Value Analysis Project Manager (Partial Remote) - Sourcing and Value Analysis

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a business or healthcare-related field, or equivalent relevant work experience and one (1) year of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• One year of experience in a healthcare setting
• Certification in project management
• Master’s degree in a healthcare-related field
• Clinical work experience

Job Summary:

The Value Analysis Project Manager reports to the Director of Strategic Sourcing and Value Analysis. Responsible for managing multiple Value Analysis projects, including but not limited to product conversions and product trials. Has excellent project management skills, the ability to manage multiple priorities, and works well in a clinical setting. Responsible for working with relevant stakeholders to implement initiatives set forth by the Director of Strategic Sourcing and Value Analysis and the various Value Analysis Committees. Receives directive from the Clinical Resource Managers and rotates amongst them to implement necessary initiatives.

Job Duties:

Project Portfolio Management and Governance:

• Lead assigned projects and programs across Supply Chain Services from intake and prioritization through planning, execution, transition, closeout, and benefits realization.
• Develop and maintain project charters, scopes, objectives, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, budgets, governance structures, communication plans, and integrated schedules.
• Facilitate project intake and prioritization by evaluating strategic alignment, operational impact, customer need, resource requirements, implementation complexity, financial opportunity, and risk.
• Establish clear decision rights, roles, responsibilities, and escalation paths using tools such as RACI matrices, governance calendars, issue logs, and decision logs.
• Monitor scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, dependencies, risks, and benefits; identify variances early and implement corrective actions or escalation plans.
• Prepare concise, accurate project status reports and executive briefings that communicate progress, decisions required, barriers, risks, financial impact, and next steps.

Process Improvement and Operational Excellence:

• Lead current-state assessments and future-state design for end-to-end supply chain processes, including handoffs between Supply Chain Services and clinical, academic, research, and administrative departments.
• Apply project management principles to workflow analysis and other structured improvement methods to identify waste, variation, defects, delays, and control gaps.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops to define problems, validate requirements, map workflows, analyze root causes, develop countermeasures, and obtain stakeholder agreement on future-state processes.
• Develop implementation plans, standard work, procedures, controls, training materials, and sustainment plans that embed improvements into daily operations.
• Establish process owners, control measures, review cadences, and escalation thresholds to ensure improvements are sustained and performance does not regress.
• Identify opportunities for efficiencies and process improvements across the enterprise.

Analytics, Measurement, and Benefits Realization:

• Collect, validate, integrate, and analyze operational, financial, spend, utilization, supplier, inventory, service-level, and workflow data from multiple systems and business owners.
• Define baseline performance, target outcomes, key performance indicators, data definitions, calculation methodologies, data owners, reporting frequency, and acceptance criteria for each initiative.
• Develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, return-on-investment models, capacity analyses, forecasts, scenarios, and sensitivity analyses to support project selection and decision-making.
• Collaborate on developing and maintaining dashboards, scorecards, trackers, and executive reports that provide timely visibility into delivery performance, operational outcomes, financial value, and risk.
• Partner with operational leaders to validate savings, cost avoidance, productivity gains, working-capital improvements, service enhancements, quality improvements, and other measurable benefits.

Risk, Issue, and Change Management:

• Maintain project risk, issue, action, assumption, and decision logs; assess probability, impact, ownership, mitigation, contingency actions, and escalation requirements.
• Evaluate the operational, financial, technology, compliance, customer, and workforce impacts of proposed changes before implementation.
• Develop and execute stakeholder engagement, communication, training, readiness, adoption, and transition plans appropriate to the scope and impact of each initiative.
• Monitor adoption and post-implementation performance; identify barriers, reinforce accountability, and coordinate corrective actions until defined outcomes are achieved and sustained.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:

• Identify project sponsors, process owners, subject matter experts, customers, decision-makers, and impacted groups; establish effective engagement and governance routines.
• Partner across Supply Chain Services and with Clinical Operations, Value Analysis, Finance, Information Services, Legal, Human Resources, Compliance, Facilities, Research, academic departments, and external suppliers as required by the initiative.
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, steering committees, and executive reviews; document decisions, owners, due dates, dependencies, and follow-up actions.
• Build trusted relationships with internal and external customers; manage competing priorities and differing perspectives while maintaining focus on agreed objectives and institutional value.
• Prepare and deliver clear executive-level presentations, recommendations, dashboards, process maps, and written communications tailored to technical and non-technical audiences.

Systems, Data Governance, and Team Leadership:

• Use PeopleSoft ERP, Jaggaer, Microsoft 365, Power BI, project management platforms, and other approved analytical or workflow tools to plan work, analyze performance, and communicate results.
• Partner with system owners and data stewards to improve data quality, standardize definitions, document source systems, and establish reliable reporting and governance practices.
• Maintain complete and audit-ready project documentation, including approved scope, plans, requirements, analyses, decisions, risks, testing results, training records, implementation evidence, and closeout materials.

Marginal or Periodic Functions:

• Participate in strategic planning, annual operating planning, budget development, performance improvement, and departmental initiatives.
• Represent Supply Chain Services on cross-functional committees, workgroups, implementation teams, and governance bodies.
• Adheres to internal controls, institutional policies, project governance requirements, and reporting structure.
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Technical Knowledge and Expertise:

• Demonstrates strong knowledge of project and program management, supply chain operations, process improvement, change management, and performance measurement principles and practices.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills, including the ability to develop project charters, business requirements, process maps, standard work, procedures, business cases, and executive communications.
• Demonstrates proficiency in structured problem-solving, facilitation, risk management, requirements gathering, implementation planning, and benefits realization.
• Working knowledge of healthcare operations, public-sector requirements, internal controls, data governance, and compliance considerations relevant to supply chain projects.

Technical and Organizational Skills:

• Advanced analytical skills, including the ability to manipulate and interpret large datasets, identify trends and root causes, establish baselines, develop financial and operational models, and define meaningful KPIs.
• Proficiency with ERP, contract management, project management, process mapping, and business intelligence tools; experience with PeopleSoft, Jaggaer, Microsoft Project, Visio, Power BI, or equivalent platforms preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP or equivalent lookup functions, data validation, charts, and analytical modeling; proficiency in PowerPoint and Word required.

Salary Range:

Actual salary commensurate with experience.

Work Schedule:

Partial Remote, on-site at minimum twice a week. Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, and as needed on occasion.

Equal Employment Opportunity UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.