Senior Project Manager, Research Strategic Partnerships

Beth Israel Lahey Health is a healthcare organization seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex research strategic partnership projects supporting the academic enterprise of BIDMC and BILH. The role manages project portfolios, guides project teams, resolves issues, mentors staff, and drives organizational and business process change.

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

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
• Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers
• Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers
• Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations
• Ability to lead and direct multiple collaborative teams for large projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas. Results have significant implications for the management and operations of the organization
• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling objects. Sitting most of the time, with walking and standing required only occasionally
• PMP Certification strongly preferred with high degree of knowledge of PMP tools, techniques and methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor colleagues