Job Details The Senior Project Manager leads multiple highly complex, cross-functional projects that advance organizational priorities. This role facilitates alignment among enterprise-wide stakeholders to achieve shared goals, resolve conflicting interests, and deliver measurable outcomes. The Senior PM owns the full project lifecycle — from initiation through execution and post-implementation — while mentoring junior PMO staff and contributing to broader process improvement initiatives.
Summary The Senior Project Manager leads multiple highly complex, cross-functional projects that advance organizational priorities. This role facilitates alignment among enterprise-wide stakeholders to achieve shared goals, resolve conflicting interests, and deliver measurable outcomes. The Senior PM owns the full project lifecycle — from initiation through execution and post-implementation — while mentoring junior PMO staff and contributing to broader process improvement initiatives.
Job Duties Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson. Serve as the primary point of contact for business and technical stakeholders across departments, vendors, and executive leadership. Build and maintain project schedules, resource plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
Lead multiple, enterprise-wide projects with significant complexity, visibility, and impact. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with management, vendors, cross-functional team members, and other stakeholders. Monitor and manage project budgets, resource allocations, and vendor contracts; make necessary course corrections to meet financial targets.
Prepare and contribute to business development and project management artifacts (e.g., RFPs, SOWs, project charters, timelines, evaluation frameworks). Work with Executive Sponsors and project leads to develop comprehensive project charters outlining scope, objectives, timelines, and success metrics. Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical (internal and external) audiences to ensure shared understanding of scope, risks, and dependencies.
Provide leadership to a diverse, matrixed project team which may include other Project Management staff as well as all levels of management. Facilitate effective project status meetings, steering committees, and executive briefings. Collaborate with business owners and IT to ensure systems and solutions deliver meaningful value and ROI.
Represent the PMO in cross-departmental forums and serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on key initiatives. Lead process improvement and business process re-engineering efforts that uncover operational efficiencies and may initiate new project work (when needed). Demonstrate advanced expertise in time management, facilitation, organizational communication, and negotiation to achieve project goals.
Other duties as assigned.
Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional experience. 5 years of progressive project management experience, with demonstrated success leading large-scale, complex initiatives. Strong leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills. Proven ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
Strong analytical and financial acumen, including budget tracking and resource forecasting. Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project methodologies.
Master’s Degree Less than 1 year of experience in healthcare, payer systems, or highly regulated environments preferred. Proficiency with modern project management tools preferred (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, etc.). PMP - Project Management Professional - Project Management Institute Additional Qualifications Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job.
Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Compliance Statement: Compliance with all applicable rules, regulations and laws is a condition of employment. Employees must read and sign, both the Business Code of Conduct and the Personal Standard Code of Conduct, and are expected to perform their duties ethically and honestly.
Physical Demands Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.
Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.
Work Shift Workday Day Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity Health Partners Plans, Inc. Primary Location Address 1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.
Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.
Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. Benefits Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance. For more benefits information, please click here