Is the IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager position at UChicago Medicine fully remote?

Yes, this IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager position at UChicago Medicine is a remote position. The role is available for candidates in United States.

Is this a full-time or part-time IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager role?

This is a full-time IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager position at UChicago Medicine.

What benefits does UChicago Medicine offer for this position?

UChicago Medicine offers the following benefits: Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Retirement Plan, Paid Time Off.

What is the salary range for the IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager position?

The salary range for this IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager role is $135.7k - $158.3k.

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IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager at UChicago Medicine

United States

$135.7k - $158.3k

Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as an IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager. This is a remote, work from home opportunity, and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.   The IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager manages multiple related projects and/or work streams within the Community Connect program at the milestone level with supporting details managed by the project teams. Identifies and manages interdependence within and across projects within the Community Connect program. A strong grasp of the distinction between product management/ownership (defining value, outcomes, and roadmaps) and project/program management (driving execution, timelines, and delivery) is essential.  Essential Job Functions      Program Management and Execution <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Integrates expert knowledge of PMLC with insights and knowledge across the enterprise. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Manages multiple projects and/or work streams within a program at the milestone level with supporting details managed by the project teams.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Oversees technical build activities, ensuring alignment with architectural standards, security requirements, and operational readiness.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Planning (Initiation and Definition) – creates and manages all components of the initiation phase; including but not limited to project kickoff, stakeholder identification and analysis, risk assessment, schedule creation, budget creation, and resource identification.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Project Execution (Design, Build, Test/Train, Go Live) – manages all components and deliverables of project execution including but not limited to solution design, implementation, test planning and execution, training planning and execution, cutover and go-live.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Project Closure – manages all components of project closure including production turnover, lessons learned, and overall close out.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Monitoring and Control – Drives resolution of all project risks, action items, status reporting, scope and schedule, financial and budget establishment and reporting, meeting facilitation, vendor engagement and performance management, change management, and project resources.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Develop program dashboards, KPIs, and communication mechanisms to ensure transparency and executive visibility.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Drive operational discipline—ensuring teams meet process requirements, adhere to governance checkpoints, and maintain audit ready documentation.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Support product teams by translating strategic goals into actionable project plans, milestones, and dependencies.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Demonstrated success leading role sensitive transitions (operating model transformation, RACI changes, new governance, or tooling/process migrations).</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Expertise in project management delivery models.</li></ul> Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving  <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Thinks strategically using data to drive decisions and solutions. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Demonstrates understanding of business operations for multiple departments or operational areas. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Develops and manages program and project budgets and other financial aspects of the work they are overseeing (e.g., forecasting, estimating). </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Understands the business case process and maintains a business case for the programs/projects they are managing. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Understands the vendor contracting processes and participates in the negotiation of contracts for goods and services. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Understands how to gather information and conduct analysis to gain a full understanding of issues and problems, including root cause identification. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Anticipates functionality/system/application problems based on experience. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Identifies and escalates issues immediately and drives them to conclusion. </li></ul>   Communication and Formal Status Reporting <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Adept at facilitating executives </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Excellent executive message development and presentation skills. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Manages challenging group dynamics to achieve positive business outcomes. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Conveys difficult messages with empathy and concise rationale. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Has a high level of self-awareness as well as awareness of other’s emotions. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Identifies others’ communication styles and tailors messages accordingly to achieve desired results consistently. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Communicates to diverse audiences so that information is credible, digestible, and easily understood. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Establish listening frameworks with executive stakeholders, customers, end users, and team members to assist with continuous improvement.</li></ul> Relationship Building and Management <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Leads teams to find solutions to complex problems, and delivers pragmatic solutions aligned to customer needs. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Skilled at identifying stakeholders and building a complex stakeholder management plan. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Provides definitive points of view and recommendations on program needs/risks. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Works with teams and stakeholders to create new value for customers. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Partners with stakeholders up to the ‘C’ level to support their decision-making processes; challenges thinking to ensure accountability and good stewardship. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Manages vendor relationships, ensuring alignment on scope, deliverables, SLAs, and long-term product lifecycle needs.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Oversees vendor-led technical work, ensuring quality, compliance, and integration with internal systems.</li></ul> Required Qualifications    <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">10 - 12 years of previous experience </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Bachelor’s degree in a technical or healthcare field, or 10 years of healthcare IT experience. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Must have 8 years of Information Technology Project Leadership experience, with at least 5 years in a PMO like role OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In-depth knowledge of integrated health care systems, technologies, and platforms</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Significant experience with multiple project and portfolio management</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Experienced in vendor management</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Experience with Epic Community Connect or similar EHR extension programs</li></ul> Preferred Qualifications  <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">MS/MBA  </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Epic certification in outpatient suite of applications</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Strong program/portfolio management experience in IT healthcare.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Proven ability to collaboratively design and facilitate governance frameworks and operational structures from the ground up.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Multiple project management methodologies and software development cycles (Waterfall/Kanban/Agile)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Lean Six Sigma Training</li></ul> Position Details    <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Job Type/FTE: Full-time    </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Shift: Day    </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Location: Remote       </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Department: IT Community Connect Services     </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;">CBA Code: Non-Union  </li></ul>   We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.   UChicago Medicine is growing; discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of excellence at: <a href="https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/about-us/careers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">UChicago Medicine Career Opportunities</a>   UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.   As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.   Compensation & Benefits Overview   UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits.  The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.   The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.   Review the full complement of benefit options for eligible roles at <a href="https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/about-us/careers/benefits" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Benefits - UChicago Medicine</a>.

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IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager

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IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager

UChicago Medicine

Full Time

$135.7k - $158.3k

2 weeks ago

Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine , as an IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager. This is a remote, work from home opportunity, and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.

United States

Product

Staff

Project Management

Program Management

Product ownership

+5 more

Job Description

Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as an IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager. This is a remote, work from home opportunity, and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.

The IS Community Connect Product Owner/Program Manager manages multiple related projects and/or work streams within the Community Connect program at the milestone level with supporting details managed by the project teams. Identifies and manages interdependence within and across projects within the Community Connect program. A strong grasp of the distinction between product management/ownership (defining value, outcomes, and roadmaps) and project/program management (driving execution, timelines, and delivery) is essential.

Essential Job Functions  

Program Management and Execution

Integrates expert knowledge of PMLC with insights and knowledge across the enterprise.
Manages multiple projects and/or work streams within a program at the milestone level with supporting details managed by the project teams.
Oversees technical build activities, ensuring alignment with architectural standards, security requirements, and operational readiness.
Planning (Initiation and Definition) – creates and manages all components of the initiation phase; including but not limited to project kickoff, stakeholder identification and analysis, risk assessment, schedule creation, budget creation, and resource identification.
Project Execution (Design, Build, Test/Train, Go Live) – manages all components and deliverables of project execution including but not limited to solution design, implementation, test planning and execution, training planning and execution, cutover and go-live.
Project Closure – manages all components of project closure including production turnover, lessons learned, and overall close out.
Monitoring and Control – Drives resolution of all project risks, action items, status reporting, scope and schedule, financial and budget establishment and reporting, meeting facilitation, vendor engagement and performance management, change management, and project resources.
Develop program dashboards, KPIs, and communication mechanisms to ensure transparency and executive visibility.
Drive operational discipline—ensuring teams meet process requirements, adhere to governance checkpoints, and maintain audit ready documentation.
Support product teams by translating strategic goals into actionable project plans, milestones, and dependencies.
Demonstrated success leading role sensitive transitions (operating model transformation, RACI changes, new governance, or tooling/process migrations).
Expertise in project management delivery models.

Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving

Thinks strategically using data to drive decisions and solutions.
Demonstrates understanding of business operations for multiple departments or operational areas.
Develops and manages program and project budgets and other financial aspects of the work they are overseeing (e.g., forecasting, estimating).
Understands the business case process and maintains a business case for the programs/projects they are managing.
Understands the vendor contracting processes and participates in the negotiation of contracts for goods and services.
Understands how to gather information and conduct analysis to gain a full understanding of issues and problems, including root cause identification.
Anticipates functionality/system/application problems based on experience.
Identifies and escalates issues immediately and drives them to conclusion.

Communication and Formal Status Reporting

Adept at facilitating executives
Excellent executive message development and presentation skills.
Manages challenging group dynamics to achieve positive business outcomes.
Conveys difficult messages with empathy and concise rationale.
Has a high level of self-awareness as well as awareness of other’s emotions.
Identifies others’ communication styles and tailors messages accordingly to achieve desired results consistently.
Communicates to diverse audiences so that information is credible, digestible, and easily understood.
Establish listening frameworks with executive stakeholders, customers, end users, and team members to assist with continuous improvement.

Relationship Building and Management

Leads teams to find solutions to complex problems, and delivers pragmatic solutions aligned to customer needs.
Skilled at identifying stakeholders and building a complex stakeholder management plan.
Provides definitive points of view and recommendations on program needs/risks.
Works with teams and stakeholders to create new value for customers.
Partners with stakeholders up to the ‘C’ level to support their decision-making processes; challenges thinking to ensure accountability and good stewardship.
Manages vendor relationships, ensuring alignment on scope, deliverables, SLAs, and long-term product lifecycle needs.
Oversees vendor-led technical work, ensuring quality, compliance, and integration with internal systems.

Required Qualifications 

10 - 12 years of previous experience
Bachelor’s degree in a technical or healthcare field, or 10 years of healthcare IT experience.
Must have 8 years of Information Technology Project Leadership experience, with at least 5 years in a PMO like role OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
In-depth knowledge of integrated health care systems, technologies, and platforms
Significant experience with multiple project and portfolio management
Experienced in vendor management
MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Experience with Epic Community Connect or similar EHR extension programs

Preferred Qualifications

MS/MBA
Epic certification in outpatient suite of applications
Strong program/portfolio management experience in IT healthcare.
Proven ability to collaboratively design and facilitate governance frameworks and operational structures from the ground up.
Multiple project management methodologies and software development cycles (Waterfall/Kanban/Agile)
Lean Six Sigma Training

Position Details 

Job Type/FTE: Full-time 
Shift: Day 
Location: Remote  
Department: IT Community Connect Services
CBA Code: Non-Union

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

UChicago Medicine is growing; discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of excellence at: UChicago Medicine Career Opportunities

UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

Review the full complement of benefit options for eligible roles at Benefits - UChicago Medicine.

Benefits

Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Retirement Plan
Paid Time Off

Skills

Project Management

Program Management

Product ownership

Healthcare IT

Vendor management

Strategic Planning

Budget Management

Epic Community Connect

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