IT Project Manager

Prealize Health is hiring an IT Project Manager to lead technical client implementations from data onboarding and integration through validation, go-live, and hand-off. The role manages concurrent projects, coordinates technical and client stakeholders, tracks delivery status and risks, and ensures compliance with healthcare data-handling requirements.

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Sales team complete the sales hand-off to implementation ensuring scope and deliverables are understood prior to drafting plans and securing technical resources
• Plan and run 4–8 concurrent client implementations, from kickoff through go-live and hand-off to Client Success
• Build and maintain project plans, timelines, and dependencies in Smartsheet; keep Jira epics and tasks in sync with the plan
• Lead client meetings, business reviews, and requirement discussions ensuring alignment of the client expectations are understood and can be met by our technical and business subject matter experts
• Lead technical workstreams: data intake and file specifications, SFTP/API integrations, data quality validation, environment setup, and user access
• Manage scope, change requests, and the RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, decisions); escalate early with options, not just problems
• Other duties as outlined by Sr. Implementation Director
• Run internal and client status meetings, with agendas, notes, and action items sent within 24 hours
• Serve as the day-to-day technical contact for client IT, data, and security teams
• Prepare concise status reports and dashboards for executive leadership
• Ensure every project follows HIPAA, HITRUST, and Prealize data-handling policies, including the minimum-necessary standard for PHI
• Coordinate security questionnaires, BAAs, and data-sharing approvals with Security and Legal
• Refine implementation templates, playbooks, and Smartsheet–Jira workflows
• Capture lessons learned at close-out and feed them into the next project

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years managing IT or software implementation projects, with at least 2 years in healthcare, health tech, or payer/provider settings
• Working knowledge of healthcare data: claims, eligibility, EHR/clinical data, and common file formats and transfer methods (flat files, SFTP, APIs)
• Hands-on experience with HIPAA-regulated data and security reviews
• Proficiency in Smartsheet (or MS Project) and Jira; comfort with both waterfall and agile delivery
• Clear written and verbal communication, including presenting status and trade-offs to executives and clients
• Proven ability to run several projects at once without dropping details
• PMP certification preferred; PMI-ACP or Certified ScrumMaster a plus
• Experience implementing predictive analytics, population health, or risk-stratification products
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (AWS, Snowflake, or similar) and SQL basics for data validation
• Experience with Smartsheet–Jira integrations and building Smartsheet dashboards
• Background supporting multi-tenant or channel-partner programs (e.g., PEOs, TPAs)