Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare, providing critical data solutions across the healthcare ecosystem. The Senior Manager, Project Management will oversee customer/client implementations, manage a diverse project portfolio, and ensure customer satisfaction by liaising between teams and leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Translating executive vision and company goals into a coherent project portfolio, ensuring the PM team is working on the right things
- Owning the overall portfolio inclusive of budget, communicating portfolio status, risks, and recommendations/solutions in business terms
- Maintaining visibility across all projects — tracking health, timelines, budgets, and interdependencies
- Setting the overall delivery strategy, methodology standards, and governance frameworks
- Driving continuous improvement in how projects are scoped, planned, and delivered
- Establishing reporting cadences, tooling standards, and PM playbooks
- Championing the evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies — including AI, automation, and intelligent tooling — to drive operational efficiencies across the PM function
- Leveraging AI-powered forecasting tools to improve project timeline accuracy, resource planning, and risk prediction
- Identifying and eliminating manual, repetitive PM processes through automation (reporting, status updates, scheduling, etc.)
- Staying current on the evolving technology landscape and bringing forward-looking recommendations to leadership
- Leading change management efforts when introducing new tools or platforms to the PM team
- Conduct retros to own lessons-learned processes to ensure future improvements
- Hiring, supervising, and mentoring PMs — building their skills in stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and delivery execution
- Conducting performance reviews, setting career development paths, and managing succession planning
- Monitor performance (daily, weekly, monthly, and bi-annually), coach, develop, and review performance to achieve established goals
- Resolving escalations and removing blockers that PMs can't handle at their level
- Delegating work load effectively to balance workloads across the PM team to avoid burnout or underutilization
- Supervise implementation of new technologies, staying abreast of current customer service process/expectations as developed
- Understand product offerings and updates, understanding changes and how it affects implementation
- Serving as the key liaison between the PM team and senior leadership, the board, or clients
- Building trust with cross-functional leaders (Engineering, Finance, Product, etc.)
Requirements:
- BA/BS Degree in healthcare, business, or related field
- 5+ years of experience managing and leading teams of Project Managers
- Active PMP Certification required
- Problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional project portfolios at scale
- Proven track record of implementing process improvements and technology-driven efficiencies
- Passion in driving client impact to the next level
- Strong technological and business writing skills
- Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, professionalism, and customer focus
- Strong oral and written communication/presentation skills
- Outstanding interpersonal skill with peers, superiors, customers, and other partners
- Ability to prioritize and meet critical deadlines