Project Manager

Project Manager
Nashville, TN

Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Employment Type: Full-Time, Salary
Reports To: Chief of Staff

Overview

Peregrine Health is seeking a Project Manager to lead the planning and execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives across the organization. The Project Manager owns the integrated project plan, operating cadence, dependencies, risks, and executive reporting that keep priority work on track, spanning market launches, multi-site rollouts, partner programs, and other company-wide initiatives.

The Project Manager owns coordination and execution of the work, while functional leaders retain ownership of their teams. Growth, Operations, Compliance, Recruiting, Implementation, Finance, Product, and Marketing remain with their respective leaders. This role ensures that work across those teams is clearly defined, assigned, sequenced, tracked, and completed.

Key Responsibilities

Program and Launch Execution

• Build and manage the integrated project plan for multi-partner and multi-site programs.
• Coordinate the sequencing of launch activities across partner organizations and sites.
• Maintain visibility across compliance, growth, operations, recruiting, and every workstream in a launch.
• Support transitions between funding models as programs move from launch to steady state.
• Sequence project activity to minimize disruption to existing market operations.

Project Management

• Develop and maintain project plans for initiatives with multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Own the project system of record, including workstreams, milestones, owners, due dates, dependencies, and status.
• Keep project information current, accurate, and consistently used by everyone involved.
• Establish clear scope, deliverables, timelines, and accountability, and track progress against milestones.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate work across Growth, Operations, Compliance, Recruiting, Implementation, Finance, Product, and Marketing.
• Identify and manage dependencies between teams and workstreams.
• Ensure handoffs between teams are clearly defined and completed.
• Escalate unresolved issues, missed commitments, and resource constraints when appropriate.

Meeting and Operating Cadence

• Establish and manage the meeting cadence each project requires.
• Lead standups, status meetings, and working sessions.
• Prepare agendas and ensure meetings produce clear decisions, owners, actions, and due dates.
• Maintain project documentation and decision records.

Risk and Dependency Management

• Identify risks, blockers, and open decisions early, and work with the appropriate leaders on mitigation plans.
• Escalate risks that may affect timing, scope, cost, or outcomes.
• Track open decisions and ensure they are resolved by the right owner.

Executive Reporting

• Provide concise weekly updates to the Executive Leadership Team.
• Report progress against milestones, upcoming priorities, risks, blockers, and decisions required.
• Maintain a consistent reporting format across major company initiatives.

Project Operations

• Develop repeatable project management standards, templates, and reporting practices.
• Improve adoption and consistency of Asana for cross-functional initiatives.
• Establish practices that carry forward to future launches, implementations, and executive initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve accountability and visibility.

Qualifications

Required

• Five or more years managing complex, cross-functional projects with multiple workstreams and stakeholders, taken through to completion.
• Demonstrated experience building and managing project plans in a project management platform.
• Strong meeting facilitation skills, including the ability to drive decisions, assign actions, and hold accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate work across functions without direct authority over project participants.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with executives, clinical leaders, operational leaders, and external stakeholders.
• Ability to identify risks, manage dependencies, and escalate issues appropriately.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accurate documentation and reporting.
• Ability to travel as required 

Preferred

• Experience in healthcare, government, or multi-site operations.
• Experience managing grant-funded programs or initiatives.
• Experience establishing or improving project management processes within a growing organization.

Key Performance Indicators

Success in this role will be measured against project delivery, execution discipline, and the effectiveness of the project management practices established across the organization. Initial measures include:

• Percentage of project milestones completed on time.
• Timely identification and escalation of risks and dependencies.
• Completion of assigned actions and decisions within established timelines.
• Successful completion of program and market launch milestones.
• Adoption of standardized project management practices across future company initiatives.

Why Join Peregrine Health

You'll be part of a purpose-driven team working to transform the behavioral health experience for patients and providers alike. We value efficiency, kindness, and impact, and we're building a supportive culture where every role directly contributes to improved outcomes.