UCLA Health

Sr. Project Manager - Clinic Activations, Ambulatory Operational Excellence

UCLA Health  •  $71k - $145k/yr  •  Remote  •  25 days ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fixed Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Posted Date
05/04/2026
Salary Range $70900 - 145200 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
30290


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

This role leads implementation of ambulatory clinic activations, community practice expansions, and operational initiatives across UCLA Health's ambulatory network. You will independently manage concurrent projects from planning through go-live, working directly with clinical, facilities, IT, and executive stakeholders.

Day-to-day, you'll define project objectives, develop implementation plans, facilitate cross-functional teams, and deliver executive-level reporting and presentations. You'll drive workflow redesign, identify operational gaps, and build scalable delivery frameworks that improve how the team executes. This role carries a high degree of autonomy and interfaces regularly with senior leadership.

If you've managed complex healthcare operations projects end-to-end and thrive in a fast-moving, multi-stakeholder environment, this role is built for you.

This role also requires travel between all Health System practice locations as assigned.

Salary Range: $70,900 - $145,200 Annual


Job Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor's degree (MPH, MHA, or MBA preferred)
  • 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare administration, operations, or project management within an academic medical center or equivalent complex healthcare environment
  • Proven ability to independently manage 3+ concurrent projects with consistent on-time delivery
  • Experience facilitating cross-functional groups including clinical staff, facilities, IT, and senior leadership
  • Experience developing standardized operational frameworks, checklists, or repeatable delivery tools
  • Advanced communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office; strong data analysis and reporting skills

Preferred

  • PMP, Agile, or equivalent project management certification
  • Familiarity with medical equipment coordination, infrastructure readiness, or clinical fit-up workstreams
  • Experience managing structured site visit cadences across multiple active clinic projects through go-live


As a condition of employment
, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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