Consulting Program Manager - Healthcare

** Job Description*
* Job Description

This role is part of a specialized consulting team focused on providing advanced solution development and in-depth product knowledge to advance Oracle Health's strategic priorities. As a Consulting Program Manager, you will lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of projects across Oracle Health's internal development team, including AI and machine learning initiatives. You will partner with developers, architects, and business stakeholders to establish priorities, define scope and milestones, coordinate resources, manage dependencies, and resolve risks and blockers.

This individual contributor role drives delivery through collaboration, influence, and clear accountability.

The ideal candidate demonstrates a passion for solving complex challenges through innovation, thrives in dynamic environments, and excels at collaborating with stakeholders to deliver effective technology solutions. This role requires you to obtain and maintain Federal Security clearance and be a U.S. citizen based in the United States.

Key Responsibilities Development Planning

+ Translate approved requests into clear scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, effort estimates, and schedules.

+ Partner with developers, architects, and business stakeholders to prioritize work and align plans with team capacity and business objectives.

Daily Execution

+ Coordinate development work, track milestones and commitments, and follow through on action items and decisions.

+ Facilitate planning sessions and delivery reviews; maintain clear ownership, priorities, and visibility into project progress.

Dependencies and Blockers

+ Identify and track dependencies, risks, and blockers that could affect scope, schedule, or quality.

+ Drive timely resolution with accountable owners; escalate issues with their impact, options, and recommended next steps.

Delivery Readiness

+ Coordinate development, testing, security reviews, release readiness, and handoffs with the responsible technical teams.

+ Track readiness criteria and scope changes to support predictable, high-quality delivery.

Stakeholder Communication and Reporting

+ Maintain accurate project plans and dashboards showing milestones, delivery status, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed.

+ Provide clear updates to development teams, business stakeholders, and leadership on progress and delivery expectations.

Process Improvement

+ Improve intake, prioritization, planning, and handoffs to reduce recurring delivery challenges.

+ Facilitate retrospectives and use delivery metrics to improve team coordination, quality, and predictability.

Qualifications and Skills Education

+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

+ PMP, Scrum Master, or a comparable project or Agile delivery certification is a plus.

Experience

+ 8-12 years of project or program management experience coordinating software development or technology delivery.

+ Experience working with developers, architects, quality assurance, and business stakeholders to plan and deliver projects.

+ Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, dependencies, risks, and competing priorities while driving accountability through influence.

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Experience with healthcare IT or Oracle/Cerner applications is preferred.

Skills

+ Working knowledge of the software development lifecycle, Agile delivery practices, testing, and release readiness.

+ Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and project planning and reporting tools.

+ Strong skills in requirements coordination, effort estimation, resource planning, and scope management.

+ Ability to identify delivery risks, structure practical resolution plans, and escalate issues effectively.

+ Clear written and verbal communication with technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.

Key Attributes

+ Organized, proactive, and attentive to detail, with consistent follow-through on commitments.

+ Collaborative and effective at influencing teams and resolving competing priorities.

+ Adaptable to changing requirements and comfortable working through ambiguity.

+ Focused on delivery outcomes, continuous improvement, and effective team coordination.

** Responsibilities*
* ** Key Responsibilities*
* ** Development Planning*
* + Translate approved requests into clear scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, effort estimates, and schedules.

+ Partner with developers, architects, and business stakeholders to…