Project Manager – Curriculum Transformation
About The Position
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco seeks a highly organized Project Manager for a temporary assignment supporting a multi-year curriculum transformation initiative. The role provides project structure and coordination to move the initiative from planning into design and implementation. The Project Manager coordinates activities across approximately 10–15 workgroups, tracking deliverables, dependencies, timelines, risks, and decisions while helping faculty, staff, and senior leaders maintain momentum and accountability. The Project Manager works closely with leadership and other stakeholders in an evolving, highly collaborative environment. The role establishes and maintains core project management infrastructure, supports leadership and governance activities, monitors project expenses, and creates organized processes and documentation that can transition to the longer-term program team. The assignment is expected to continue through June 30, 2027, with the potential for a longer-term opportunity. The position is based in San Francisco and has a hybrid schedule, with flexible onsite requirements ranging from 1–5 days per week depending on program and operational needs.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional projects or programs.
- Experience managing multiple interconnected workstreams, dependencies, deliverables, and deadlines.
- Experience with budgeting and monitoring expenses.
- Strong project planning, organizational, facilitation, and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with senior leaders, faculty, staff, and subject-matter experts.
- Ability to create structure, maintain momentum, and drive follow-through in an evolving environment.
- Strong problem-solving and risk-mitigation capabilities.
- Proficiency with project management software and collaborative tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear communications for executive audiences.
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing priorities and stakeholder needs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in higher education, academic medicine, healthcare, or curriculum transformation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain an integrated program plan across approximately 10–15 workgroups and sprint teams supporting the curriculum transformation.
- Establish and manage project timelines, milestones, deliverables, tools, and reporting processes.
- Track dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action items across interconnected workstreams, and identify areas requiring leadership attention.
- Partner with senior leadership, faculty, staff workstream leads, subject-matter experts, and institutional partners to maintain alignment and momentum.
- Support leadership by tracking commitments, deadlines, decisions, and follow-up activities.
- Support governance and leadership meetings, including agenda development, materials preparation, meeting coordination, and documentation of decisions and action items.
- Monitor progress against key milestones and promote accountability for deliverables across workgroups.
- Support budgeting activities and monitor project expenses.
- Prepare concise project status updates, reports, presentations, and other materials for leadership and executive audiences.
- Coordinate stakeholder engagement, communications, workshops, and major program convenings.
- Maintain organized project documentation and a centralized information repository.
- Establish sustainable project management processes and documentation to support an effective transition to the longer-term program team.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
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