Project Manager – Behavioral Health Initiatives (Remote)
Remote
United States
Posted 1 month ago
Connections Health Solutions, a national best practice provider of immediate-access behavioral health crisis care, is seeking a Project Manager. This critical team member will drive and coordinate multiple cross-functional work streams to deliver results on key initiatives, achieve strategic objectives, and ensure the continued improvement and growth of the organization and the delivery of crisis services.
- Location: US – Remote (Travel to company subsidiaries is required)
- Experience: At least 4 years in management consulting, corporate development, or program/project management.
- Focus: Managing major implementation initiatives, improving critical business processes, driving on-time and on-budget delivery of solutions, and stakeholder management.
- Industry Experience (Helpful): Prior experience in the behavioral health/healthcare industry and facility design/construction.
Key Responsibilities: Urgency, Coordination, and Change Management
The manager is responsible for the full project lifecycle, operating with a sense of urgency to impact critical service delivery.
- Project Ownership: Manages all aspects of a project for cross-functional teams, ensuring goals are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters.
- Planning & Reporting: Establishes project plans, RAID logs, reporting dashboards, and status reporting. Prepares project reports for management, clients, or regulatory agencies.
- Coordination & Communication: Facilitates coordination of all project elements (meetings, agendas, deliverables). Confers with staff to outline work plan, assign duties, and revise tasks/timeline as necessary.
- Continuous Improvement: Plans, directs, and coordinates project activities. Alters plans and makes recommendations for future project phases based on lessons learned from the project.
- Regulatory Compliance: Remains informed of changing applicable regulations that may affect project objectives and alters the project plan accordingly.
- Team & Stakeholder Management: Provides guidance and positive models to help others develop. Communicates project initiatives clearly and regularly to a geographically distributed team.
Required Skills and Tools: Multi-Project Delivery & Planning
Success requires proven experience in managing complex projects and navigating cross-functional, dispersed teams.
- Experience: 4+ years in a relevant management or project delivery role.
- Delivery Track Record: Experience delivering measurable results on multiple large business projects/programs simultaneously.
- Team Management: Track record of managing dispersed teams with complex project plans.
- Soft Skills: Excellent project management, planning, organization, and strong communication/negotiation skills. Ability to quickly establish credibility and rapport with stakeholders.
- Software Proficiency: Proficient skills using project management software, Smartsheet, or Microsoft Project. Strong Smartsheet skills are preferred.
- Other Skills (Helpful): Use of Bluebeam or similar CAD product; prior experience in facility design and construction.
Job Features
| Job Category | Project & Program Management |