Epic Program Manager

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an
Epic Program Manager
for a
Contract
assignment with one of our premier
Healthcare
clients in
San Diego, CA
.
Responsibilities
:
The Epic Program Manager provides enterprise-level leadership for complex healthcare technology initiatives with a primary focus on Epic EHR implementations, optimizations, and regulatory programs. This role owns a diverse portfolio of high-visibility projects impacting clinical, operational, compliance, and executive priorities. The Program Manager operates as a strategic integrator across stakeholders, ensuring initiatives are delivered safely, compliantly, and on schedule while navigating organizational complexity, competing priorities, and regulatory mandates. Success requires advanced Epic program experience, executive communication capability, strong healthcare domain knowledge, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in politically sensitive environments.

• Lead enterprise Epic initiatives spanning multiple modules and departments
• Oversee regulatory and compliance-driven healthcare technology programs
• Manage cross-functional portfolios with significant operational impact
• Serve as primary escalation and coordination point for senior leadership
• Develop executive dashboards, strategic briefings, and decision materials
• Facilitate alignment across clinical, operational, and IT stakeholders
• Own program planning, resource coordination, risk mitigation, and delivery oversight
• Implement structured governance frameworks for large healthcare initiatives
• Ensure vendor and partner coordination aligns with enterprise priorities
• Resolve complex stakeholder conflicts
• Manage politically sensitive initiatives
• Drive consensus across competing enterprise interests

Required
Skills
:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years healthcare IT project/program leadership
• Demonstrated Epic implementation or optimization leadership
• Experience managing multi-workstream enterprise programs
• Executive communication and reporting expertise
• Proven success delivering high-risk regulatory or regulatory initiatives

Preferred
Skills
:

• Epic certification or advanced Epic platform experience
• PMP or equivalent program leadership certification
• Lean/Six Sigma experience
• ServiceNow or enterprise workflow platform familiarity

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ .
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