Senior Project Analyst - Women's Health

UPMC•Pittsburgh, PA

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

UPMC University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Senior Project Analyst for its Women’s Health Service Line. The department supports data-driven operational and clinical-programming decisions through collaboration with healthcare providers, executives, operational directors, practice leaders, and administrators. The Senior Project Analyst serves as an analytic partner to Women’s Health practice and division leaders, executives, and clinicians. The role uses existing dashboards and data repositories to turn broader initiatives and projects into actionable insights, and presents data in formats suitable for clinical, operational, and executive audiences. The analyst identifies trends, variation, performance gaps, and opportunities for improvement. This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work at 3240 Craft Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Applicants must live within a 60-mile radius of the address or plan to relocate to the area. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; evenings, weekends, and holidays are not required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience, or a high school degree and 7 years of experience, or a master's degree and 2 years of experience.
At least 2 years of relevant Project Analyst experience.
Excellent knowledge of spreadsheet and database software.
Strong organization and attention to deadlines.
Senior project management knowledge and ability to manage multiple, complex, large-scale projects.
Excellent computer skills, including Access, Excel, Microsoft Project, and other pertinent software packages.
Strong management, problem-solving, organizational, and oral and written communication skills.
Effective planning and organizational skills, including the ability to plan large initiatives and projects and manage tasks to meet client and business needs within budget and target deadlines.
Act 34 clearance.

Nice To Haves

Strong data analytics experience.
Presentation and data interpretation skills.

Responsibilities

Process report requests as needed by the Manager and Directors.
Perform complex project and data analysis as needed by Management.
Recommend and implement process-improvement initiatives within the department and implement initiatives based on management decisions.
Assist Management in defining and documenting departmental tasks and duties.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans using standard project documentation, methodology, tracking, and reporting procedures.
Develop cross-functional, change-management, and implementation strategies and ensure participating parties commit to effective implementation of processes and procedures.
Provide concise and timely status reports as required.
Develop and implement key metrics to measure and report initiative progress.
Assist team members in resolving project problems, escalate issues when necessary, and facilitate decision-making.
Identify trends and process-improvement opportunities across departments within the Patient Care Services Division.
Perform cost/benefit analyses.
Assure information quality through business-case and application-level testing, and validate test results against initial business needs.
Assist with achieving strategic goals.
Work with other managers to achieve efficiencies across integrated projects.
Manage initiative and process day-to-day administrative activities with little supervision.
Develop and manage specialized processes.
Train and coordinate the daily activities of Project Analysts.
Serve as a knowledge expert to the Account Management Team on the EBS System, Excel, and internal processes and procedures.
Develop process and procedure documentation to support training and consistency across the project team.