The Wake Forest University School of Medicine's Project Manager III role is responsible for the successful implementation and evaluation of programs and initiatives to support the academic mission of the WFUSM. The PMIII role will be embedded within the Strategic Initiatives and Project Management as part of the School of Medicine Administration. This individual will work closely with administrative and faculty leaders across the School to provide comprehensive project management support including the development and administration of project plans, establishing milestones and benchmarks, and creating timelines, report that meet key project adjectives.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Assumes major responsibility for the successful and timely completion of tasks that comprise the development, implementation, and evaluation of the activities encompassed by a given project or initiative.
Develops and maintains project timelines and key milestones that would indicate successful project implementation.
Translates planning and design decisions into concrete activities and tasks for project implementation and sets priorities for project implementation.
Designs and implements strategies for data collection to evaluate the impact of individual programs and initiatives.
Develops data collection forms, procedural manuals, and other documents required for project management.
Prepares information materials (e.g. presentations, project reports) about individual programs and initiatives and prepares summaries of project activities.
Ensures that all aspects of project management activities are conducted with the highest professional standards and in accordance with state and federal regulations and guidelines, as appropriate.
Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
Interfaces with a wide range of personnel within and outside the School of Medicine
Ability to work in a highly matrixed environment
Requires the use of judgment and discretion in performing the assigned duties and responsibilities Training and expertise in the application of quantitative evaluation methods
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree in project management, business administration or equivalent, plus a minimum of four years of relevant administrative and project management experience.
Experience in a higher education or academic medical center environment preferred
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:
Submit official applications to WFUSM's posting link:
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.
