Senior Project Manager - Center for Cancer Innovation

Ohio State University; Columbus (OH); In loco; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off and holidays

State retirement plan contributions

Descrizione del lavoro

Ohio State University is seeking a Senior Project Manager for the Center for Cancer Innovation (CCI) in Columbus. You will lead diverse teams, manage complex initiatives, and partner across departments to deliver value in research, clinical care, and operations.

The role focuses on defining opportunities, objectives, and measures of success, while coordinating budgets and timelines. Occasional travel to sponsor sites and conferences will be required.

Competenze

• Master’s degree in business or related field with 4+ years of project management experience, or a Bachelor's with 8+ years.
• PMP certification is strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and strong organizational skills.
• Experience guiding large change initiatives and complex projects.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and external partnerships effectively.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SharePoint and related project tools.

Mansioni

• Lead multidisciplinary teams and cross-sector collaborations to advance CCI initiatives.
• Define opportunities, objectives, value propositions, and success measures for projects.
• Coordinate budgets, timelines, governance, and stakeholder commitments across units.
• Support pilots, due diligence, and partnership workplans; synthesize findings into actionable guidance.
• Travel to James, OSU Medical Complex, and sponsor locations for meetings as needed.
• Build trust and alignment among diverse internal and external partners.

Conoscenze

Communication skills

Facilitation skills

Writing skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Change management

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Partnership development

Formazione

Master’s degree in business or related field

Bachelor’s degree

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Visio

MS Project

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Title: Senior Project Manager - Center for Cancer Innovation

Department: James | Operations Improvement

Scope of Position

The CCC-James is committed to continuously improving the quality of care provided to patients as well as the systems supporting research, clinical care, and operations. This position serves as a key component of the Center for Cancer Innovation (CCI) and supports both the James’ innovation portfolio and its strategic industry partnership portfolio. Under the direction of Director, Operational Excellence, with a functional reporting relationship to the Director, Center for Cancer Innovation, the Senior Project Manager leads multidisciplinary teams and cross-sector collaborations that advance CCI innovation initiatives and James strategic industry partnerships across internal departments, business units, and external organizations.

Responsibilities span the full lifecycle of this work, including opportunity definition, assessment, planning, experimentation or partnership development, implementation, transition, evaluation, and ongoing portfolio oversight. The Senior Project Manager coordinates people, processes, governance, resources, budgets, timelines, and stakeholder commitments so that initiatives and partnerships deliver intended outcomes on time and within budget, while monitoring progress and recommending course corrections as needed.

Projects will entail traveling to anywhere in the James and Ohio State University Medical Complex, as well as offsite locations including but not limited to sponsor headquarters and (inter)national meetings (e.g. ASCO, ESMO, AACR, ASH, and JPM) to facilitate CCI work and strategic partnerships. The primary working hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but these times may shift when working on specific projects.

Position Summary

The Senior Project Manager is an experienced professional responsible for leading a portfolio of complex CCI innovation initiatives and strategic industry research partnerships that span multiple lines of business, internal units, and external organizations. The role partners with executive sponsors, initiative leads, subject-matter experts, and industry collaborators to define opportunities, strategic objectives, value propositions, expected outcomes, and measures of success. The Senior Project Manager guides teams through ambiguity and competing priorities and manages scope, schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, stakeholder commitments, and change requests throughout the initiative or partnership lifecycle.

The role supports consistent processes for evaluating and prioritizing innovation opportunities and potential partnerships; coordinates pilots, limited-scale tests, due diligence, and collaborative workplans as appropriate; and synthesizes findings into clear recommendations on whether work should advance, pivot, pause, scale, transition, renew, or conclude. The Senior Project Manager helps build and continuously improve CCI and partnership-related intake, governance, and portfolio management practices; serves as a connector across the cancer program, broader university and medical center, and external industry ecosystem; and builds the trust and alignment needed among stakeholders with differing perspectives and interests.

Minimum Qualifications For Hire

• Master’s degree in business or related field and at least 4 years of relevant project management experience or Bachelor’s degree with at least 8 years of relevant project management experience.
• Project management (PMP) certification strongly preferred.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, active listening and facilitation skills.
• Experience managing, executing, and sustaining major change initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate and complete large-scale projects.
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to identify opportunities to disseminate information in an effective and efficient manner.
• Advanced experience in computer applications, including Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project), and SharePoint.
• Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team to build relationships, collaborate, and work in a complex environment to build consensus.
• Experience supporting strategic partnerships, external collaborations, business development, or industry-sponsored initiatives in a complex health care, academic, research, or similarly regulated environment preferred.
• Understanding of oncology clinical research preferred Experience in pharma, biotech, diagnostics alliance management or business development preferred

Additional Information

Location: Ackerman Rd, 660 (0242)

Position Type: Regular

Scheduled Hours: 40

Shift: First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability.

Benefits

Ohio State benefits give you options to take care of what matters most to you — and opportunities to make adjustments as your life and needs change, including:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage, with Ohio State paying a significant portion of the cost.
• Paid time off, including sick and vacation time and 11 holidays.
• State retirement plan or an alternative retirement plan, both with generous employer contributions.