Senior Project Manager, Implementation

Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem – including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for independently managing complex, medium- to large-scale projects and programs throughout the full implementation lifecycle, from initiation and planning through go-live, stabilization, and handoff. Projects include implementation of new products and services associated with Release of Information. This role coordinates multiple concurrent initiatives and partners with other project managers, consultants, technical resources, business and IT teams, clients, and external vendors to define objectives, manage schedules and dependencies, monitor progress, and address risks and issues.

The Senior Project Manager maintains effective governance, documentation, and communication practices to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery, timely implementation, and strong customer satisfaction.

You will:

• Project Oversight: Independently manage assigned projects within the Project Management Tracking Tool, monitor progress, maintain accurate project records, and escalade schedule, scope, or delivery risks as appropriate.

• Portfolio Accountability: Maintain accountability for assigned projects and programs within the Client Impact portfolio, ensuring alignment with established objectives, timelines, and success measures.

• Implementation Management: Lead complex, large-scale, and high-profile implementation projects from initiation through stabilization and handoff.

• Program Management: Coordinate programs consisting of multiple related projects, partnering with the project managers responsible for individual work streams to ensure alignment, dependency management, and successful overall delivery.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Datavant business teams, IT groups, clients, and external vendors to support the successful implementation of multiple concurrent projects and programs.

• Quality Assurance: Apply established project management methodologies and ensure assigned projects and programs produce accurate, consistent, and high-quality deliverables.

• Customer Partnership: Collaborate with Operations and customers to implement services and products that support customer satisfaction, retention, self-sufficiency, and profitability.

• Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify, document, manage, and resolve project or program risks and issues, escalating matters to the appropriate leaders when necessary.

• Communication and Reporting: Facilitate recurring project and program meetings and provide clear, timely updates regarding status, milestones, risks, decisions, changes, and timelines.

• Post-Implementation Support: Coordinate post-go-live support, monitor stabilization activities, assist with issue resolution, and elevate concerns as necessary to support a successful transition to ongoing operations.

What you will bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Business Information Systems, Healthcare Administration, Project Management, or a related field; equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered.

• Minimum of five years of experience in project or program…