Henry Ford Health · 7 hours ago
Program Manager -
Detroit, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expHenry Ford Health is a respected academic medical center based in Detroit, offering a wide range of healthcare services. The Program Manager will lead complex business and system-related projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with strategic goals while managing cross-functional teams and stakeholder communication.
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Responsibilities
Uses skills in ideation, facilitation, strategic planning, and relationship management to bring together multiple teams in the organization and create the overall vision, strategy alignment, scope, roadmap, business case, and cohesive plan for executing the assigned program
Maintains program metrics, milestone charts, roadmap, schedule, and reporting on project health and progress against goals
Manages the program team, supporting technical teams, and vendor teams, as applicable
Develops program success KPIs, ensures program-level value is being realized, and leverages reporting mechanisms to monitor performance
Manages timing, quality, and financial results of programs from start to finish, to meet customer needs and ensure winning performance of the product and the services provided
Primary point of communication with strong cross-functional stakeholder management skills for business and IT partners for the assigned program; maintaining strong partnerships and ensuring timely and accurate communication of program updates
Leverages program documentation and action-oriented behavior to navigate ambiguity and seek clarity as priorities change
Manages risks, issues within the program, and escalates to senior leadership as required
Promotes individual professional growth and development; serves as mentor and resource to less experienced project managers
Leverages creative, “out-of-the-box” thinking to develop original solutions to overcome roadblocks and meet or exceed project requirements and expectations
Manages post implementation support and provide post implementation project review
Support procurement processing of RFPs, Vendor Contracting, Purchase Orders, and other contract-related artifacts
Leads Agile processes and ceremonies, including stand up meetings, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and story mapping
Acts as a subject matter expert providing project management methodology consulting to program team members
Manages the program budget, including the review of financial reports, invoices, trends, and forecasts
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, or related field required
Five (5) years of experience in healthcare delivery, project management, and running large projects of a complex nature required
Two (2) years of experience in technology related areas, including application development or new product implementation required
Effective oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
Strong presentation skills
Must be able to work autonomously with strong task management skills
Preferred
Two (2) years of experience using data to drive business decisions
Experience with agile delivery methodologies (i.e., Scrum, Scrum at Scale)
Experience in healthcare project or program management, especially in hospital operations or care delivery transformation
Ability to engage diverse stakeholders and build consensus across teams
Proficiency in basic data analysis (Excel, Tableau, or similar); ability to interpret throughput metrics and operational trends
Strong skills in root cause analysis, workflow/process mapping, and solution design
Interest in or experience with academic research or publication is highly desirable
Project Management: PMP or other formal PM training
Quality & Process Improvement: IHI courses or Lean Six Sigma training
Data Analysis: Experience with hospital performance metrics; familiarity with data visualization or reporting tools
Academic/Research Background (preferred): Experience supporting or co-authoring research publications or conference abstracts
Benefits
Competitive health plan options
Three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs)
A PPO plan
An HMO plan
Dental and eye care coverage
Tuition assistance
Family forming benefits
Discounts to dozens of businesses
Company
Henry Ford Health
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$40.27MKey Investors
Mort Harris
2020-06-04Grant· $0.27M
2018-04-09Grant· $20M
2016-12-05Grant· $20M
Leadership Team
Robert Riney
President and CEO
Recent News
2025-11-07
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