City of Hope

Senior Project Manager – Healthcare

City of Hope
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeDuarte • California • United StatesSenior💰 $48 - $78 per hourWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading strategic projects and continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. Proficient in project management, stakeholder engagement, and developing performance metrics and workflows to enhance operational efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Project ManagementLean MethodologySix SigmaData AnalysisStakeholder Engagement

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead multiple strategic, continuous improvement, and efficiency projects from inception through implementation
  • Support business units through all phases of the project life cycle, including intake, scoping, business case development, stakeholder alignment, execution, change management, and post-implementation support
  • Define, approve, plan, document, resource, schedule, monitor, and complete projects in alignment with organizational priorities
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, quality, service, cost, capacity, and throughput
  • Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and data-driven methodologies to identify root causes and design sustainable solutions
  • Develop future-state workflows, standard work, performance expectations, metrics, dashboards, and monitoring mechanisms
  • Partner with operational and clinical leaders to implement improvements and embed changes into daily operations
  • Manage integrated project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and change control
  • Coordinate cross-functional project teams and monitor project performance, quality, resource utilization, and outcomes
  • Chair project meetings, steering committee updates, and post-implementation reviews
  • Communicate project status, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership
  • Clarify and document project requests; define problem statements, objectives, scope, success metrics, and constraints
  • Lead current-state assessments, business cases, project charters, benefits realization plans, ROI, and value assessments
  • Facilitate planning sessions, workshops, training, and knowledge transfer
  • Prepare and review project documentation, standard work, training materials, and implementation guides
  • Serve as liaison among operational teams, leadership, and support teams
  • Coach and guide Project Managers and promote consistent best practices

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's Degree in business administration, public or government administration, finance, healthcare administration, or related field
  • 5+ years professional project management experience
  • 3 additional years of experience plus the minimum experience may substitute for minimum education requirements
  • Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, and data-driven methodologies
  • Experience with project planning, execution, monitoring, closeout, scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and change control
  • Experience with data analysis, process mapping, stakeholder interviews, business cases, project charters, benefits realization plans, ROI, and value assessments
  • Ability to lead cross-functional projects and facilitate executive-level discussions
  • Ability to develop performance metrics, dashboards, workflows, standard work, and performance expectations
  • Ability to facilitate training, workshops, and knowledge transfer activities
  • Ability to coach and guide Project Managers
  • Ability to work with operational, clinical, administrative, and leadership stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Hybrid work schedule, approximately 2 days onsite on average based on project needs

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Hard Skills
Project PlanningExecutionMonitoringChange ControlProcess MappingBusiness Case DevelopmentPerformance Metrics DevelopmentROI AnalysisWorkflow DevelopmentBenefits Realization
Soft Skills
FacilitationCoachingCommunicationLeadershipCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
DashboardsPerformance Monitoring Tools
Industry Keywords
Continuous ImprovementOperational EfficiencyCross-Functional ProjectsStakeholder AlignmentClinical Leadership