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Director, IT Portfolio & Program Management to lead enterprise-wide IT portfolio governance while also serving as the operational PMO lead for our Fixed-Site imaging business - the largest and most complex segment of our IT delivery portfolio. This is a hybrid leadership role that blends strategic portfolio stewardship with hands-on program delivery management, requiring someone equally comfortable setting intake and prioritization policy at the enterprise level and rolling up their sleeves to manage active program & project delivery in a fast-paced, matrixed healthcare IT environment.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to:Enterprise IT Portfolio Governance - Own and continuously mature the enterprise IT intake, governance, and prioritization process across all business units (Fixed-Site, Mobile Imaging, corporate functions).
- Design and facilitate portfolio steering committees and gate reviews, ensuring demand is scored, sequenced, and resourced against enterprise OKRs and capacity constraints.
- Maintain a single, consolidated portfolio view - active projects, pipeline demand, resource allocation, and risk - for executive and Board-level reporting.
- Partner with IT Leadership & Finance on capital planning, business case development, and portfolio-level ROI tracking.
- Establish and evolve portfolio management standards, templates, processes and tooling (e.g., PPM platforms, roadmap/Gantt tooling, OKR frameworks).
- Drive prioritization trade-off conversations across competing business unit demands with data-driven, transparent criteria.
PMO Delivery Management - Fixed-Site IT - Serve as the direct PMO lead for the IT deliverable portfolio supporting Fixed-Site imaging centers - the company's dominant business line.
- Manage a portfolio of concurrent projects and programs (e.g., RIS/PACS initiatives, patient portal expansion, interoperability/USCDI work, infrastructure and application delivery) from initiation through close.
- Experience managing delivery with vendor partners
- Apply Agile, hybrid, and traditional PM methods as appropriate to project type; run sprint/PI-level ceremonies where Agile teams are engaged.
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder communication for Fixed-Site IT initiatives; escalate portfolio-level risks and resourcing conflicts.
- Build and maintain program dashboards and status reporting cadences for Fixed-Site operations, IT, and clinical leadership.
- Act as a trusted advisor to IT, Operations, Clinical, and Patient Services leadership on delivery capacity and prioritization trade-offs.
Position Requirements:- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience; Business, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, or a related field
- 8+ years in IT Program/Project Management, including 3+ years in a Portfolio Management or PMO leadership capacity.
- Proven experience running enterprise-level intake, governance, and prioritization processes across multiple business units.
- Strong hands-on program/project delivery experience - not purely strategic/oversight background.
- Working fluency in both traditional PMO methodology (waterfall, PMI/PMBOK) and Agile/SAFe delivery (PI Planning, ARTs, backlog management, OKRs).
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing stakeholder priorities and communicate effectively with executive audiences.
- Experience building and presenting portfolio dashboards, roadmaps, and executive-level reporting materials.
Preferred:- Master's Degree or Equivalent Experience (MS, MA, MBA); Information Systems, Healthcare Administration, or similar advanced degree
- Healthcare industry experience, ideally in diagnostic imaging, radiology, or outpatient clinical operations.
- Familiarity with RIS/PACS, EHR conversion programs, imaging patient portals, or healthcare interoperability standards (e.g., USCDI, HL7/FHIR).
- PMP, PgMP, SAFe (RTE/POPM), or equivalent certification.
- Experience standing up or maturing a PMO function within a healthcare or multi-site operational environment.
- Experience with enterprise PPM tooling (e.g., Jira/Jira Align, ServiceNow SPM, Planview, MS Project/Project Online).
At Akumin, we invest in the well-being of our employees, so you can bring your best self to work each day. You can expect to see the following benefits:
- Competitive compensation
- Flexible scheduling
- Cross training opportunities
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA accounts with employer contributions
- 401(k) eligibility with employer match
- Paid holidays
- Defined PTO and sick time programs
Eligibility for benefits will vary based on role type and hours worked.
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