[Remote] Program Management Specialist

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Seattle Children’s is hiring a Program Management Specialist to lead governance and project coordination across Payor Contracting, Reimbursement Analytics, and Provider Enrollment. The role translates leadership decisions and priorities into structured plans, tracks deliverables and risks, and coordinates executive decision support and cross-functional execution.

Responsibilities

• Program & Portfolio Governance: Build and maintain integrated project plans, decision logs, risk registers, and milestone tracking for multi-faceted contracting, regulatory, and operational initiatives
• Executive Payor Governance: Oversee end-to-end planning for executive payor meetings, including agenda prioritization, briefing materials, commitment tracking, and documentation of key outcomes
• Executive Decision Support & Synthesis: Distill complex operational, financial, and contractual updates into concise, executive-ready presentations, decision briefs, and status reports
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Coordinate deliverables among internal teams (Legal, Finance, Revenue Cycle, Analytics), external partners, and executive sponsors to ensure timeline alignment and smooth operational handoffs
• Workflow Optimization & Automation: Leverage Microsoft 365, work-management systems, and approved automation/AI tools to streamline project intake, reporting, and tracking while maintaining strict data confidentiality

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in business, health care or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Five (5) years experience with program support; including three (3) years in program/project coordination in a professional capacity
• Two (2) years experience working on quality and process improvement projects with cross-functional teams; including data collection, analysis and reporting
• Proven record of project completion, program planning, execution and status reporting
• Experience developing relationships across the organization
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools, project management software, and workflow automation
• Experience working in public health, health care or social services
• Experience analyzing improvement data and working with internal clients to analyze and develop improvement strategies
• Knowledge of continuous improvement/Lean methodologies and processes
• Awareness of current and emerging trends in project management technologies, techniques, issues and approaches
• Experience project coordinating/facilitating large complex organizational initiatives that cross all departments and roles
• Proven track record leading project or portfolio governance across multiple concurrent, complex initiatives with senior stakeholders
• Strong ability to translate ambiguous priorities into structured workplans, milestones, and accountability frameworks
• Exceptional executive communication skills, with experience synthesizing complex technical, financial, or regulatory data into briefings and decision documents
• Background in healthcare administration, health plans, payor contracting, reimbursement, revenue cycle, or related fields preferred

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• 403(b)
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Fully remote role in Washington State only

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