STEM OPT Healthcare Project Manager Jobs
Healthcare Project Manager roles attract STEM OPT students with degrees in health informatics, biomedical engineering, or healthcare management. Your 24-month STEM OPT extension applies here, giving you up to 36 months total to gain U.S. experience, provided your employer is enrolled in E-Verify and your I-983 training plan maps to your degree.
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The HCIT Applications Specialist supports implementation and adoption of Konica Minolta Healthcare IT solutions, including the Exa platform. This role delivers onsite and remote application training, evaluates customer workflows, validates readiness for training and go-live, assists with application configuration, troubleshoots and documents software issues, and supports sales demonstrations. The specialist is expected to develop the knowledge and confidence to independently lead assigned customer-facing activities after appropriate onboarding, while coordinating with internal teams and escalating when necessary.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities:
- Deliver clear, effective onsite and virtual application training to radiologists, technologists, PACS administrators, physicians, clinical staff, and other end users; adapt instruction to audience and workflow.
- Prepare for and independently conduct assigned training sessions after appropriate onboarding, including agenda, system review, materials, customer questions, and follow-up.
- Analyze current imaging and clinical workflows; work with customers and internal teams to configure, validate, and improve supported workflows within product capabilities.
- Support PACS/RIS implementations and go-live activities; complete assigned pre-implementation tasks, verify application readiness, and communicate risks or outstanding items.
- Investigate, reproduce, document, and troubleshoot application issues; distinguish training or configuration needs from suspected defects and escalate with actionable detail.
- Prepare for and support sales demonstrations; explain product functionality and relevant workflow benefits accurately and professionally.
- Maintain accurate and timely project documentation, training reports, activity tracking, issue trackers, configuration/workflow documentation, and travel/expense reporting.
- Manage assigned tasks, schedules, travel, customer commitments, and deadlines with proactive communication and consistent follow-through.
- Work collaboratively with Sales, Implementation, Support, Product, Engineering, and other teams to resolve customer needs and support successful project outcomes.
- Communicate customer expectations, project status, risks, limitations, and next steps professionally; seek assistance when appropriate and avoid unsupported commitments.
- Continuously build product and industry knowledge, incorporate feedback, assist with internal materials/process improvements, and attend required training or industry events.
Requirements/Qualifications
- College degree and/or five years of relevant professional experience. Relevant medical imaging, radiology, clinical applications, healthcare IT, or customer-facing software implementation experience is strongly valued.
- Strong verbal and written communication, presentation, and customer training abilities.
- Ability to understand and explain complex software workflows to audiences with different technical backgrounds.
- Sound judgment, analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, and willingness to investigate issues before escalating.
- Organization, attention to detail, reliable documentation, time management, accountability, and ability to work independently after training.
- Comfort with travel, customer-facing work, changing schedules, and collaborative cross-functional work.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation where required for assigned travel.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- PACS and/or RIS application experience; radiologic technologist or medical imaging background.
- Experience with customer training, application implementations, go-lives, demonstrations, or workflow optimization.
- Familiarity with imaging workflow from order/scheduling through acquisition, interpretation, reporting, and result distribution.
- Familiarity with DICOM, HL7, voice recognition, clinical interfaces, post-processing tools, or healthcare IT networking concepts.
Travel Requirement: 75%
This position requires travel to customer locations, up to a maximum of 75%.
Typical travel assignments involve departing Monday morning and returning Friday afternoon. Travel schedules may vary based on customer needs, implementation timelines, and training requirements.
Position Summary:
The HCIT Applications Specialist supports implementation and adoption of Konica Minolta Healthcare IT solutions, including the Exa platform. This role delivers onsite and remote application training, evaluates customer workflows, validates readiness for training and go-live, assists with application configuration, troubleshoots and documents software issues, and supports sales demonstrations. The specialist is expected to develop the knowledge and confidence to independently lead assigned customer-facing activities after appropriate onboarding, while coordinating with internal teams and escalating when necessary.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities:
- Deliver clear, effective onsite and virtual application training to radiologists, technologists, PACS administrators, physicians, clinical staff, and other end users; adapt instruction to audience and workflow.
- Prepare for and independently conduct assigned training sessions after appropriate onboarding, including agenda, system review, materials, customer questions, and follow-up.
- Analyze current imaging and clinical workflows; work with customers and internal teams to configure, validate, and improve supported workflows within product capabilities.
- Support PACS/RIS implementations and go-live activities; complete assigned pre-implementation tasks, verify application readiness, and communicate risks or outstanding items.
- Investigate, reproduce, document, and troubleshoot application issues; distinguish training or configuration needs from suspected defects and escalate with actionable detail.
- Prepare for and support sales demonstrations; explain product functionality and relevant workflow benefits accurately and professionally.
- Maintain accurate and timely project documentation, training reports, activity tracking, issue trackers, configuration/workflow documentation, and travel/expense reporting.
- Manage assigned tasks, schedules, travel, customer commitments, and deadlines with proactive communication and consistent follow-through.
- Work collaboratively with Sales, Implementation, Support, Product, Engineering, and other teams to resolve customer needs and support successful project outcomes.
- Communicate customer expectations, project status, risks, limitations, and next steps professionally; seek assistance when appropriate and avoid unsupported commitments.
- Continuously build product and industry knowledge, incorporate feedback, assist with internal materials/process improvements, and attend required training or industry events.
Requirements/Qualifications
- College degree and/or five years of relevant professional experience. Relevant medical imaging, radiology, clinical applications, healthcare IT, or customer-facing software implementation experience is strongly valued.
- Strong verbal and written communication, presentation, and customer training abilities.
- Ability to understand and explain complex software workflows to audiences with different technical backgrounds.
- Sound judgment, analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, and willingness to investigate issues before escalating.
- Organization, attention to detail, reliable documentation, time management, accountability, and ability to work independently after training.
- Comfort with travel, customer-facing work, changing schedules, and collaborative cross-functional work.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation where required for assigned travel.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- PACS and/or RIS application experience; radiologic technologist or medical imaging background.
- Experience with customer training, application implementations, go-lives, demonstrations, or workflow optimization.
- Familiarity with imaging workflow from order/scheduling through acquisition, interpretation, reporting, and result distribution.
- Familiarity with DICOM, HL7, voice recognition, clinical interfaces, post-processing tools, or healthcare IT networking concepts.
Travel Requirement: 75%
This position requires travel to customer locations, up to a maximum of 75%.
Typical travel assignments involve departing Monday morning and returning Friday afternoon. Travel schedules may vary based on customer needs, implementation timelines, and training requirements.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Healthcare Project Manager
Verify your CIP code covers this role
Healthcare Project Manager positions sit under multiple SOC codes depending on the employer. Cross-reference your degree's CIP code against the STEM-designated degree list on USCIS to confirm your specific program qualifies before you apply.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Your STEM OPT extension is void if your employer isn't enrolled in E-Verify. Ask the recruiter for the E-Verify company ID or look up the employer directly through the E-Verify employer search tool before signing anything.
Build an I-983 training plan around PM frameworks
Your I-983 must show a direct connection between your STEM degree and the role's training goals. Frame learning objectives around EHR implementation, clinical workflow optimization, or healthcare data governance to satisfy your DSO's review.
Target health systems with active H-1B filing history
Employers who have filed H-1B visa LCAs through DOL for project management or informatics roles have already cleared the specialty occupation threshold. Use Migrate Mate to filter for those employers and prioritize them in your search.
Negotiate your offer letter before the I-983 is submitted
Your job title, duties, and reporting structure in the offer letter must align with the I-983. Get the final offer in writing before your DSO submits the training plan, or you may need to restart the approval process.
Check prevailing wage before evaluating compensation
Healthcare Project Manager wages vary significantly by metro area and industry segment. Run the OFLC Wage Search using SOC code 11-9111 to see the prevailing wage for your target location before comparing offers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Healthcare Project Manager role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not just the job title. If your degree is in health informatics, biomedical engineering, industrial engineering, or another STEM-designated program, and the role requires applying that technical knowledge, the extension is likely available. Your DSO confirms eligibility by matching your CIP code to the STEM-designated degree list maintained by USCIS.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for a Healthcare Project Manager position?
The I-983 must describe how the job provides practical training directly related to your STEM degree. For a Healthcare Project Manager role, that means documenting goals around health data systems, clinical process improvement, or technology implementation rather than generic management tasks. Your employer signs it, your DSO approves it, and it must be updated every six months.
Does my employer need to be enrolled in E-Verify for my STEM OPT extension to be valid?
Yes. E-Verify enrollment is a federal requirement for any employer who wants to hire a STEM OPT student on the 24-month extension. If your employer isn't enrolled at the time you start, your extension authorization doesn't apply. Always confirm the employer's E-Verify status before your start date, not after.
How does cap-gap work if I'm a Healthcare Project Manager on STEM OPT and get selected in the H-1B lottery?
If your STEM OPT expires before October 1 and your H-1B petition is filed before that expiration, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30. You can keep working in your Healthcare Project Manager role during that gap without any break in status, as long as the H-1B petition remains pending or approved.
How do I find Healthcare Project Manager employers who are set up to hire STEM OPT students?
Search on Migrate Mate, which filters Healthcare Project Manager listings by employers with verified E-Verify enrollment and active DOL filing history. That narrows your list to employers who already understand STEM OPT requirements, which reduces the back-and-forth about authorization and speeds up the offer process.