Project Manager - Medical Equipment

About the role

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is hiring a Project Manager for its Medical Equipment Planning Program. The role works under the general direction of the Medical Equipment Planning Program Manager and manages project development from start to finish, covering construction, renovation and operational initiatives. The position is security-sensitive.

Key responsibilities

• Define project scope, schedule and equipment deliverables with Health System Planning, Facilities, Procurement and clinical end users.
• Act as primary liaison between the project team and vendors for procurement, logistics, delivery and installation, ensuring regulatory and compliance conformance.
• Coordinate design consultants, equipment planners, construction personnel and hospital departments to meet milestones.
• Maintain project documentation, budgets, procurement status and readiness activities in SharePoint and Attainia.
• Track progress, risks and mitigation strategies, and manage change control (scope, schedule, product substitutions).
• Monitor equipment planning dependencies with construction and facility activation timelines and escalate risks early.
• Run user group sessions, site walks, vendor meetings and readiness reviews, and complete closeout documentation.
• Contribute to post-project evaluations and continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree, or extensive experience in lieu of it.
• 3 years managing medium-to-large medical equipment planning projects, or 7 years of similar projects plus executive communication experience in lieu of a degree.
• Preferred: Master's degree, design and construction experience with academic healthcare or research facilities, and project management focused on medical equipment planning.
• Preferred: prior experience activating hospitals, clinics or outpatient facilities, and basic knowledge of state procurement processes.

Required skills

• Medical equipment planning, procurement and project scheduling.
• Construction planning (schematic design, design development, construction documents) and reading architectural and technical drawings.
• Project management terminology and methodology.
• Basic knowledge of electromechanical systems, radiological, laboratory and networked medical systems, and clinical terminology.

What we offer

• PPO medical plan available day one at no cost for full-time employees, with 100% coverage for preventive care.
• Paid time off, paid parental leave, and retirement programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
• Tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, and wage and merit increases.