Senior IT Project Manager - Healthcare Programs

AHU Technologies•Washington, DC

About The Position

AHU Technologies INC. is seeking a highly experienced Senior IT Project Manager to support a healthcare program PMO. The role leads complex projects and workstreams from initiation through completion, helping the team meet critical milestones, address obstacles, and adapt to changing business needs. The manager partners with leaders across Operations, Quality, Technical Operations, business, technology, and external stakeholder groups while maintaining quality and compliance standards. The position is limited to local candidates in the DMV area. The manager oversees portfolio and PMO processes, including scope, schedules, status and executive reporting, dependencies, risks, issues, and communications. The role is accountable for coordinating cross-functional deliverables and approvals, integrating project schedules, maintaining controls, and ensuring alignment with program priorities and business objectives. It also supports readiness for change, including training and business-process updates, and assures compliance with CMS and FNS requirements. The position includes executive-level presentations and stakeholder coordination, monitoring day-to-day assigned work, driving execution discipline, and leading other project managers on highly complex projects. It also involves defining systems scope and objectives, analyzing business and user needs, documenting requirements, translating them into system specifications, and advising on complex systems-analysis matters and the business implications of technology. Compensation is $83.00–$88.00 per hour.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent experience.
10 years of experience as a team player and individual contributor/coordinator, with responsiveness, adaptability, and a task- and goal-driven approach.
10 years of experience adapting to shifting demands, ambiguity, reprioritization, and rapid change.
10 years demonstrating critical thinking, sound judgment, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
4 years of healthcare industry experience involving current health reform laws and state or federal projects, LTC programs, or healthcare operations.
16 years of experience completing projects within outlined scope, budget, and timeline.
10 years of strong interpersonal and resourcefulness skills.
10 years of experience working across dynamic organizations and aligning stakeholders toward a shared mission.
10 years of experience with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices.
16 years of business analysis experience.
16 years of requirements gathering and documentation experience.
16 years of MS Office and PowerPoint experience.
16 years of Software Development Lifecycle experience.

Nice To Haves

Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly desired.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of the project portfolio process and align it with the project management process.
Own PMO processes for program scope and schedule, status and executive reporting, dependency management, issue and risk management, and project communications.
Build working relationships across organizational levels and communicate effectively with cross-functional groups.
Foster open communication, engagement, and ownership within project teams.
Ensure business and technology deliverables, including requirements documents, functional and technical designs, and test plans, are produced and approved according to project schedules.
Drive project workstreams by developing, executing, tracking, and monitoring plans, resolving blockers, and aligning work with program priorities.
Coordinate with business leaders, project leaders, and external stakeholders to assess readiness for change.
Assure compliance with CMS and FNS requirements and ensure relevant team and organizational processes are followed.
Coordinate stakeholders, manage expectations, highlight and resolve issues, and support a positive experience with the PMO team.
Represent projects in executive presentations and project governance and interdepartmental meetings.
Maintain project schedules and integrate task-specific schedules into the integrated master schedule.
Ensure business readiness, including necessary training and business-process updates.
Identify project goals and benefits in relation to business goals and objectives; lead periodic portfolio reviews of realized benefits, key performance indicators, and gaps.
Develop and quantify corrective action plans and ensure effective project controls monitor project or program performance.
Work with business partners and program management to develop LTC practices, policies, guidelines, and operational processes.
Communicate and present information effectively at all organizational levels, respond to complex inquiries, influence leadership, and facilitate work at functional and strategic levels.
Monitor and direct day-to-day assigned tasks to ensure procedures are followed and contract and client goals, objectives, services, and projects are delivered effectively and efficiently.
Drive execution discipline, ensuring deviations from standards and metric targets have clear action plans and follow-up.
Develop project schedules, cross-functional deliverables, and detailed timelines; manage priorities and cross-project dependencies.
Lead other project managers on highly complex projects and ensure successful delivery from start to finish.
Define systems scope and objectives based on user needs, business systems, and industry requirements.
Devise or modify procedures to solve complex systems problems, accounting for equipment capacity, limitations, operating time, and desired results.
Analyze business and user needs, document requirements, and translate them into system requirements specifications.
Provide consultation on complex projects and advise on systems analysis and the business implications of technology.