Epic / EHR IT Project Manager (Local / Hybrid)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

23h • Hybrid

About The Position

This IT Project Manager supports projects within the Facility Expansion & Acquisition Program, including EHR system conversions, implementations, and integrations that advance organizational growth, operational efficiency, and strategic objectives. The role oversees planning, execution, and delivery of EHR and healthcare software system expansion projects across multiple entities, ensuring compliance with safety, regulatory, and quality standards. It develops project plans, schedules, and resource allocations to support on-time outcomes, coordinates with internal stakeholders, external vendors, and consultants, and provides executive-level reporting and communication to senior leadership and key stakeholders.

The position coordinates all project phases, tracks and reports progress, manages dependencies and changing scope, anticipates and resolves issues, and supports customers and leaders through project management. It uses project management tools and practices for planning, communications, issue management, change control, and project acceptance. The role is part of Vanderbilt Health’s Health IT organization, which provides and supports technology across the Medical Center. The position is listed as a day shift role and is local/hybrid.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of project management experience.
• Experience level listed as 2 years.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Ability to coordinate projects, track progress and dependencies, manage scope changes, and support project acceptance.
• Ability to plan project resources, tasks, priorities, dependencies, schedules, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong project communication skills, including communicating technical and business information to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to identify, assign, anticipate, and resolve project issues.
• Proficiency in the use of project management tools.

Nice To Haves

• EHR/EMR experience with systems such as Epic, Cerner, Meditech, or NextGen.
• Healthcare experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee all phases of projects.
• Ensure timely completion of tasks in line with project objectives.
• Provide customers and leadership with project management support.
• Develop project plans, schedules, and resource allocations for EHR and healthcare software expansion projects.
• Coordinate with cross-functional internal teams, external vendors, and consultants.
• Provide executive-level reporting and communication to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Track tasks, completion dates, dependencies, potential problems, schedule conflicts, and assignments for resolution.
• Manage prioritization and change management for changing project scope, as well as project acceptance procedures.
• Measure progress toward goals and revise project objectives and documents using change control procedures.
• Resolve project issues and see work through to successful completion.
• Plan resource needs, break work into measurable tasks, set priorities and dependencies, schedule activities, and prepare acceptance criteria.
• Communicate technical and business information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Identify and assign issues to appropriate people and anticipate and resolve unplanned project issues.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Benefits

• The posting describes a comprehensive benefits package that may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings.
• Professional growth.
• Appreciation of benefits.
• A sense of community and purpose.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level