Job Description

Principal Project Management Consultant

Location: Pasadena, CA (Onsite or Hybrid)

Pay Rate: $184,500 – $278,600 per year

Position Overview

A large integrated healthcare system is seeking a Principal Project Management Consultant to lead enterprise-wide, cross-functional programs in the $15 to $50 million range. This is a senior, permanent position for a program leader who can translate business strategy into scalable IT solutions while aligning business, technology, physician, financial, and vendor teams. The role offers a hybrid or onsite arrangement and significant visibility with senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex programs with high transformational impact, driving multiple work streams from planning through completion
• Translate business strategy into clear business requirements and gain cross-functional support for objectives and priorities
• Analyze, integrate, and manage program plans covering scope, status, schedules, and resource forecasts
• Manage and monitor program financials and track overall performance against plan for time, budget, scope, and quality
• Oversee delivery of IT infrastructure and operations capabilities for large-scale business initiatives
• Oversee organizational change management, including user adoption, implementation, and training plans
• Identify, monitor, and mitigate risks across multiple interdependent projects and programs
• Build strong partnerships with senior IT, business, physician, and finance leaders and communicate difficult issues with an independent perspective
• Review vendor performance, facilitate contract negotiations, and resolve vendor invoice issues
• Mentor and coach team members, evaluate team composition, and provide individual performance feedback

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing projects or programs using project life cycle methodologies such as SDLC, process management, and organizational change
• Minimum of 5 years of experience implementing large, complex projects in a corporate environment
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading project teams
• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing project budgets
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science, MIS, or a related field, with at least 10 years of IT or related business experience including 8 years managing programs; equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience navigating large enterprise structures and supporting governance bodies
• Experience applying throughput improvement methods such as Theory of Constraints
• Strong background in strategic project leadership and structuring programs for effectiveness

Screening Questions

• How many years of experience do you have managing large, complex IT programs, and what was the largest budget you managed?
• Do you have experience leading enterprise-wide programs in a healthcare or other large corporate environment?
• Are you available to work onsite or hybrid in Pasadena, CA?