Project Manager: Center for Anesthesia Research Excellence, POLARIS

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Boston, MA

8d • $70,000 - $115,000

About The Position

The Project Manager is a key member of project teams responsible for implementing major projects that change or enhance departmental business practices, processes, and systems. The role draws on a broad understanding of medical center and departmental practices and policies. The Project Manager provides leadership in developing and implementing projects, works closely with senior administrators, and coordinates or manages team initiatives. The position manages multiple complex projects of varying sizes, partners with sponsors and team leaders to develop project plans, leads team meetings, tracks milestones and deliverables, maintains project documentation, and communicates progress to the user community.

The position requires a bachelor's degree, three to five years of related experience, and project management experience or training. A master's degree in Business or Healthcare and experience facilitating meetings are preferred. The role requires advanced skills with Microsoft applications and other web-based applications, as well as strong written and oral communication, knowledge, teamwork, and customer service capabilities.

This is a light-work position involving exertion of up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some work is sedentary, but the employee may need to stand for periods of time or move throughout the hospital campus. The listed annual base salary range is $70,000 to $115,000. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires staff to be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Three to five years of related work experience required.
• Experience or training in project management.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications, which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access, and other web-based applications.
• Ability to produce complex documents, perform analysis, and maintain databases.
• Ability to communicate moderately complex information in English in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families, and external customers.
• Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices, and policies and apply them in complex, varied situations.
• Ability to lead collaborative teams on larger projects or groups, internally and externally and across functional areas.
• Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training, and resolve service issues in a timely and respectful manner.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred in Business or Healthcare.
• Experience in meeting facilitation and the ability to lead group discussions.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in developing and implementing projects.
• Work with senior administrators to facilitate team work and coordinate or manage team initiatives and projects.
• Manage multiple large and smaller complex projects simultaneously.
• Partner with sponsors and team leaders to develop project plans focused on critical success factors, milestones, deliverables, and contingency plans.
• Lead project team meetings, review action plans, and track project milestones.
• Update action plans weekly and prompt accountable individuals to complete tasks on time.
• Support project team activities and maintain accurate meeting-minute documentation.
• Design communication strategies for project progress and provide timely, consistent updates to the user community about priorities, status, timelines, and deliverables.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level