[Remote] Epic Program Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GHR Healthcare is seeking an experienced Epic Program Manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of a large-scale Epic implementation. This role involves providing strategic oversight across multiple workstreams and ensuring alignment among various stakeholders to drive project success.
Responsibilities
- Lead the overall Epic implementation program, managing scope, schedule, budget, risks, and deliverables across all project workstreams
- Develop and maintain an integrated master project plan, ensuring milestones and dependencies are tracked and communicated
- Partner with executive sponsors, operational leaders, clinical stakeholders, and Epic representatives to drive project success
- Establish governance structures, facilitate steering committee meetings, and provide executive-level status reporting
- Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks and issues while proactively driving resolution
- Coordinate activities across application teams, infrastructure, revenue cycle, clinical operations, training, testing, data conversion, integration, and change management
- Ensure project adherence to Epic implementation methodologies and organizational project management standards
- Monitor project budgets, resource allocation, and vendor performance
- Lead cross-functional decision-making and ensure stakeholder alignment throughout the implementation lifecycle
- Oversee readiness activities including integrated testing, end-user training, cutover planning, go-live preparation, and stabilization
- Foster collaboration across internal teams and external implementation partners
- Drive continuous communication and transparency throughout the project
Skills
- 10+ years of healthcare IT project/program management experience
- 5+ years leading enterprise Epic implementation programs
- Demonstrated experience managing full lifecycle Epic implementations in acute care, ambulatory, or integrated healthcare environments
- Strong understanding of Epic implementation methodology and governance
- Experience managing large, cross-functional teams and multiple concurrent workstreams
- Excellent executive communication, leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to manage project budgets, timelines, risks, and vendor relationships
- Experience with project management methodologies (PMI, Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid)
- Epic implementation experience involving multiple applications or enterprise-wide deployments
- Experience working with healthcare consulting firms or large health systems
- Experience leading remote project teams
Benefits
- Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)
- Duration: 18-Month Contract
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