Healthcare Technology Consulting – Deputy Project Manager – PMO Support

Job Description

Job Family: Technology Consulting Travel Required: Up to 75%+ Clearance Required: None Guidehouse’s Health IT Solutions team works with clients to measurably improve their technology outcomes through a mix of IT strategies, improvement in IT operations, and adoption of technology initiatives. By leveraging a deep understanding of health system IT operational best practices supported by data, Guidehouse propels IT operational improvement and technology adoption across departments and service lines at client organizations. The Deputy Project Manager / PMO Support will serve as a key member of the Project Management Office (PMO) for the Oracle Health EHR implementation initiative.

This role supports the Program Director and PMO Lead in managing day-to-day operations, coordinating across workstreams, and ensuring timely delivery of milestones. The Deputy PM will help drive governance, risk management, reporting, and stakeholder engagement across state/federal health organzations and correctional health environments. This role is critical to maintaining momentum, resolving issues, and ensuring alignment across a complex, multi-agency implementation. Key Responsibilities: Program Coordination and Oversight Support the PMO Lead in executing the TruePMO℠ methodology, including planning, execution, monitoring, and control activities.

Maintain integrated master schedules (IMS), risk registers, decision logs, and KPI dashboards. Coordinate across functional teams (clinical, technical, training, testing, data migration) to ensure alignment and timely delivery.

Facilitate weekly solution checkpoints, cross-PM touchpoints, and risk management sessions. Track deliverables and dependencies across implementation phases and agency stakeholders. Governance and Stakeholder Engagement Participate in governance structures including the Executive Steering Committee, Project Leadership Team, and Functional Teams.

Prepare briefing materials, meeting agendas, and decision support documentation for governance bodies. Escalate risks and issues to appropriate governance levels using structured RACI models. Ensure agency priorities are reflected in decision-making and milestone planning.

Reporting and Communications Develop and maintain project dashboards, status reports, and executive summaries. Coordinate with communications and change management teams to align messaging and stakeholder updates.

Support readiness reviews, go/no-go assessments, and post-go-live evaluations. Ensure transparency and accountability through structured reporting and documentation. Risk and Issue Management Monitor project risks and issues, ensuring mitigation plans are in place and tracked.

Facilitate issue triage and resolution across vendors, agencies, and internal teams. Support change control processes, including impact assessments and documentation. Surge and Sustainment Planning Assist in planning and executing surge staffing for build, testing, training, and go-live phases.

Coordinate knowledge transfer and stabilization activities post-go-live. Support transition planning to operations and maintenance (O&M) teams. What You Will Do: Bachelor’s degree Minimum 5 years of experience in project management, with at least 3 years in healthcare IT or public sector programs.

Proven success supporting large-scale EHR implementations, preferably Oracle Health Millennium and RevElate. Strong understanding of PMO operations, governance, and stakeholder coordination. Experience with integrated master scheduling, risk management, and reporting tools.

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