The program manager certified is responsible for overseeing the successful execution of programs comprised of medium complexity projects by developing and implementing program strategies, managing budgets, timelines, and resources, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve overall program goals and align with organizational objectives; coordinating various projects to ensure smooth delivery and meet milestones. This role is responsible for the end-to-end charge of programs, from shaping the approach to achieving the desired outcomes through delivery and post-delivery value realization. May manage primarily straight-forward programs or manage multiple projects simultaneously
Essential Job Function
- Strategic planning: Develops the overall approach for the program, its significant time frames, and the definition of its major deliverables to address and meet the desired goals and outcomes. Defines scope, and deliverables, creating a comprehensive program plan, and aligning it with the company's strategic vision.
- Team Leadership: Possess the ability to motivate and guide teams, build consensus, and make informed decisions
- Budget Management: Monitors program budgets, tracking underlying project expenses for equipment, supplies, and contracted services, while working closely with the finance department to ensure financial compliance and cost-efficient program execution. Identifies cost variances and takes corrective actions to stay within budget constraints.
- Communication management: Communicates and strategizes with program sponsors to formulate meeting agendas. Possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey information to diverse stakeholders
- Facilitates communications and maintains strong relationships with stakeholders, including hospital departments, physicians, vendors, and regulatory agencies, to address program-related concerns, obtain necessary approvals.
- Regularly creates and presents program reports, including status updates, performance metrics, and key insights to key stakeholders, including senior leadership, team members, and clients.
- Performance monitoring: Participates in review with the program sponsor and stakeholders to identify organic or specific program needs and changes and directs appropriate approaches to address. Tracks program metrics, analyzes performance data to identify areas for improvement.
- Program coordination: Manages multiple projects simultaneously as a unified program, assigning tasks to team members, and monitoring progress against timelines.
- Risk & Issue Management: Identifies potential risks and develops mitigation strategies to address them proactively.Identifies and addresses issues, resolves competing priorities and makes necessary adjustments to the plan. Escalates conflicts and issues when appropriate.
- Resource allocation: Optimizes resource utilization across projects within the program, including budget management and personnel allocation.
- Stakeholder engagement: Acts as an advisor and builds and maintains relationships across the wider stakeholder community. Interacts with program sponsors to inform, alert, negotiate, and maintain a continuing good relationship and shared vision for the program outcome.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Monitors and coordinates dependencies across the projects in the program and works seamlessly with diverse teams from different departments to ensure program execution.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education
- Required: Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Licensure/Certification/Listing
- Required: PgMP, PMP, Lean, and/or SCM certification
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Cone Health
Feb 19, 2026