Senior IS Program Manager – Healthcare

Senior IS Program Manager – Healthcare

Job Title: Senior IS Program Manager
Location: Washington or Oregon – Remote with Occasional Travel
Contract: 12 Months
Industry: Healthcare
Work Mode: Remote / Virtual
Interview: Virtual

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior IS Program Manager to lead complex, enterprise-wide technology initiatives within a large healthcare organization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background managing large-scale Information Services programs, with specific experience leading technology workstreams supporting mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

This role requires an experienced program leader who can coordinate multiple IS teams, shared services, vendors, and business stakeholders while managing competing priorities in a highly matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex, enterprise-wide Information Services programs from planning through delivery.

• Manage technology workstreams associated with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and technology separation/transition initiatives.

• Coordinate multiple technology teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and shared services.

• Establish and maintain program governance, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues.

• Provide executive-level reporting and communicate program status, risks, decisions, and dependencies to senior leadership.

• Drive stakeholder alignment and influence decisions across a highly matrixed organization.

• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams and competing priorities.

• Lead program risk management, issue resolution, and organizational change management activities.

• Facilitate program meetings, executive reviews, working sessions, and stakeholder discussions.

• Manage vendor relationships and ensure technology deliverables remain aligned with program objectives.

• Navigate ambiguity and independently drive initiatives toward successful outcomes.

• Support portfolio management and enterprise program planning activities.

• Utilize Microsoft Office, Teams, Copilot, SharePoint, and enterprise portfolio management tools.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of Information Services project and program management experience.

• 5+ years leading large, complex enterprise programs.

• Demonstrated healthcare industry experience.

• Proven experience leading technology workstreams for M&A, acquisitions, and/or divestitures.

• Experience managing multiple workstreams involving technology teams, business organizations, vendors, and shared services.

• Strong experience with program governance, portfolio management, risk management, and organizational change management.

• Demonstrated executive presence with experience partnering directly with senior leaders.

• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence within a highly matrixed organization.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills.

• Ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, and prioritize competing demands.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Copilot, SharePoint, and enterprise portfolio management tools.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Must have a LinkedIn profile.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PgMP, Agile, or Lean certification.

• Experience supporting construction and facility programs.

• Experience with clinical technology implementations.

• Experience leading enterprise infrastructure or technology modernization programs.

• Experience with application consolidation or remediation initiatives.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior technology program leader who combines healthcare experience, enterprise-scale program leadership, and hands-on M&A/divestiture technology experience. Candidates should be comfortable working with executives, technology organizations, vendors, and business stakeholders while driving complex programs through ambiguity and organizational change.

Work Location

Washington or Oregon preferred.
Remote work is available with occasional travel as required.