Project Manager - Research Associate - Cancer Center

Dartmouth Health is a healthcare organization seeking a Project Manager for their Cancer Center. The role involves overseeing all stages of center initiatives, including project planning, reporting, and management, while leading a team and ensuring effective communication throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Establishes project objectives, policies, procedures and performance standards for assigned projects
• Leads Project Management Team sessions and reviews with Center staff and faculty, including all levels of management
• Supervises research assistant, data collection and other staff assigned to project execution
• Initiates and maintains liaison with Center management team and other contacts to facilitate project activities
• Manages multiple, parallel projects using formal project planning techniques
• Represents Center in project meetings and attend strategy meetings
• Responsible for the oversight and management of resources allocated to your project
• Establishes effective coordination and communications processes to report as a minimum, schedule, performance, costing, risks and mitigation strategies
• Maintains and adheres to project deadlines, timelines, and deliverables
• Compiles project status reports. Develops and writes project process and outcome reports
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational, presentation and communication skills; ability to foster a collaborative team environment; ability to communicate effectively and respectfully to a diverse community
• Performs other duties as required

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree with 3 years of experience in project management
• Strong analytical problem solving skills with demonstrated skills to define scope and analyze complex, cross-functional problems and processes
• Basic knowledge in research evaluation design and descriptive statistics
• Excellent communication, organizational, decision making and leadership skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent writing skills and experience in scientific writing and presentations
• Must be skilled in the use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Previous healthcare industry experience preferred