Pediatric Analytics Project Manager

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 71,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

403(b) with 5% employer match

Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago seeks a Project Manager to lead complex analytics projects across multiple teams.

You will interact with executive sponsors, front line staff, other departments and vendors to keep initiatives on track and aligned with strategic goals. The role requires strong project management skills, experience in hospital settings, and familiarity with data governance, reporting tools like Power BI, and ERP/EHR project work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, healthcare administration, nursing, social sciences, or related analytics.
• PMI or Agile & Scrum certification preferred.
• At least 3 years of demonstrated experience working with complex projects in a hospital environment in quality improvement, financial management, or other key hospital operations.
• Experience in project management of technical system implementations, ERP and/or Electronic Health Record application projects preferred.
• Knowledge of analytic and reporting solutions such as Business Objects, SQL, SAS, SPSS, Microsoft Power BI, Epic Cogito Suite, or similar software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides oversight and coordination for projects related to analytics, reporting, data governance, and data development including the following project management activities: Develops and manages the plans for analytic and reporting projects to mitigate risks and achieve outcomes, incorporating the input of project requestors (physicians, hospital leaders, other stakeholders) and DAR staff.
• Conducts a review to estimate the resource needs of the project; escalates requests for resources to appropriate leaders.
• Manages project milestones, schedules, budgets and risk mitigation plans to achieve quality outcomes.
• When needed uses Agile/Scrum methodologies to manage projects.
• Leads the quality control review for deliverables during project phases of analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation to ensure conformance with industry standards, best practices, and accreditation requirements.
• Determines resource requirements and develops budgets.
• Manages project scope to stay within budget plan.
• Assists with budget monitoring and scheduling to ensure meeting project specifications and goals.
• Provides consultation to leaders across the hospital on ways to meet their analytic needs efficiently and accurately.
• Works effectively with multiple levels of the organizational staff from front line to senior leaders and executives.
• Facilitates and manages multi-disciplinary teams; assists operational owners to set goals and priorities for projects.
• Coordinates and manages defined projects as requested.
• Coordinates the development and documentation of project management procedures and resources for sustainment of project outcomes.
• Effective issue resolution and conflict management skills to ensure team continues to move forward.
• Effective communication skills to keep both the project team and the department leadership informed of project progress, highlighting any issues/barriers with possible solution plans, and reinforcing a team-focused culture for project management.
• Builds and maintains a strong partnership and cohesive support with the entire hospital community.
• Assures compliance with relevant data governance practices (such as data sharing agreements and Institutional Review Board restrictions on data use).

Skills

Project management

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology / healthcare administration / nursing / social sciences / related analytics

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Business Objects

SQL

SAS

SPSS

Power BI

Epic Cogito Suite

Job description

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago seeks a Project Manager to lead complex analytics projects across multiple teams.

You will interact with executive sponsors, front line staff, other departments and vendors to keep initiatives on track and aligned with strategic goals. The role requires strong project management skills, experience in hospital settings, and familiarity with data governance, reporting tools like Power BI, and ERP/EHR project work.