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The It Portfolio Manager leads an assigned portfolio of clinical, operational, and technology initiatives that support organizational priorities and deliver measurable value. Responsible for portfolio planning, intake, prioritization, roadmap management, governance, risk and dependency tracking, stakeholder alignment, and executive-level reporting. Partners with clinical, operational, IT, and leadership stakeholders to ensure work is appropriately sequenced, decisions are clearly identified, resources are aligned, and initiatives move forward with appropriate visibility and accountability.

Manage an assigned portfolio of clinical, operational, and technology initiatives to ensure alignment with organizational strategy, service line priorities, resource capacity, and measurable business value. Lead portfolio intake, assessment, prioritization, sequencing, and roadmap management in partnership with operational, clinical, IT, and leadership stakeholders. Establish and maintain portfolio-level dashboards, trackers, schedules, decision logs, and documentation to support transparency, accountability, governance, and executive-level reporting. Monitor initiative status, milestones, risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, follow-up actions, and expected outcomes across the assigned portfolio. Partner with IT, clinical, and operational leaders to understand resource constraints, implementation dependencies, workflow impacts, change readiness needs, and stakeholder expectations. Identify, communicate, and escalation portfolio-level risks, gaps, tradeoffs, blockers, and decision points before they impact delivery or value realization. Support clinical workflow alignment, operational readiness, communication, training, adoption planning, and continuous improvement by ensuring the purpose, impact, timing, ownership, and next steps for portfolio initiatives are clearly understood.

Sitting for up to eight hours per day; up to four hours at a time. Standing and walking for up to two hours per day. Frequent use of hands and fingers for computer keyboarding, mouse use, writing, and documentation. Must be able to see, hear, and speak sufficiently to communicate with stakeholders, participate in meetings, review information, and complete work responsibilities. Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling of objects up to 10 pounds.

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, informatics, business, information technology, or related field required. Master’s degree preferred. Equivalent experience may be considered.

Five or more years of experience managing complex initiatives, programs, portfolios, operations, informatics, healthcare technology, or related work required. Experience with portfolio governance, prioritization, roadmap management, stakeholder engagement, executive reporting, and risk/dependency management preferred. Experience working with clinical applications, clinical workflows, healthcare operations, IT delivery teams, or enterprise technology initiatives preferred. Clinical experience or direct healthcare operational experience preferred. Relevant certification preferred, such as PMP, CAPM, PgMP, Epic certification, clinical informatics certification, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci/Change Management, ITIL, or other healthcare technology, project/program management, or portfolio management certification.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in1872,St.Luke’sUniversityHealthNetwork(SLUHN)isafullyintegrated,regional,non‑profitnetworkofmorethan23,000employeesprovidingservicesat16campusesand350+outpatientsites.Withannualnetrevenueinexcessof$4billion,theNetwork’sserviceareaincludes11countiesintwostates:Lehigh,Northampton,Berks,Bucks,Carbon,Montgomery,Monroe,SchuylkillandLuzernecountiesinPennsylvaniaandWarrenandHunterdoncountiesinNewJersey.St.Luke’shospitalsoperatethelargestnetworkoftraumacentersinPennsylvania,withtheBethlehemCampusbeinghometoSt.Luke’sChildren’sHospital.SLUHNistheonlyLehighValley-based health care systemto earnMedicare’sfive-starratings(thehighest )forquality,efficiencyandpatientsatisfaction.ItisbothaLeapfrogGroupandHealthgradesTopHospitalandaNewsweekWorld’sBestHospital.TheNetwork’sflagshipUniversityHospitalhasearnedthe100TopMajorTeachingHospitaldesignationfromPremier13timestotalandelevenyearsinarow,includingin2023whenitwasidentifiedasTHE#4TEACHINGHOSPITALINTHECOUNTRY.In2021,St.Luke’swasidentifiedasoneofthe15TopHealthSystemsnationally.St.Luke’sistheONLYhealthcareinstitutionintheLehighValleytobenamedaTopWorkplaceregionallyrepeatingtheexclusivehonorforthethirdyearinarow.Also,forthethirdstraightyear,St.Luke’shasbeenaTopWorkplacesinthePhiladelphiaRegionbythePhiladelphiaInquirer,ranking9thinthelargeemployercategoryfor2025andtheonlyhealthcaresysteminPAtoreceivethisaward.In2025,St.Luke’swasrecognizedasanationalTopWorkplacesbyUSAToday,threeyearsinarow,includingthe3rdbesthealthcaresysteminthenationin2023and2024.Lastly,in2025,St.Luke’swasnamedaTopWorkplaceinNewJerseyforthethirdyearinarow.LearnMoreHere.