Senior Project Manager, Research Strategic Partnerships

Beth Israel Lahey Health

1d•$95,000 - $135,000

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Directs several complex projects related to research strategic partnerships simultaneously by utilizing the tools, techniques and methodology of professional project management fundamentals to meet the current and anticipated needs of the academic enterprise of BIDMC and BILH. Achieves operational objectives by preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; and implementing change.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required - business, healthcare management or related field preferred; Master's degree in Business or Healthcare Management preferred.
5-8 years related work experience required, including experience in project management roles.
Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications.
May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Nice To Haves

PMP Certification strongly preferred with high degree of knowledge of PMP tools, techniques and methodologies.
Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor colleagues.

Responsibilities

Manages complex projects and responds quickly to changing issues and priorities involving multiple departments and stakeholders.
Develops solutions that are feasible, cost-effective and acceptable to the present stakeholders.
Provides subject matter expertise for project management to project teams.
Attends project team meetings to provide guidance, mentoring and coaching staff on the day-to-day project management methods.
Mentors adherence to project management standards and practices.
Reviews team members project deliverables and ensures their work is in-line with project management best practice.
Facilitates the project team leader discussion to define the process for identifying and documenting issues in a project and recommending corrective action.
Takes the lead in the issue resolution process and identifies project priorities when resolving issues.
Communicates the status of issue management activities to project team members and organization stakeholders.
Manages project portfolio.
Drives organizational change taking full account of obstacles, opposition, and differing stakeholder priorities.
Acts as a champion for business process changes; acts behind the scenes to craft solutions for business problems related or tangential to the project.