Project Manager III

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Summary

The Project Manager III serves as a strategic leader responsible for driving the successful execution of high-priority initiatives across the organization. This role oversees the full project lifecycle, including planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. Projects at this level often require significant resource coordination and high levels of functional integration across departments. In addition to leading large-scale projects, Project Manager III plays a key role in mentoring junior project managers, facilitating knowledge transfer, and promoting best practices across the Company. The role also includes greater responsibility for budget management, resource allocation, and providing performance reviews for resources, reflecting the seniority and strategic importance of the position. Project Manager III is a trusted partner in delivering measurable business value and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Healthcare Management, Management Information Systems, or similar degree. • Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. Work Experience Required:

• 8+ years of project management experience with increasing responsibility and project complexity, including demonstrated experience leading EMR/EHR implementations, migrations, integrations, or other complex technology-enabled healthcare initiatives

Preferred Qualifications, Education, Licenses, Certifications, Experience, etc.:

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Master's degree in relevant field

• Healthcare experience preferred • Direct experience leading Epic implementations, transitions, integrations, or optimization initiatives

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Expert-level knowledge of project management principles, practices, and frameworks (PMI, Agile, Waterfall, hybrid), with the ability to tailor approaches to highly complex, cross functional initiatives.

• Proven ability to lead strategic and enterprise-wide projects with significant ambiguity, translating high-level business needs into structured project plans with clear deliverables, owners, timelines, and communication strategies.

• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and align stakeholders across all levels of the organization, including senior leadership and executive sponsors.

• Advanced proficiency in project management tools and platforms (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence), with the ability to design and implement custom workflows and reporting structures.

• Strategic thinking and business acumen, with the ability to connect project outcomes to organizational goals and drive measurable impact.

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities, with experience guiding junior project managers and cross-functional teams through complex problem-solving and decision making.

• High emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills, with the ability to navigate organizational dynamics, resolve conflicts, and foster collaboration across diverse teams.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-stakes projects simultaneously, balancing competing priorities and delivering results under pressure.

• Comfortable operating with minimal oversight, making independent decisions, and escalating only when necessary. • Deep understanding of change management principles and their application in large-scale transformation initiatives.

• This role involves interaction and collaboration with other departments and requires excellent judgment and interpersonal skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Project Leadership:

• Lead the execution of high-impact, enterprise-level projects that span multiple departments, geographies, or business units.

• Translate ambiguous or loosely defined business objectives into structured project plans with clear scope, goals, deliverables, and success metrics.

• Establish and manage governance structures, steering committees, and executive-level reporting to ensure alignment and accountability.

Stakeholder Engagement and Executive Communication:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing strategic guidance, project insights, and recommendations for decision-making.

• Create and distribute executive-level communications, including project briefings, risk assessments, and business case presentations.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders of high impact, enterprise-level projects to ensure project success and long-term value.

Risk, Issue, and Change Management:

• Identify and manage complex risks and dependencies across projects, developing mitigation strategies, and contingency plans.

• Lead change management efforts to support adoption and sustainability of project outcomes, including stakeholder engagement, training, and communications.

• Resolve escalated issues and conflicts that arise with projects with diplomacy and strategic foresight.

Process Optimization and Thought Leadership:

• Champion innovation and efficiency in project delivery, identify opportunities to streamline processes and enhance outcomes.

• Mentor and coach junior level Project Managers, fostering professional growth and knowledge sharing.

• Support the PMO Manager in onboarding and training new team members, contributing to the continuous improvement of PMO practices and standards. Reporting and Performance Measurement:

• Develop and deliver executive-level dashboards, KPIs, and performance reports that demonstrate project health, ROI, and strategic alignment for high-impact, enterprise-level projects.

• Ensure accurate and timely documentation of project artifacts, decisions, and lessons learned for organizational knowledge management.

GoHealth Core Values

GoHealth’s Core Values, listed below, are essential functions of this position:

• Collaboration: Takes ownership for collectively establishing productive partnerships and relationships and seek to gain joint understanding of priorities and objectives so that the greater good of the organization and those we serve is always at the forefront.

• Innovation: Consistently uses good judgment, applying creativity to overcome obstacles and increasing effectiveness and efficiency through process and other forms of innovation.

• Diversity & Inclusion: Fosters diversity and inclusion, to be able to better understand team members, our customers and partners. Engages the strengths and talents of each GoHealth team member, creating an environment of involvement, respect and connection where the richness of ideas, backgrounds and perspectives are harnessed.

• Courage & Integrity: Models and practices the highest ethical and professional standards; demonstrates pride and personal interest in our patients, partners and fellow team members, deeply engaging in the business. Makes decisions, with a focus on doing the right thing; treats team members, our customers, partners and vendors with dignity, consideration, open-mindedness and respect.

• Accountability: Always shows initiative, demonstrates a bias to action and gets things done. Actively accepts responsibility for diverse roles, obligations and actions that positively influence patient and customer outcomes, our partnerships and the healthcare needs of our communities.

Additional Requirements

• Office Environment: Tasks may be conducted within a climate-controlled office setting.

• Physical Activity: The role may require the ability to lift, carry, push, or pull materials, supplies, and equipment (up to 10-25 lbs.) Duties typically involve a combination of sitting, standing, and walking, with frequent changes in position.

• Travel: Travel may be required, including travel between Company locations and out-of town destinations as needed, up to 5%.

• Safety Equipment: May require the use of safety equipment for infection prevention.

Note: This Job Description is not inclusive of all the duties of the position. You may be asked by Leaders to perform other duties. Leadership may revise this job description at any time.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Company and its affiliates, joint venture partners and entities under common management are Equal Opportunity Employers. They do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

ADA Accommodation Statement

Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. This role defines success by achieving essential function outcomes, not by the method of completion.

Compliance Statement

This job will be performed consistent with ADA, FMLA, FLSA, and other applicable federal, state, and local laws regulating employment.

Base Salary Range: $106,700/annual to $146,700/annual

The range above reflects the good-faith compensation range the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. 

Actual compensation will depend on experience, skills, education, geographic location, and other business-related factors. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role.

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