Principal Project Manager

Location: Muse

Job-d5d47-102d-4cc7-882b
- Location:

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States Salary: USD 112600 - 150000 year

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FULL TIME Posted:
Who We Are Inovalon was founded in 1998 on the belief that technology, and data specifically, would empower the transformation of the entire healthcare ecosystem for the better, improving both outcomes and economics. At Inovalon, we believe that when our customers are successful in their missions, healthcare improves. Therefore, we focus on empowering them with data-driven solutions. And the momentum is building.

Together, as ONE Inovalon, we are a united force delivering solutions that address healthcare’s greatest needs. Through our mission-based culture of inclusion and innovation, our organization brings value not just to our customers, but to the millions of patients and members they serve.

Who You Are As a Principal Project Manager, you lead the end-to-end delivery of complex Pharmacy implementation projects that are critical to client success and business performance. You sit within the PMO and partner closely with business, product, engineering, infrastructure, security, operations, vendors, and client teams to plan, execute, and transition solutions into production. You bring deep project management expertise, strong executive communication skills, and the ability to guide teams through large, detailed implementations with cross-functional dependencies.

Your work helps ensure high-quality delivery, successful onboarding, and continuous improvement of project management practices and tools.

What You'll DoLead the planning, coordination, and delivery of Pharmacy software, application, and technology implementation projects from initiation through production transition, ensuring quality execution and alignment to business objectives.

Define project scope, schedules, deliverables, budgets, resource plans, and risk mitigation strategies for mid- to large-scale implementation and SaaS projects.

Manage end-to-end implementation activities across internal teams, including Business Owners, Product Management, Infrastructure Engineering, Data Center Operations, Networking, Security, Production Support, and PMO partners, as well as external vendors and client stakeholders.

Build and maintain detailed project plans in MS Project, including timelines, milestones, dependencies, and Gantt charts, and track progress against contractual and operational commitments.

Drive regular status reporting, executive-level communications, issue escalation, and decision-making to keep stakeholders informed and projects moving forward.

Lead project teams by holding partners accountable to commitments, removing roadblocks, managing interdependencies, and coordinating resource utilization across multiple concurrent projects.

Apply PMBOK/PMI principles and an Agile mindset, where appropriate, to support project execution, change management, and delivery of business value.

Interpret complex contracts and support change orders and contract amendments to ensure project activities remain aligned with client agreements and scope.

Provide guidance and support to project managers across the PMO, including sharing best practices, improving templates and process assets, and contributing to onboarding and interviewing of new hires.

What You'll Need Minimum of 10 years of experience managing mid- to large-scale implementation and SaaS projects, including end-to-end ownership of project implementation.

BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Strong knowledge of PMBOK/PMI project management principles and theories.

Required experience using MS Project; experience with Service Now is valuable, and experience with comparable workflow tools such as Jira is acceptable.

Experience building and managing detailed project plans, schedules, Gantt charts, budgets, risks, resources, and status reporting.

Strong understanding of complex contracts, including change orders and contract amendments.

Demonstrated success leading large, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Superior written and verbal communication skills, including comfort communicating with executive-level stakeholders and clients.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook.

Scrum Agile/SAFe experience strongly recommended.

PMP certification, or equivalent, is preferred. PMI-ACP certification, or equivalent, is preferred.

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