Carex is partnering with a boutique healthcare consulting partner to identify an experienced Senior Project Manager consultant to independently lead complex, client-facing healthcare technology and transformation initiatives. This role is responsible for managing projects from planning through implementation, adoption, and operational handoff, with full ownership of project budgets, financial tracking, forecasting, and delivery execution.
The ideal candidate brings strong project management expertise, financial discipline, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments. This individual will be accountable for project scope, schedules, budgets, resource coordination, risk management, and client communications, ensuring projects meet approved financial and operational commitments. This is a remote, 6 month contract with possibility of extension or hire.
What You’ll Do
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Independently lead complex healthcare technology and transformation projects from initial planning through implementation, adoption, and operational handoff.
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Own and manage project budgets throughout the entire project lifecycle, including budget planning, financial forecasting, expense tracking, variance analysis, and cost controls.
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Maintain direct accountability for delivering projects within approved budgets, proactively identifying financial risks, addressing cost overruns, and implementing corrective actions.
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Develop and maintain accurate project financial forecasts, incorporating resource utilization, staffing requirements, project timelines, and anticipated expenses.
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Monitor actual project expenditures against approved budgets, investigate variances, and provide timely financial reporting to internal leadership and client stakeholders.
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Partner with senior leadership to assess project profitability, margin-related risks, resource capacity, and financial implications of delivery decisions.
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Own end-to-end project execution, including scope, schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource planning, and delivery commitments.
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Establish and maintain project governance, execution cadences, status reporting, and performance metrics to ensure predictable delivery.
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Lead client status meetings, facilitate cross-functional coordination, track critical decisions, and manage implementation readiness.
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Serve as the primary day-to-day client delivery contact, proactively communicating project progress, budget performance, risks, and key decisions.
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Anticipate scope changes, competing priorities, resource constraints, and delivery risks, developing mitigation strategies before they affect project commitments.
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Manage formal change-control processes, documenting and communicating impacts to project budgets, schedules, resources, and client expectations.
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Support statements of work (SOWs) by contributing delivery estimates, staffing assumptions, budget inputs, and resource requirements.
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Escalate material changes to financial commitments, commercial terms, project scope, or strategic direction for appropriate approval.
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Partner with engagement leads to align project execution with consulting recommendations, solution decisions, and desired business outcomes.
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Coordinate technical contributors and resource requirements through technical leadership, ensuring appropriate expertise is available throughout the project lifecycle.
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Facilitate challenging stakeholder discussions, resolve competing priorities, and translate complex project information into clear decisions and executive-ready updates.
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Coordinate stakeholder readiness, testing dependencies, training plans, adoption activities, and operational handoff.
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Develop and improve repeatable project management processes, reporting dashboards, delivery templates, and project health measures.
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Share project management best practices and contribute to continuous improvement across delivery teams.
What You’ll Bring
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Significant experience independently managing complex, client-facing healthcare technology, digital transformation, or operational improvement projects.
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Demonstrated experience with direct project budget ownership, including financial planning, forecasting, expense management, budget variance analysis, and accountability for delivering within approved financial parameters.
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Proven ability to proactively identify budget risks, manage cost overruns, implement financial controls, and maintain project financial health.
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Strong understanding of project financial performance, resource utilization, commercial commitments, and margin-related considerations.
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Experience developing project estimates, supporting SOW planning, managing change requests, and assessing the financial implications of scope adjustments.
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Demonstrated success delivering complex CRM, marketing technology, data integration, healthcare operations, or enterprise systems implementation projects.
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Strong expertise in project governance, scope management, scheduling, resource forecasting, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communications.
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Ability to independently manage multiple workstreams, balance competing priorities, and maintain accountability with minimal oversight.
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Excellent executive communication, client relationship management, facilitation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
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Experience using Jira, Azure DevOps, or comparable project management tools to coordinate technical delivery and communicate project progress.
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Ability to translate complex technical requirements and solution plans into actionable milestones, budgets, resource plans, and delivery commitments.
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Strong commercial judgment, analytical capabilities, and a proactive approach to identifying financial and operational risks.
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Experience collaborating with consulting engagement leads, account managers, technical teams, and senior client stakeholders.
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Familiarity with Salesforce, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Epic, or healthcare patient/member engagement platforms preferred.
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PMP, Agile, or comparable project management certification preferred.
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Experience with vendor coordination, technology adoption, and operational handoff is a plus.
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A collaborative, accountable leadership style with a commitment to improving healthcare access, outcomes, and operational performance.
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Ability to travel occasionally to client locations as needed.
Carex Consulting Group is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.
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