Project Manager M/F at 80%-100%

Project Manager M/F at 80%-100%

The Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Vaud-Valais (HRC), is a leading intercantonal hospital, bringing together more than 2,500 employees. The Rennaz Hospital Centre has over 350 acute care beds. It is complemented by two Geriatrics and Rehabilitation Clinics as well as two medical on-call services. All employees are committed daily to providing quality care to patients, embodying the institution's values: authenticity, exemplary conduct, and innovation.

The Organisational Development Directorate's mission is to lead institutional projects, optimise organisation and workflows, and enhance quality and patient experience within the Riviera-Chablais Hospital.

Comprising experts in project management, organisational engineering, continuous improvement, and quality management, it supports teams in implementing concrete solutions to improve operational performance and the patient journey.

At the heart of a modern and evolving hospital, the ODD is transforming to become a strategic partner, capable of driving major changes related to large institutional projects, organisational innovation, and the development of a comprehensive quality centred on patient experience. This position is for those who share our belief that public health is a collective responsibility, where every action carries meaning to make an ethical and sustainable difference.

To complement the Organisational Development Directorate (ODD), we are looking for a:

Project Manager M/F at 80%-100%

The main responsibilities of this position are

• Lead transversal and/or complex institutional projects, ensuring their integration into the institution's value chain and actively contributing to the achievement of the strategic plan.
• Define objectives, scope, deliverables, and milestones; plan and coordinate project phases and activities, considering resource, time, and budget constraints.
• Form, mobilise, and coordinate multidisciplinary project teams; ensure coordination with external providers and manage tenders if necessary.
• Monitor and control risks, scope changes, and interdependencies with other institutional projects, and provide regular and factual reporting.
• Listen to business needs, conduct studies and diagnostics, map processes, and identify optimisation opportunities based on qualitative and quantitative data.
• Be proactive by making clear, realistic recommendations focused on process, organisation, and resource efficiency.
• Define and implement the change management strategy related to projects, facilitate co-construction workshops, and encourage stakeholder buy-in.
• Maintain a constructive relational climate, manage disagreements diplomatically, and unite around project issues and objectives.
• Ensure alignment between business processes and technological solutions in collaboration with IT teams.
• Contribute to developing a culture of continuous improvement and disseminate best practices in project management and operational excellence within the hospital.

Depending on expertise level:

• Supervise junior or experienced project managers and support their skills development.
• Engage in large-scale strategic projects and with high-level governance bodies.

According to institutional priorities, you may be involved in projects such as implementing the future electronic patient record (EPR) and process digitalisation, improving patient experience and overall quality, opening and developing the future geriatrics-rehabilitation hospital, as well as establishing and evolving specialised pathways responding to the territory's health needs.

We require

Education & certifications

• Master’s degree (university, university of applied sciences or federal institute of technology) in management, engineering, or equivalent training
• Certification or training in project management (IPMA, PMI, PRINCE2, Hermes or equivalent)
• Additional training in Business Analysis (IIBA) or continuous improvement/quality (Lean Six Sigma) is a sought-after asset

Experience

• Proven experience (≥ 5 years) in managing organisational and transformation projects within complex environments;
• Experience in the hospital or healthcare system: an advantage

Skills & know-how

• Ability to model complex processes and assess organisational and budgetary impacts of reorganisations
• Consultative approach, analytical skills, synthesis, and solution orientation
• Excellent mastery of office and collaborative tools; understanding of hospital IT architectures (EPR, RIS/PACS, ERP, data warehouse...)

Interpersonal & behavioural skills

• Influential leadership, ability to unite, negotiate, and manage stakeholders with divergent interests
• Diplomacy, listening, conflict management, and communication adapted to different interlocutors
• Autonomy, versatility, and teamwork in a complex and changing environment
• Pragmatism, creativity, and ability to simplify complexity

Languages

• Excellent command of French, spoken and written (required)
• Knowledge of English (minimum B1 level)

We offer

Joining HRC means contributing to the development of a recent hospital, currently engaged in a profound institutional transformation.

• A role with direct impact: you work closely with management, with wide autonomy in managing your projects and the possibility to evolve the institution’s methods and practices.
• A developing directorate: the directorate is structuring and strengthening itself to become a key player in hospital performance, involving substantial foundational work. You contribute both to its working methods and deliverables.
• Structuring projects: organisational innovation, digitalisation, transformation of the patient journey. High-visibility topics, carried through to implementation.
• A highly diverse environment: operating theatres, emergency, pharmacy, laboratories, logistics, information systems. Few environments offer such a variety of professions to understand and make work together.
• Decisions with consequences: reorganising a hospital process affects patient care. This responsibility is taken seriously and discussed at every project.
• A peer collective: you join a team of project managers and organisational engineers, with regular practice exchanges. You do not manage your projects in isolation.
• A recognised environment: a recent hospital, twice distinguished in 2021 among the best employers in French-speaking Switzerland by Bilan and Le Temps.
• A privileged working region, between lake and mountains.

HRC offers career development opportunities across all its activity areas – medical, nursing, medico-technical, hospitality, administrative, technical, and logistics. Skills development is central, with access to internal and external training.

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For information, please contact Mr Florian Moroni, Head of Projects & Organisation Department, tel: +41 58 773 79 54 or by email florian.moroni@hopitalrivierachablais.ch

Application deadline: 15 October 2026