Field Project Manager Visa Sponsorship Jobs in North Carolina
Field project manager jobs in North Carolina span construction, infrastructure, and technology sectors, with active hiring from firms like Fluor, Skanska, and Balfour Beatty across Charlotte, Raleigh, and the Research Triangle. International candidates can pursue visa sponsorship through H-1B visa or employment-based green card pathways with established project management employers throughout the state.
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Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
The Heart & Vascular Service Line for UNC Health is seeking a senior level project manager to partner with our team. The successful candidate will thrive in a complex environment, translate big ideas into executable plans, and ensure that clinicians and leaders deliver results. We are looking for a person that is both a technical expert and a strategic thought partner.
Summary:
The UNC Health Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading enterprise-wide projects and strategic initiatives of significant scope, complexity, and organizational impact. This role develops and executes project strategies and transformational initiatives across UNC Health.
The Senior Project Manager partners with executive leaders, operational stakeholders, physicians, clinicians, and administrative teams to plan, coordinate, and implement projects that advance organizational goals while minimizing disruption to patient care and business operations. This role oversees all phases of the project lifecycle, including project planning, governance, resource coordination, risk mitigation, stakeholder engagement, implementation, and transition to operational ownership.
The Senior Project Manager serves as a trusted advisor to leadership, driving collaboration across entities and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with UNC Health's strategic priorities.
The successful candidate demonstrates the ability to anticipate risks, resolve ambiguity, navigate conflict, negotiate solutions, and advance organizational objectives with limited oversight. Applies PMP-level leadership and judgment to align projects with organizational priorities while proactively resolving challenges and driving successful outcomes.
Responsibilities:
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Enterprise Project Leadership: Lead large-scale, highly complex projects and strategic initiatives across UNC Health. Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, deliverables, resource requirements, communication plans, and success metrics to ensure effective execution. Monitor project progress and implement corrective actions as needed to achieve established goals and objectives.
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Project Governance and Risk Management: Identify project risks, dependencies, barriers, and opportunities, and developing mitigation strategies to ensure successful project outcomes. Establish and maintain project governance structures, monitoring project scope, timeline, budget, and deliverables. Develop and maintain project documentation, status reports, executive summaries, and presentations for leadership review. Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and internal controls throughout project execution.
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Stakeholder Engagement and Communication: Collaborate with executive leadership, operational leaders, physicians, clinicians, and cross-functional teams to align project goals and drive successful outcomes. Facilitate meetings, workgroups, and steering committees to build consensus, resolve issues, and advance project objectives. Communicate project strategies, milestones, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders at all organizational levels.
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Process Improvement and Integration: Analyze complex operational, organizational, and project-related issues and develop solutions that improve efficiency, effectiveness, and organizational performance. Support the implementation of sustainable processes and best practices that enhance enterprise effectiveness while minimizing disruption to patient care and business operations.
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Project Financial Management: Partner with leadership to develop, monitor, and manage project-related operating and capital budgets. Track project expenditures and resource utilization, providing financial forecasts and recommendations to support decision-making.
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Change Management and Implementation: Lead organizational change efforts associated with project implementation, ensuring stakeholder readiness and adoption. Coordinate project activities through implementation and transition to operational ownership, ensuring successful handoff and sustainability of project outcomes.
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Project Management Standards and Mentorship: Promote project management best practices, tools, methodologies, and governance standards across the organization. Provide guidance, coaching, and mentorship to project managers, project teams, and stakeholders related to project planning, execution, and performance improvement.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
- Project Management Profession or equivalent credentials such as a PRINCE2 Practitioner, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Professional (CSP).
Professional Experience Requirements:
- Seven (7) years of experience in project management or program management.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
- Strong knowledge of project management techniques and tools.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Shared Services
Organization Unit: HCS H&V Service Line
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Hybrid
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
Description
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
The Heart & Vascular Service Line for UNC Health is seeking a senior level project manager to partner with our team. The successful candidate will thrive in a complex environment, translate big ideas into executable plans, and ensure that clinicians and leaders deliver results. We are looking for a person that is both a technical expert and a strategic thought partner.
Summary:
The UNC Health Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading enterprise-wide projects and strategic initiatives of significant scope, complexity, and organizational impact. This role develops and executes project strategies and transformational initiatives across UNC Health.
The Senior Project Manager partners with executive leaders, operational stakeholders, physicians, clinicians, and administrative teams to plan, coordinate, and implement projects that advance organizational goals while minimizing disruption to patient care and business operations. This role oversees all phases of the project lifecycle, including project planning, governance, resource coordination, risk mitigation, stakeholder engagement, implementation, and transition to operational ownership.
The Senior Project Manager serves as a trusted advisor to leadership, driving collaboration across entities and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with UNC Health's strategic priorities.
The successful candidate demonstrates the ability to anticipate risks, resolve ambiguity, navigate conflict, negotiate solutions, and advance organizational objectives with limited oversight. Applies PMP-level leadership and judgment to align projects with organizational priorities while proactively resolving challenges and driving successful outcomes.
Responsibilities:
-
Enterprise Project Leadership: Lead large-scale, highly complex projects and strategic initiatives across UNC Health. Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, deliverables, resource requirements, communication plans, and success metrics to ensure effective execution. Monitor project progress and implement corrective actions as needed to achieve established goals and objectives.
-
Project Governance and Risk Management: Identify project risks, dependencies, barriers, and opportunities, and developing mitigation strategies to ensure successful project outcomes. Establish and maintain project governance structures, monitoring project scope, timeline, budget, and deliverables. Develop and maintain project documentation, status reports, executive summaries, and presentations for leadership review. Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and internal controls throughout project execution.
-
Stakeholder Engagement and Communication: Collaborate with executive leadership, operational leaders, physicians, clinicians, and cross-functional teams to align project goals and drive successful outcomes. Facilitate meetings, workgroups, and steering committees to build consensus, resolve issues, and advance project objectives. Communicate project strategies, milestones, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders at all organizational levels.
-
Process Improvement and Integration: Analyze complex operational, organizational, and project-related issues and develop solutions that improve efficiency, effectiveness, and organizational performance. Support the implementation of sustainable processes and best practices that enhance enterprise effectiveness while minimizing disruption to patient care and business operations.
-
Project Financial Management: Partner with leadership to develop, monitor, and manage project-related operating and capital budgets. Track project expenditures and resource utilization, providing financial forecasts and recommendations to support decision-making.
-
Change Management and Implementation: Lead organizational change efforts associated with project implementation, ensuring stakeholder readiness and adoption. Coordinate project activities through implementation and transition to operational ownership, ensuring successful handoff and sustainability of project outcomes.
-
Project Management Standards and Mentorship: Promote project management best practices, tools, methodologies, and governance standards across the organization. Provide guidance, coaching, and mentorship to project managers, project teams, and stakeholders related to project planning, execution, and performance improvement.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
- Project Management Profession or equivalent credentials such as a PRINCE2 Practitioner, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Professional (CSP).
Professional Experience Requirements:
- Seven (7) years of experience in project management or program management.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
- Strong knowledge of project management techniques and tools.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Shared Services
Organization Unit: HCS H&V Service Line
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Hybrid
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
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Which companies sponsor visas for field project managers in North Carolina?
Large engineering, construction, and technology firms with North Carolina operations have filed for field project manager positions. Companies like Fluor, Skanska, Jacobs Engineering, and Bechtel maintain active project pipelines in the Charlotte metro and Research Triangle, making them more likely to support H-1B sponsorship. Mid-size general contractors working on infrastructure and commercial development also sponsor, particularly when sourcing candidates with specialized credentials.
Which visa types realistically fit field project manager roles in North Carolina?
Field project manager roles typically qualify as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field, making H-1B the primary path. Employers file a Labor Condition Application with DOL and an I-129 petition with USCIS. EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based green cards are also viable for candidates whose employers are willing to begin PERM labor certification. TN visa does not cover this role under USMCA.
How to find field project manager visa sponsorship jobs in North Carolina?
Migrate Mate lists North Carolina employers with verified H-1B and employment-based sponsorship history for field project manager roles, searchable by city and project type. Rather than sorting through general job postings, you can focus directly on Charlotte, Raleigh, and Durham employers who have sponsored comparable positions before, which significantly narrows your search to companies already familiar with the sponsorship process for project management candidates.
Which cities in North Carolina have the most field project manager sponsorship jobs?
Charlotte leads North Carolina for field project manager sponsorship activity, driven by sustained commercial construction, transit expansion, and energy infrastructure projects. Raleigh and Durham benefit from Research Triangle growth, including data center construction and life sciences campus development. Smaller but active markets include Greensboro, where logistics and industrial construction projects have created openings, and Wilmington, where coastal infrastructure work draws regional contractors.
Are there any state-specific factors that affect visa sponsorship for field project managers in North Carolina?
North Carolina's mix of large-scale infrastructure investment and technology campus construction creates steady demand for field project managers with PMP certification or engineering degrees, both of which strengthen H-1B specialty occupation arguments. The state's university system, including NC State's construction engineering program, generates domestic competition, so international candidates with niche experience in areas like utility-scale solar, semiconductor fab construction, or transit systems tend to stand out to sponsoring employers.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored field project manager jobs in North Carolina?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.