Operations Project Manager

Job Title: Healthcare Strategy and Operations Project ManagerJob Description

This Healthcare Strategy and Operations Project Manager role combines robust project management with strong analytical capabilities to drive high‑priority initiatives across analytics, operations, and implementation. You will review medical, operational, and financial data, translate insights into clear recommendations, and help coordinate complex stakeholder environments to improve focus, accelerate decision-making, and ensure effective execution on strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage healthcare strategy and operations projects from planning through execution, ensuring alignment with business impact and strategic objectives.
• Participate in the review of medical, operational, and financial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities that inform strategic decisions.
• Help prioritize work and initiatives based on business value, organizational goals, and resource availability.
• Challenge assumptions by asking critical questions about requests, data, and proposed solutions to ensure sound decision-making.
• Drive accountability and follow-through across cross-functional teams, including analytics, operations, implementation, and external partners.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments with strong personalities and competing priorities while maintaining productive relationships.
• Maintain momentum on key initiatives despite heavily booked calendars and limited stakeholder availability by proactively managing schedules and follow-ups.
• Translate data and insights into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership decision-making and strategic planning.
• Present findings, recommendations, and project updates to leadership on a regular basis, including executives and other senior stakeholders.
• Manage and facilitate meetings, ensuring clear agendas, documented decisions, and follow-up actions, while also diving into details when needed.
• Analyze trend data to determine where deeper investigation is required and guide teams on next steps to address emerging issues.
• Work closely with analysts, medical professionals, physicians, project managers, and health economics staff to coordinate efforts and share insights.
• Collaborate with third-party partners and internal data teams to obtain, interpret, and use data effectively in projects and initiatives.
• Apply project valuation methods such as return on investment, payback period, cost-benefit analysis, net present value, and internal rate of return to support business cases.
• Support customer or market research, enterprise initiatives, KPI measurement, analytics projects, and technical development efforts.
• Use tools such as Excel, Power BI, Dynamics, and AI solutions to analyze data, develop dashboards, and communicate performance.
• Stay informed about advances in data science and dashboarding tools and leverage them to improve reporting and analytics capabilities.
• Contribute to a culture of proactive problem-solving by identifying issues early, proposing solutions, and driving results through structured execution.

Essential Skills

• Strong project management skills with experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in a healthcare or medical industry environment.
• Proven analytical mindset with the ability to review medical, operational, and financial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Experience in strategy, consulting, analytics, or other quantitative roles, with the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Confidence in public speaking and presenting to various audiences, including board members, executives, large customers, and national workgroups, while simplifying complex topics.
• Ability to challenge assumptions, ask probing questions, and clarify the rationale behind requests and data.
• Demonstrated capability to prioritize work based on business impact and strategic objectives and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including navigating complex environments with strong personalities and competing priorities.
• Proactive mindset with the confidence to influence decisions and drive results without requiring subject matter expertise in every domain.
• Comfort operating at both a high strategic level and in the details, understanding how outcomes are derived and where to dig deeper.
• Experience with customer or market research, enterprise initiatives or projects, KPI measurement, analytics, or technical development.
• Proficiency with project valuation methods such as return on investment, payback period, cost-benefit analysis, net present value, or internal rate of return.
• Ability to manage and interpret trend data and determine next steps to address emerging issues and opportunities.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to clearly articulate complex information to diverse audiences.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in the healthcare or medical industry is highly preferred.
• Fast learner who quickly understands new concepts, systems, and processes and can operate effectively without being a subject matter expert.
• Experience working with analysts, doctors, physicians, project managers, and health economics professionals.
• Familiarity with Excel, AI tools, Power BI, and Dynamics for data analysis, reporting, and project tracking.
• Knowledge of data science and dashboarding tools such as Power BI, SQL, Azure, Databricks, R, Python, or survey software such as QuestionPro.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, data science, or a related field is beneficial but not strictly required.
• Approximately 7 or more years of experience in strategy, consulting, analytics, or other quantitative roles is ideal, but the focus is on demonstrated skills and impact rather than a specific number of years.
• Comfort working with third-party partners and cross-organizational teams to coordinate data, analytics, and operational initiatives.
• Ability to operate with authority to make decisions within defined scope and provide clear recommendations to leadership.

Work Environment

This role operates within a healthcare-focused organization that emphasizes collaboration between analytics, operations, and implementation teams. The position offers flexibility in work location, with a preference for candidates based near Omaha but with the possibility of remote work. Team members primarily work remotely and come into the office for key team meetings as needed. Standard working hours are generally 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with some flexibility. You will work closely with a small data team, analysts, physicians, other project managers, health economics professionals, and third-party partners on strategic initiatives. The role begins with a structured training period, including an initial week of organizational acclimation followed by side-by-side training with internal team members and third-party partners. The environment supports growth opportunities into operations, management, business analysis, and analytics roles, and uses technologies such as Excel, AI tools, Power BI, Dynamics, and modern data platforms to support decision-making and project delivery.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Omaha, NE.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $65.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 29, 2026.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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