As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

Role Overview:

• The Manager of the Operational Project Management Office (OPMO) provides strategic leadership, governance, and oversight of enterprise and department-level project portfolios.
• This role is accountable for ensuring consistent application of project management methodologies, aligning projects with organizational priorities, and delivering measurable business and clinical outcomes.
• The Manager leads a team of project managers while also directly managing select high-impact initiatives.
• Acting as both a strategic leader and a hands-on project manager, this role builds organizational project management maturity, fosters stakeholder engagement, and advances cross-functional initiatives critical to system-wide performance and transformation.

Benefits:

• Save 50% on Tuition (Tuition reduced for eligible employees attending the University of Utah)
• Health Coverage, Dental Coverage, Life Insurance
• Retirement
• Paid Time Off
• 11 Paid Holidays per year

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in project management, including leadership of teams and portfolios.

Corporate Overview: University of Utah Health is an integrated academic healthcare system with five hospitals including a level 1 trauma center, eleven community health centers, over 1,600 providers, and a health plan serving over 200,000 members. University of Utah Health is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. In addition to our clinical delivery system, we have a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Health providing education and training for over 1,250 providers annually. We have over 2 million patient visits annually and research grants exceeding $350 million. University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics represents our clinical operations for the larger health system.

Strategic & Portfolio Management

• Provides leadership and oversight of the OPMO portfolio, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and enterprise goals.
• Partners with senior executives and sponsors prioritize projects, allocate resources, and manage interdependencies across portfolios.
• Establishes and enforces PMO governance processes, reporting standards, and performance measures to ensure project success.
• Translates complex portfolio data into actionable insights for executive decision-making.
• Ensures consistent use of project management frameworks across teams.
• Champions risk management practices to proactively identify and mitigate threats to delivery.
• Monitors outcomes against defined metrics to ensure value realization.

Project Leadership

• Serves as a working project manager for select high-priority, high-visibility, or complex initiatives.
• Lead projects in alignment with established OPMO (Organizational Project Management Office) standards, ensuring adherence to project management best practices, consistent reporting, and effective risk management throughout the project lifecycle.

Talent Management & PMO Capability Building

• Recruits, develops, and mentors a high-performing team of project managers.
• Builds organizational project management capacity through training, coaching, and knowledge-sharing.
• Cultivates a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Financial & Resource Stewardship

• Optimizes resource allocation across competing priorities to maximize value delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Builds trusted relationships with senior leaders, sponsors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provides transparent and timely communication on project portfolio health, risks, and achievements.
• Engages staff through regular updates, recognition, and opportunities for input into decision-making.

Service & Quality Excellence

• Champions organizational values and PROMISE standards in project management practices.
• Ensures projects and portfolios contribute to patient, provider, and employee experience goals.
• Promotes continuous improvement in processes, methodologies, and PMO services.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of project, program, and portfolio management methodologies (PMBOK, Agile, Lean, hybrid).

• Proven ability to establish governance frameworks, drive portfolio prioritization, and deliver enterprise outcomes.

• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost-benefit analysis.

• Demonstrated skill in organizational change management and stakeholder engagement at all levels.

• Ability to balance strategic oversight with tactical project leadership.

• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with experience presenting to executive leadership and boards.

• Capacity to coach and develop project management professionals.

• Adaptability to manage shifting priorities in a dynamic healthcare environment.

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Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in project management, including leadership of teams and portfolios.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• PMP (Project Management Professional), PgMP (Program Management Professional), or PfMP (Portfolio Management Professional) certification.
• Experience establishing or managing a Project Management Office (PMO).
• Project management experience in a healthcare or large, complex organization.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This is a sedentary position that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.