with stakeholders to identify potential resistance, workflow changes, training requirements, and adoption risks. * Develop communication, training, and stakeholder engagement strategies. * Plan and coordinate training and orientation sessions. * Support users and leadership during organizational and technology transformation. * Promote adoption of new systems, processes, and clinical workflows. ## Risk & Issue Management * Identify, document, monitor, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies. * Maintain comprehensive **RAID/RAID+ logs**. * Develop risk mitigation and contingency strategies. * Proactively identify potential project challenges before they affect schedules or deliverables. * Escalate critical risks and issues to appropriate leadership. * Track identified risks and issues through resolution and closure. ## Project Governance & Reporting * Prepare regular project status reports for project teams, leadership, sponsors, and key stakeholders. * Maintain project dashboards, metrics, action items, risks, schedules, and deliverable tracking. * Provide executive-level project updates and recommendations when required. * Capture and report required project management metrics. * Analyze project performance metrics and recommend improvement measures. * Schedule and facilitate project status meetings, stakeholder reviews, quality reviews, and project management inspections. * Ensure project documentation is complete, current, organized, and accessible. * Establish and maintain project collaboration environments using tools such as **SharePoint and Microsoft Teams**. ## Scope & Change Management * Develop and maintain project scope documentation. * Ensure all project scope changes follow established change-management procedures. * Assess changes for impact on budget, resources, schedule, quality, and project objectives. * Maintain documentation of approved project changes. * Communicate approved changes to affected stakeholders and project team members. ## Stakeholder & Vendor Management * Build and maintain productive relationships with executives, clinical stakeholders, technology teams, program leadership, and external vendors. * Facilitate communication among stakeholders with different technical and operational backgrounds. * Coordinate vendor activities and ensure vendor deliverables meet project requirements. * Resolve conflicts and facilitate agreement when technical or business priorities differ. * Communicate project objectives and explain how individual work assignments contribute to successful project delivery., This is a hybrid position requiring the selected candidate to work from the **Harrisburg, Pennsylvania office approximately two days per week as requested**. 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