Project Manager II- Health Affairs

Company: Acord (association For Cooperative Operations Rese
Location: Boston
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Position SummaryLeads moderately complex-to-complex projects within the scope of the department. Provides project management, analytics reporting, and accountability. Develops and documents project plans and timelines. Plans, prioritizes, and executes a broad range of initiatives and activities to ensure successful design, implementation, and measurement of projects and initiatives. Learns and applies new content expertise to meet project objectives. Measures and reports the success of initiatives against metrics. Recommends process improvement strategies.Key Responsibilities

• Works closely with senior management to ensure project charter or framework alignment with department's goals, strategy, and scope of work. Ensures consideration of other relevant guidelines including goals defined by executive sponsors, contract deliverables, or other mandates.
• Leads assigned projects, coordinating with department staff, key workgroups, steering committees, provider partners, and leaders to effectively design project charters, pilots, and programs. Provides leadership and guidance to Project Managers, Coordinators, and Interns as needed.
• Leads and prioritizes multiple concurrent projects/programs, managing changing priorities, escalating issues, and re-setting priorities as needed to meet deadlines and goals.
• Works independently and closely with staff to develop business plans for organizational priority initiatives, identifying opportunities and developing recommendations for leadership.
• Identifies and refines analysis for projects, developing analytic and quantitative frameworks/models to assess the feasibility of new opportunities with department stakeholders. Utilizes data to support decision-making.
• Facilitates cross-functional meetings to collaborate and build consensus with staff and stakeholders effectively.
• Monitors, evaluates, and reports on project progress. Anticipates barriers, communicates major issues, and proposes approaches to senior leadership to inform decision-making.
• Produces and executes presentations. Supports strategy and program design. Utilizes internal communication, analytics, and project management expertise to support strategy recommendations.EducationMinimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree required; Master's degree preferred.Experience
    • At least 4 years of progressive experience in healthcare management, project management, consulting, or a closely related field. A Master's degree can substitute for two years of work experience.
    • Experience managing multiple highly complex projects is preferred.
    • Knowledge of clinical concepts, terminology, workflows, preferably in pediatrics or child services.
    • Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
    • Excellent communication skills, including the ability to understand and explain complex concepts and present a body of work to key partners and stakeholders, orally, in writing, and in presentations.
    • Effective professional communication skills, including diplomacy, discretion, and a customer service mindset.
    • Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills; ability to manage effectively in a matrixed organization and with external organizations.Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision, and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts, and discounted T-pass rates.
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