The Aspen Group (TAG) is one of the largest and most trusted retail healthcare business support organizations in the U.S. and has supported over 16,000 healthcare professionals and team members at more than 1,200 health and wellness offices across 46 states in four distinct categories: Dental care, urgent care, medical aesthetics, and animal health. Working in partnership with independent practice owners and clinicians, the team is united by a single purpose: to prove that healthcare can be better and smarter for everyone. TAG provides a comprehensive suite of centralized business support services that power the impact of five consumer-facing businesses: Aspen Dental, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, WellNow Urgent Care, Chapter Aesthetic Studio, and AZPetVet. Each brand has access to a deep community of experts, tools and resources to grow their practices, and an unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality consumer healthcare experiences at scale.

Our continued growth has created an opportunity to join our team as a Principal IT Project Manager.

We are looking to hire a positive, proactive Principal IT project manager to manage project teams and ensure IT projects are completed on time and on cost. The Principal should be focused on delivery with focus on stakeholder management and transparent reporting. IT project manager will ensure compliance with budget and other project requirements. Project Manager should be able to manage cross functional reporting, develop implementation run guides in coordination with the project teams/end-users.

A project manager will need to communicate with stakeholders during all phases of the project and must close each project efficiently with documented sign-offs.

To be successful in this role, a Project Manager must deliver an extensively recorded, tested, intact, and operative solution within delivery time frames and budget. Ideal candidates must be analytical and must have a positive demeanor.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Leadership

• Lead and manage the delivery of complex, large-scale IT projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and milestones in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans covering timelines, resource allocation, budgets, and risk management strategies.
• Oversee the full project lifecycle, from initiation to closure, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.

Portfolio Tracking & Management

• Manage and track a portfolio of projects, ensuring they align with business objectives and strategic priorities.
• Implement and maintain a centralized portfolio tracking system to monitor the status of all ongoing projects.
• Analyze project interdependencies, resource utilization,
• Proficient in SCRUM and software delivery
• Accountable for end to end project management, starting from RFP to Hypercare rollout.
• Ability to deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
• Be a trusted advisor to business, proficient in stakeholder management.
• Develop project governance, lead Steering co meetings, asses risk and mitigation plans
• Collaborate with the cross functional teams to deliver the initiative in a streamlined manner
• Specifically: Experience in in house development delivery, web delivery and AI initiatives
• Liaising with stakeholders such as project personnel, vendors, and end-users regarding project requirements.
• Outlining, defining, and initiating the project and deliver to scope and timeline.
• Implementing document control policies and documentation templates.
• Maintaining a good working knowledge of assigned component projects.
• Monitoring project progress and implementing changes where necessary.
• Ensuring compliance with objectives, organizational policies, procedures, and standards.
• Compiling project reports and informing management regarding problems.
• Ensuring project complies with best practices, SOPs, PMO policies, and other policies.

Requirements:

• Must have Bachelors or Masters qualification
• 5+ years of experience in a project management role.
• Should be hands-on with Jira, Confluence & ServiceNow, Monday.com
• Thorough understanding of project management fundamentals.
• Understanding of software development life cycle.
• Advanced computer skills and in-depth knowledge of different operating systems, network administration and service desk administration
• Project management and leadership skills for managing projects and the teams involved with them
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate with team members and management and explain technical issues
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to handle any issues that occur during project completion
• Organization and time management skills to keep projects on track and within budget
• Excellent resource planning and task scheduling skills