Sr Project Specialist - Reference Lab

Cincinnati Children's

22h•Onsite

About The Position

At Cincinnati Children’s, the goal is to make children’s health better through a holistic team approach in patient care, family support, and advancing science and discovery. The organization is recognized as a top 10 Children's Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, consistently ranks among the top 3 for NIH Funding, and is recognized as one of America’s Best Large Employers and Most Innovative Companies. It is also certified as a great place to work, a Leading Disability Employer, and Magnet® designated. The company embraces innovation, including the responsible use of artificial intelligence, to empower teams and achieve better outcomes. This Sr Project Specialist position involves coordinating assigned projects, leading project teams, performing data analysis and reporting, managing communication and relationships with stakeholders, and contributing to strategic planning within a medium volume and/or complexity project environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field
4+ years of experience

Responsibilities

Coordinate assigned projects including collaborating on project plans, budgets, and resource requirements.
Identify and use appropriate project management tools and concepts (charters, scope management, budget management, risk/ issue management, communications management).
Develops and execute work plans.
Set priorities for tasks based on importance and urgency.
Track progress and prepare internal reports.
Prepare documents to support project management and reporting.
Prepare and distribute project communication to internal and external clients.
Identify people, process and infrastructure needs and act as liaison to ensure appropriate systems and reporting are maintained in support of project requirements.
Create work products and project deliverables, both independently and under direction of team members.
Understand and meet expectations for deliverable quality and timeliness.
Engage clients and stakeholders, negotiate project scope as needed, and communicate with client throughout the project.
Identify resources needed, such as information, expertise, personnel, and instruments and problem-solve gaps.
Lead project teams and direct work of others while assuming final responsibility for the result.
Perform primary and secondary data collection (e.g., literature reviews), summarize findings, draw appropriate conclusions, and effectively communicate results to team.
Coordinate collection of data.
Conduct/ support qualitative and quantitative analysis of project data.
Support and execute regulatory/ reporting activities related to projects (e.g., IRB, updates/ reports to funding agencies, etc.)
Manage communication to and relationships with key project stakeholders.
Compose, edit, and deliver written and verbal communications.
Facilitate small group discussions.
Keep team members appropriately informed.
Strategize with project, program and department leadership to develop plans to advance objectives.
Work in collaboration to establish goals and objectives, prioritize key objectives and work with the team to meet the goals and objectives.
Strategize and recommend infrastructure necessary to execute selected projects & processes.