Senior Program Manager, Patient Safety

Mass General Brigham; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Patient Safety and Risk Management to lead hospital-wide safety initiatives. The role requires coordinating across Brigham and Women’s Hospital and enterprise teams, driving action on safety improvements, and aligning with organizational goals.

The ideal candidate will bring strong program management, stakeholder communication, and data‑driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Leads cross‑functional patient safety initiatives and programs.
• Provides consultant support to senior management for decisions.
• Develops metrics and data sources for safety and risk projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage inpatient and ambulatory patient safety programs and actions.
• Lead committees and safety improvement initiatives across departments.
• Collaborate with CRICO and hospital teams on risk management.
• Provide training on safety culture and incident reporting.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Analytical skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Access

Visio

Job description

Site: The Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc.

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Manager, Patient Safety Systems and Programs Administration, Mass General Brigham, the Senior Program Manager, Patient Safety and Risk Management will develop, execute, and continuously improve the department’s hospital-wide and enterprise-wide patient safety initiatives.

This position will provide program management and analytical/decision‑making support across safety and risk management teams. The Sr. Program Manager accelerates the alignment of strategic workstreams, offers efficient decision‑making frameworks and coordinates the seamless execution of programs that support the department’s purpose, goals, and objectives. The Sr. Program Manager must be able to manage programs across multiple academic and operational departments concurrently and serves as a highly visible, energetic champion of patient safety and risk management throughout the organization.

Extensive daily interaction with staff and senior leadership throughout Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Mass General Brigham (MGB) is a key component of this role.

The ideal candidate has strong interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrated conflict competence, organizational and program management skills, and experience implementing and supporting programs that scale across large, complex organizations with a diverse workforce similar to Mass General Brigham.

Qualifications

• Provides comprehensive direction, oversight, and program management for a variety of inpatient and ambulatory patient safety initiatives.
  • Independently coordinates and manages activities related to safety, regulatory, and quality vulnerabilities, and develops innovative methods to track corrective action plans
  • Serves on, manages and leads safety-related hospital and MGB committees.
  • Provide consulting support to aide decision‑making by senior management.
  • Develops the analytic and measurement strategy for all projects undertaken including development of key metrics, identification of data sources through the safety reporting system and other sources
• Independently works to ensure High Reliability Organization (HRO) concepts are embedded throughout BWH and MGB, such as, sequence of reliability, continuous improvement, collaborative just culture, increased reporting of adverse events and near misses, and increased transparency.
  • Provides staff education to nurses, physicians and committees regarding HRO, patient safety, safety culture, non-punitive reporting, and error prevention.
• Responsible for program oversight and the day-to-day coordination of adverse event management:
  • Continually evaluates hospital adverse event reporting system for potential improvement.
  • Works closely with the Patient/Family Relations department on risk and patient safety issues.
  • Recommends and executes program management activities with goal of reducing patient safety risks and vulnerabilities
  • Collaborates with CRICO and hospital-based improvement teams
• Develop and manage clinical, inter-departmental and inter-institutional relationships within BWH and MGB in order to develop, implement and continuously improve quality and patient safety.
• Independently performs as a content expert on improvement methodologies including Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Case Analysis (Collaborative Case Reviews) and imparts knowledge of improvement process to various quality/safety projects.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.
• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s in Business, Health Management, Public Health or in another Social Science discipline is preferred.
• At least 5 – 8 years of experience working as a program/project manager or equivalent experience in consulting, quality measurement, quality improvement, patient safety, patient experience, clinical compliance and risk management.
• Experience working in a large and complex health care organization along with good negotiation and consensus building skills.
• Knowledge of and experience with electronic medical records.
• Understanding of the adoption process of innovative clinical quality or patient care programs across large, multidisciplinary health systems
• Computer and Internet skills and experience required, including proficiency with MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access).

Skills, Abilities, and Competencies:

• Superior organizational skills and the ability to multitask.
• Initiative and ability to work independently with minimal supervision while thriving in a setting requiring collaboration and teamwork for maximal efficiency and effectiveness
• Sophisticated listening and negotiation skills with demonstrable experience in operating effectively in a complex environment
• Creativity and enthusiasm for developing and implementing new programs
• Demonstrated effectiveness as both a team member and team facilitator; high degree of social facility in obtaining cooperation and support for a broad range of people. May facilitate medium to large groups.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion, respect and confidentiality
• Data management and analysis skills
• Ability to complete work under pressure and to meet strict deadlines
• Ability to navigate in a large organization like MGB along with a high degree of comfort and accuracy in communicating appropriately with mid- and senior-level clinical and administrative leadership.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal, persuasive and communication skills and professional demeanor with excellent attention to detail and follow through, a proactive approach to problem‑solving, high functioning organizational and multi-tasking skills, and strong analytical and presentation skills.
• Must have exceptional customer relationship management/service skills and experience in working effectively with staff at all levels of in a medical practice/clinic/hospital unit.
• Advanced clinical collaboration skills across the spectrum of medical specialties.
• Should have prior experience in dynamic, growing and/or entrepreneurial organizations and/or programs/projects.
• Must be proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of software, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel (intermediate proficiency), Access (intermediate proficiency), Visio, and other Windows and web-based programs.
• Strong business writing and group presentation skills and background in successful mid-high-level presentations
• Strong work ethic, industrious, with superior creative problem‑solving skills.
• Must be capable of working independently and able to exercise significant discretion and tact in dealing with management, medical and/or academic professionals. Also successful in working both as a team member and leader to deliver a high level of support to peers and to customers.

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Remote Type

Hybrid

Work Location

1620 Tremont Street

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Employee Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

$99,465.60 - $141,804.00/Annual

Grade

8

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

EEO Statement:

2200 The Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

Mass General Brigham Competency Framework

At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership “looks like” by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.