Senior Project Manager - Deans Office

Department: 85000 Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Academic Deans Office Status: Full time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hou rs Per Week: 40 Schedule Details/Additional Information: Monday - Friday 8-5 In office Monday- Thursday Pay Range: $44.15 - $66.25 The Senior Project Manager is a senior project management leader responsible for advancing large-scale academic initiatives for Wake Forest University School of Medicine across the Advocate Health system. The role is organizationally embedded in the Chief Academic Officer/Dean’s Office and reports to the Associate Vice President and Assistant Dean of Academic Operations. The Senior Project Manager role will include the following components: Project Leadership This role brings deep expertise in leading cross-organizational, enterprise-level initiatives that involve multi-region stakeholders. The Senior Project Manager applies project management principles to advance system-wide priorities, with senior organizational leaders serving as key stakeholders. ·Academic Operations Alignment The Senior Project Manager also supports academic operational functions within the CAO/Dean’s Office to ensure project and operational alignment for academic activities. This role serves as a key operational partner in driving academic priorities forward. Enterprise Partnership Ongoing partnership with enterprise leaders is essential to successfully lead and implement a portfolio of institutional projects and activities with broad system-wide impact. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree required, master’s degree preferred. 10+ years' experience in project management required. LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: N/a if none ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Lead full scale initiatives from concept to implementation for system-wide impact, including planning, overseeing, and monitoring projects to ensure progress and deliverables to senior leaders. Act as a primary project contact/liaison to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives. Direct multiple stakeholders to collaborate on project scope, deliverables, goals, risks, blockers, success measures, and resources needed. Oversee initiative deliverables to ensure projects remain in-scope and have resources allocated to deliver on the system-wide scale as needed. Responsible for ensuring project communication principles are adhered to, including artifacts like charters, schedules, and budgets, as appropriate and necessary for assigned projects. Present project milestones and deliverables to stakeholders and senior leaders. Assess risk with projects looking at both short-term and long-term impact, to gain leader insight as initiatives and priorities shift with changing business needs. Lead communications with senior leaders, project team members, and other stakeholders, to actively solicit and address stakeholder and project team feedback. Advise and support business development efforts to create project proposals, RFPs, estimates, and schedules, as appropriate. Oversee initiatives and activities that strengthen operational functions within the academic core. Support day-to-day operations connected to projects or initiative, delivery, and academic core activities. Design and deliver project metrics for initiatives, to ensure senior leaders and organizational impact is understood and planned for across the system. Lead initiative review meetings with stakeholders to ensure progress and project milestones are planned for, communicated, met, and advanced. Address technical and operational delays or system issues with appropriate subject matter experts, in order to proactively resolve potential project challenges or delays. Mentor project management team to share resources, provide guidance, develop tools and processes to support the success of less senior project managers. SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS: · Excellent oral and written communication skills · Strong interpersonal skills · Strong organizational skills · Ability to navigate in a highly matrixed environment · Possesses strong knowledge of project management principles WORK ENVIRONMENT: Each teammate has the responsibility to work in a safe manner. Work requires frequent moving from one area to another, coordinating, and communicating with persons in various disciplines and agencies. Frequent walking, standing and sitting. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 0%35%65%tototo35%65%100%N/AActivityXStandingXWalkingXSittingXBendingXReaching with armsXFinger and hand dexterityXTalkingXHearingXSeeingLifting, carrying, pushing and or pulling:X20 lbs. maximumX50 lbs. maximumX100 lbs. maximum Our Commitment to You: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs Educational Assistance Program Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview. 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