Healthcare Transformation Project Lead; HYBRID

Full Time Binghamton, NY, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $77,125.00 To $90,000.00 Annually

The Healthcare Transformation Project Lead provides regional leadership and oversight for the implementation deliverables under the New York State Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).

This role serves as the operational lead responsible for translating strategic program goals into coordinated, executed activities across a 10-county region. The Project Lead oversees regional budget, workforce development, clinical and IT workflow changes, and data infrastructure activities; ensures alignment among health system project managers, hospital partners, primary care practices, and community-based organizations and reports, program progress, and risks across the RHTP initiatives.

This position acts as the primary point of accountability for ensuring all deliverables are implemented on time, within budget, and in compliance with program requirements.

Essential Functions:

• Project Planning & Coordination:
  
  Develop andmaintaindetailed implementation timelines for all objectives,aligning activities across the partners andsub-regions. Coordinate cross-functional work between clinical, operational, and administrative teams, proactivelyidentifyingdependencies and sequencing risks. Ensure deliverable milestones are tracked and met, adjusting plans as program priorities or timelines shift.
• Stakeholder Management:
  
  Build and sustain productive working relationships with hospital partners, primary care practices, CBOs, county health departments, and other community-based organizations across the region. Serve as a primary liaison to align diverse stakeholder priorities with program goals,facilitate regular engagement touchpoints, and proactivelyidentifyand resolve barriers to partner participation and implementation progress.
• Resource Deployment:
  
  Oversee workforce planning across sub-regions, including recruitment strategy, hiring pipelines, onboarding processes, and ongoing deployment of staff. Continuously assess staffing needs and FTE coverage against program demands, working with Sub-Region PMOs to address gaps, rebalance resources, and ensureequitableservice capacity across the region.
• Workflow Implementation:
  
  Direct the design, rollout, and standardization of protocols for screening, referral, navigation, andcarecoordination across all sub-regions. Ensure partner organizations are trained and supported in adopting these workflows consistently, andestablishmechanisms tomonitoradoption,identify variation, and drive continuous process improvement.
• Performance Monitoring & Reporting:
  
  Establish and oversee systems for tracking deliverable progress, encounter data, and outcome measures across the program.
  
  Work closely with the Performance Analyst andBI team tobuild out data infrastructure,guide dashboard development and data quality, synthesize performance trends, and translate findings into clear reports and recommendations for program governance and leadership.
• Risk Management & Escalation:
  
  Proactivelyidentifyimplementation risks, operational bottlenecks, and systemic barriers across sub-regions before they threaten deliverable timelines. Develop and implement mitigation strategies and exercise judgment on when issues require escalation to leadership, ensuringtimelyresolution and continuity of program momentum.
• Budget Oversight:
  
  Monitor regional program budgets across all deliverables, tracking spending against plan and flagging variances early. Anticipate the need for budget modifications as program priorities, staffing needs, or deliverable scope evolve, and lead preparation of the documentation and justificationrequiredto supporttimelyapproval.
• Sustainability & Scale Planning:
  
  Lead efforts to assess the long-term…