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Job Description
Owns the District's enterprise project portfolio and leads the IT project management function. Personally manages the organization's most complex and highly visible strategic initiatives (approximately 5% of the portfolio) while overseeing delivery of the broader IT project portfolio through a team of Project Managers. Serves as the executive-facing voice for all projects, producing executive dashboards and reports and standing accountable to leadership for portfolio health, priorities, and outcomes.
Portfolio Ownership and Executive Reporting
- Own the enterprise project portfolio end to end: intake, prioritization, resourcing, governance, and reporting.
- Design, build, and maintain executive dashboards and executive-level portfolio reports for the CITO, CEO, and executive leadership.
- Present portfolio status, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership; be prepared to speak to the status of any project in the portfolio at any time.
- Establish and enforce PMO standards, methodology, templates, and tooling; drive continuous improvement.
Strategic Project Delivery
- Directly lead high-visibility strategic projects with enterprise, executive, or Board-level impact.
- Partner with executive sponsors to define scope, business outcomes, and success measures.
- Manage complex vendor, contract, and multi-department dependencies.
Team Leadership (approx. 10%)
- Supervise, coach, and develop 2–3 Project Managers; conduct performance reviews, set goals, and manage workload assignments.
- Provide escalation support and quality oversight on all team-managed projects.
- Build team capability in methodology, communication, and executive presence.
Communication
- Create polished presentations and briefing materials for executive and Board audiences.
- Communicate effectively across clinical, operational, technical, and executive stakeholders.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Eight to ten (8–10) years of progressive project management experience, including management of complex, multi-stakeholder technology and strategic initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience building executive dashboards, reports, and presentations and presenting to senior leadership.
- Experience leading or mentoring project managers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MS, or related).
- Healthcare or public-sector experience; familiarity with Epic or other EHR programs and regulatory environments.
- PMO leadership or portfolio management experience; PgMP, PfMP, or Lean Six Sigma a plus.
- Proficiency with enterprise PPM and reporting tools (Monday.com, Power BI, Smartsheet, MS Project).
About Us
The Health Care District of Palm Beach County is an independent special taxing district that has served as a healthcare safety net for more than 36 years to fill in gaps in access to healthcare services. This unique healthcare system covers the entire county and provides a wide range of services such as nine community health centers (Federally Qualified Health Centers) which serve everyone regardless of ability to pay; school health teams in 172 public schools; a lifesaving Trauma Hawk aeromedical helicopter program; a rural, public teaching hospital, Lakeside Medical Center; an award-winning skilled nursing center; a ground ambulance program for Health Care District patients needing a higher level of care and the county’s Trauma Agency, which ensures quality outcomes within the county’s trauma system and leads initiatives to prevent traumatic injury.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, military or veteran status, age, sex, pregnancy status, genetic information, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation or identification status, or any other legally recognized category protected by jurisdictional, state or federal law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.
We are also committed to maintaining a safe, healthy, and productive work environment for all employees. As such, we are a Drug-Free Workplace.
The Health Care District of Palm Beach County is an E-Verify participating employer and will use E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.
This role may require Agency of Health Care Administration (AHCA) background screening and clearance. As required under House Bill 531, applicants may review AHCA’s education and awareness information at the following link: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/



