MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT OCHIN
OCHIN is a nonprofit leader in health care innovation and a trusted partner to a growing national provider network, delivering the clinical insights and tailored technologies needed to expand patient access, strengthen care teams, and improve the health of rural and medically underserved communities.
We are hiring for a number of new positions to meet increasing demand. When you choose to join OCHIN, you have the opportunity to continuously grow your skills and do meaningful work to help fulfill our vision of good health and well-being for everyone.
At OCHIN, we value the unique perspectives and experiences of every individual and work hard to maintain a culture rooted in our values.
Founded in Oregon in 2000, OCHIN employs a growing virtual workforce of more than 1,200 skilled professionals, working remotely across 49 states. We offer a generous compensation package and are committed to supporting our employees’ entire well-being by fostering a healthy work-life balance and opportunity for professional advancement. We are curious, collaborative learners who strive to live our values every day. OCHIN is excited to support our continued national expansion and the increasing demand for our innovative tools and services by welcoming new talent to our growing team.
Position Overview
The Director, Innovation Portfolio and PMO is responsible for leading OCHIN’s Innovation Project Management Office and overseeing the successful execution of the organization’s innovation, technology, research, interface, operational improvement, and strategic initiative portfolios. This role provides leadership, governance, resource management, and portfolio oversight for projects outside of Epic implementation activities, ensuring organizational investments are aligned, effectively resourced, and successfully delivered.
Working across cross-functional internal teams, the Director establishes project management standards, oversees portfolio performance, manages project management resources, and provides visibility into organizational capacity, priorities, risks, and outcomes. The Director serves as OCHIN’s leader for execution excellence, ensuring projects move from approved roadmap priorities to successful implementation and measurable member value.
The Director is responsible for how approved initiatives are delivered. This role ensures projects and programs are governed effectively, dependencies are managed, resources are allocated appropriately, and strategic initiatives achieve intended outcomes.
Essential Duties
Portfolio Leadership and Governance
- Lead and continuously improve OCHIN’s Innovation Portfolio and PMO function.
- Establish and maintain governance processes, methodologies, standards, tools, and reporting practices for enterprise project management.
- Ensure consistent project management practices across the organization.
- Develop portfolio review processes that support prioritization, escalation, decision-making, and accountability.
Portfolio Management and Delivery Oversight
- Maintain visibility across portfolio health, resource capacity, risks, dependencies, timelines, budgets, and outcomes.
- Monitor progress against strategic commitments and approved roadmap priorities.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate portfolio-level risks and barriers to delivery.
- Provide recommendations to executive leadership regarding resource allocation, project sequencing, and portfolio tradeoffs.
- Support governance committee and executive leaders with data-driven portfolio insihgts and recommendations.
- Ensure projects are aligned with organizational priorities and deliver measurable business and member outcomes.
Project Management Leadership
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of project managers and research associates.
- Establish expectations for project management excellence, stakeholder engagement, and customer service.
- Assign project management resources based on organizational priorities, project complexity, and staff capabilities.
- Support career development, mentoring, workforce planning, and succession planning activities.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, and continous improvement.
Cross-Functional Coordination and Execution
- Partner with cross-functional teams to coordinate execution of strategic initiatives.
- Facilitate resolution of cross-functional issues, competing priorities, and resource constraints.
- Ensure project activities remain aligned with approved roadmaps, organizational priorities, and member expectations.
- Support organizational readiness, implementation planning, and change management activities associated with project delivery.
Executive Reporting and Decision Support
- Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting.
- Provide regular updates to executive leadership, governance committees, and project sponsors.
- Monitor project performance, portfolio trends, resource utilization, and organizational capacity.
- Support annual planning, investment prioritization, and resource allocation discussions.
- Recommend improvements to governance processes, portfolio management practices, and delivery models.
Member and Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project outcomes align with member needs and organizational objectives.
- Participate in member meetings, governance discussions, and project reviews as appropriate.
- Ensure effective stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
- Promote transparency and proactive communication regarding project status, milestones, risks, and outcomes.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 8+ years of progressive experience leading complex portfolios, programs, projects, or PMO functions.
- 5+ years of experience leading project managers, program managers, or cross-functional teams.
- PMP, PgMP, CAPM, or comparable project or portfolio management certification.
- Demonstrated success overseeing large, complex portfolios involving technology, healthcare operations, research, innovation, operational improvement, or organizational transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of portfolio management, project governance, resource planning, and project management methodologies.
- Experience facilitating executive decision-making and managing competing organizational priorities.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and change management capabilities.
- Ability to lead in complex environments with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and competing priorities.
- Familiarity with Epic and healthcare technology ecosystems preferred.
- The ideal candidate is an experienced portfolio and project management leader who excels at turning organizational priorities into successful outcomes. They bring deep expertise in portfolio governance, resource management, and complex program delivery, coupled with the ability to navigate ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and drive cross-functional alignment. They are a collaborative leader who develops high-performing project managers, builds strong relationships across the organization, and uses data to inform decisions and improve execution.
- The successful candidate combines operational discipline with strategic thinking, ensuring projects are delivered effectively while maintaining focus on member value, organizational goals, and long-term sustainability. They are equally comfortable coaching project managers, facilitating executive discussions, managing portfolio tradeoffs, and providing visibility into risks, capacity, and performance. In short, they are someone who can help OCHIN consistently move its most important initiatives from concept to successful implementation.
Physical Requirements/Work Environment:
- Constant interpersonal skills, teamwork, and customer service. Frequent creativity, mentoring, presentations, and teaching. Occasional decision making and independent judgment or action.
- Reading, speaking, writing, and understanding English.
- While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms.
- This position requires a virtual home-office environment, working remotely.
- The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and mobile devices.
- Travel is required to support OCHIN’s business requirements for go-live installations or training which may require travel by air, vehicle, or train.
Work Location and Travel Requirements
OCHIN is a 100% remote organization with no physical corporate office location. Employees work remotely from home and many of our positions also support our member organizations on-site for new software installations. Nationwide travel is determined based on OCHIN business needs. Please inquire during the interview process about travel requirements for this position.
Work from home requirements are:
- Ability to work independently and efficiently from a home office environment
- High Speed Internet Service
- It is a requirement that employees work in a distraction free workplace
- Travel required up to 20% nationally for on-site Go Live support based on business requirements for OCHIN
- (OR) Travel may be required nationally based on business requirements for OCHIN
We offer a comprehensive range of benefits. See our website for details: https://ochin.org/careerCOVID-19
Vaccination Requirement
To keep our colleagues, members, and communities safe, OCHIN requires all employees—including remote employees, contractors, interns, and new hires—to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine, as supported by state and federal public health officials, as a condition of employment. All new hires are required to provide proof of full vaccination or receive approval for a medical or religious exemption before their hire date.
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Base Pay Overview
OCHIN uses broadened pay ranges to support equitable and market-aligned compensation practices. Pay information by position level is listed below. The final offer will be based on a variety of factors, including relevant skills, certifications, education, experience, training, responsibilities, internal equity, and market data.
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