<p>Essential Duties</p> <ol> <li>Plan, organize, coordinate and manage major projects. Track the activities of multiple projects and resources devoted to each project and ensure timely completion. Report on a regular basis the status of project tasks, adjustments to timelines, resource requirements and barriers to completion. Formulate and design working protocols to achieve end results. Identify and coordinate all necessary resources (physical, HR, financial, systems) to achieve project objectives. 2. Work collaboratively and diplomatically with multiple offices to define project scope, goals and deliverables; acquire information, set deadlines and monitor progress. Facilitate strong relationships, unity and focus with managers, directors and team members to achieve project goals. Effectively communicate logical project phases to participants, identify obstacles, recommend and implement solutions. Oversee work completed by staff in multiple areas supporting larger projects and utilize team-building skills to facilitate timely completion of projects. 3. Orchestrate reviews focused on both routine processes and problem areas to proactively resolve structural, control, or operational issues. Identify and communicate best practices throughout the organization. Conduct reviews of methods and procedures to evaluate efficiencies and foster consistent and effective practices. Aid departments in meeting and maintaining established expectations for organization-wide goals and objectives. 4. Recognize and make the most of opportunities for systems integration. Engage business partners to optimize integration opportunities. 5. Track project deliverables using appropriate tools. Monitor and report on the progress of the project, including problems and solutions. Intervene where necessary to keep the project on task while maintaining unity among all stakeholders and team members through a positive, collaborative and diplomatic approach. 6. Staff a number of committees on behalf of leadership. Provide detailed information and written reports for committee decision-making and policy planning. Compile and present status reports to management, keeping them abreast of projects with summary updates along with revised policies and procedures relevant to the project. 7. Present project detail/status to departmental staff and leadership at regular meetings when necessary. 8. May perform other duties as assigned. </li></ol> <p>Required Education and Experience</p> <p>Bachelor's degree in business administration, healthcare administration or related field and a minimum of five years of work experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.</p> <p>Background Check Requirements</p> <p>All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.</p> <p>Position Focus:</p> <p>The Project Manager oversees the operational aspects and scope of specific projects and ongoing department initiatives. Responsible for the creation, monitoring of timelines and other specifications of projects pertaining to department initiatives. The project manager compiles and extracts data to generate reports and weekly maintenance of business plan dashboards.</p> <p>The Project Manager will support the Business and Development Team in business plans, transactions, enterprise strategic planning and any additional initiatives that may arise. The Project Manager skills and competencies will include clear communication, decision making, adaptability, building trust and partnerships with the department, hospital, and school of medicine, and aligning performance for success.</p> <p>Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:</p> <p>MBA or MPH preferred. Experience in healthcare environment preferred.</p> <p>Posting Disclaimer</p> <p>The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the particular position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring departments.</p>