We’re looking for an experienced Principal Project Manager to lead the delivery of a major digital health initiative focused on improving how healthcare providers send, receive and manage electronic referrals.
This is a senior delivery role working within a large and complex healthcare environment. You’ll take ownership of project planning, governance, stakeholder engagement and delivery while leading a multidisciplinary team and working closely with senior stakeholders, vendors and technical specialists.
The Role
You’ll be responsible for:
- Leading the end-to-end delivery of a complex digital health / ICT project
- Defining project scope, objectives, deliverables and delivery plans
- Managing schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, budgets and resources
- Providing strategic advice to ensure project outcomes align with organisational standards, architecture and governance requirements
- Working closely with senior stakeholders, project boards, clinical teams, technical teams and vendors
- Leading stakeholder engagement across a complex healthcare environment
- Managing vendor relationships and coordinating third-party delivery
- Leading and mentoring multidisciplinary project teams
- Establishing strong project governance, reporting and decision-making processes
- Identifying delivery risks early and adjusting the approach where required to keep the project on track
What We’re Looking For
You’ll ideally bring:
- Extensive experience delivering large-scale, complex IM/ICT or digital transformation projects
- Strong experience as a Senior / Principal Project Manager or Program Manager
- Previous experience within healthcare or digital health environments
- Strong knowledge of digital integration, interoperability and application/platform delivery
- Experience working with data governance, privacy and cybersecurity requirements
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and project boards
- Strong vendor and commercial management experience
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring multidisciplinary teams
- Strong negotiation, facilitation, problem-solving and communication skills
- Solid experience with formal project management methodologies, ideally PRINCE2
- Previous experience working within a large government health environment will be highly regarded.
Why This Role?
This is a strong opportunity to lead a high-profile digital health project designed to improve access to healthcare and modernise the way referrals are managed across a complex health system.
You’ll be working on a project with genuine clinical and community impact while operating at a senior level across business, technology, clinical and vendor stakeholders.
To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Anita Cunningham on 07 33395626 or email: acunningham@paxus.com.au
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