[Remote] IS Epic Program Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ellit Groups is a Private Equity-backed healthcare IT consulting firm focused on Provider and Payer organizations. The Epic Program Manager will coordinate the planning, execution, and delivery of Epic-related work for a Cancer Center activation, ensuring alignment across various stakeholders and managing implementation activities.
Responsibilities
- Lead Information Services program management activities supporting the activation
- Develop and maintain the integrated implementation schedule for Epic, technical, and third-party workstreams
- Coordinate activities across Information Services, operational teams, external partners, and vendors
- Monitor program progress, identify risks, and facilitate issue resolution
- Provide executive-level program reporting and support governance activities
- Coordinate implementation activities across Epic application teams and supporting technologies
- Partner with Application Managers, the Integration Manager, and technical teams to manage cross-application dependencies, implementation milestones, and testing readiness
- Coordinate third-party vendor activities, interface implementation, and integrated testing
- Support planning for cutover, command center, go-live, and stabilization
- Partner with an external Program Manager to maintain a coordinated implementation plan across organizations
- Ensure timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues remain synchronized across workstreams
- Facilitate cross-organizational communication and coordinate integrated testing, cutover, and go-live activities
- Maintain the Integrated Master Schedule for Information Services activities
- Coordinate risk, issue, dependency, and decision management across participating teams
- Prepare executive dashboards, status reports, readiness assessments, and Steering Committee updates
- Support overall IT readiness for Go-Live Readiness Assessments
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or a related field
- 7–10 years of healthcare IT project or program management experience
- Experience supporting Epic implementations or major Epic activation projects
- Experience coordinating large, cross-functional healthcare technology initiatives
- Strong understanding of Epic implementation methodologies and healthcare operational workflows
- Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives through influence in a matrixed environment
- Experience supporting Epic implementations within integrated delivery networks or academic medical centers
- Experience working on multi-organizational healthcare implementations
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
- Experience with healthcare interoperability, third-party integrations, and go-live planning
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunity to work in a collaborative and innovative environment.
- Professional development opportunities to advance your career.
- Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
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