Speros Special Project Manager

Moffitt; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Moffitt Speros Outpatient Center and the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Proton Center is seeking a Special Project Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives and advance Speros' strategic priorities.

The role partners with the Speros President and leadership team to translate objectives into actionable workstreams with clear milestones. The position emphasizes building scalable processes, supporting KPI tracking, and creating structured collaboration across teams, while evolving into

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects and influence without direct authority.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Leads Strategic and Special Projects from problem definition to implementation.
• Develops project plans, milestones, owners, dependencies and decision points.
• Builds systems for work planning, tracking, and accountability across Speros and partners.
• Prepares executive briefings, memos and dashboards to translate complexity into clear choices.
• Over time, takes ownership of broader workstreams and serves as a sponsor on initiatives.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Strategic initiatives

Stakeholder management

Ambiguity navigation

Job description

## Speros Special Project ManagerApply: Hybrid (Part -time in Office): Moffitt Speros Outpatient Center and the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Proton Center: Full time: Posted Today: R-5010### Working at Moffitt is both a career and a mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.### As the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, Moffitt employs some of the best and brightest minds from around the world. Join a dedicated team of nearly 11,000 who are shaping the future we envision. Moffitt has been recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in the Nation and is continually named one of the Tampa Bay Times’ Top Workplaces.**Summary**The Special Projects Director / Deputy Chief of Staff plays a key role in advancing Speros' most important priorities. Reporting to the Director, Strategic Initiatives and working closely with the Speros President and broader leadership team, this position leads complex, cross-functional projects. The role also develops and implements systems, processes, and operational frameworks that enhance team performance and enable leadership to focus on strategic priorities. While providing direct support to the Director, Strategic Initiatives on both specific projects and team-wide priorities, the position will progressively assume ownership of a portfolio of projects.Leads Strategic and Special Projects• Manages discrete, high-priority initiatives from initial problemdefinition through implementation.• Translates broad strategic objectives into clear workstreams,milestones, owners, dependencies and decision points.• Develops project plans and drives execution across teams whileensuring alignment across stakeholders, including teammembers who do not have a direct reporting relationship to thisrole.• Identify risks, resolve issues and escalate decisions at the rightmoments rather than allowing projects to stall.• Coordinates internal and external partners, consultants andsubject-matter experts around shared deliverables.• Conducts research and analysis to inform decisions, frameoptions and develop recommendations for leadership.• Steps into emerging or under-resourced priorities and rapidlycreates enough structure to move them forward.• Builds an independent portfolio over time, with increasingresponsibility for defining and leading initiatives rather than onlysupporting existing work Builds Systems That Support the Whole Speros TeamHelps manage Speros' portfolio of priorities, creating visibility intowhat is underway, what is at risk and where leadership attentionis needed.• Builds practical systems for work planning, project tracking,decision documentation, follow-through and accountability acrossthe team.• Strengthens meeting cadences so recurring forums drivedecisions and action rather than simply information sharing.• Supports KPI definition, tracking and recurring performancereporting.• Improves document management, shared resources, onboardingmaterials, slide libraries and other forms of institutionalknowledge.• Creates lightweight, repeatable processes that help a growingteam operate with greater consistency without addingunnecessary bureaucracy.• Looks continuously for opportunities to simplify how the teamworks, reduce friction and make execution more reliable.Supports and Extends the Director, Strategic Initiatives Portfolio• Serves as a thought and execution partner to the Director,Strategic Initiatives across a broad portfolio of strategic andorganizational priorities.• Maintains context across major workstreams, anticipates needs,connects dependencies and identifies issues before they becomeurgent.• Prepares executive briefings, decision memos, presentations,dashboards and other materials that turn complexity into clearchoices.• Participates in select internal and external meetings and ensures decisions translate into action.• Helps triage incoming issues and determines what requiresleadership attention versus what can be independently resolved.• Takes increasing ownership for workstreams as context,judgment and organizational trust grow, allowing the Director,Strategic Initiatives to move from project manager to sponsor onmore initiatives. Builds Productive Working Relationships• Builds productive working relationships across Speros, Moffittand a wide range of external partners.• Coordinates initiatives that cross organizational boundaries,functional teams and subject areas.• Quickly learns enough about unfamiliar domains to identify theright questions, people, dependencies and decisions.• Creates clarity where ownership is distributed or evolving andhelps information move effectively between teams.• Approaches colleagues as a partner who helps work move faster,not as a compliance layer. Minimum Experience Required• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, with evidence of progressively greaterresponsibility and independent project ownership.• Experience leading cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders without direct reportingauthority, while maintaining momentum and ensuring successful outcomes. Minimum Skills/Specialized Training Required• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior leaders and across organizational boundaries.• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and execute complex projects with limited direction,including defining objectives, establishing work plans, assigning responsibilities, and drivingresults.• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiplepriorities, deadlines, commitments, and dependencies simultaneously.• Proven ability to work effectively in ambiguous or rapidly changing environments, analyzeunfamiliar situations, and develop structured solutions.• Broad business acumen with the ability to adapt to diverse assignments involving analysis,stakeholder engagement, process improvement, project management, and executive-levelcommunications.• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complexinformation and develop materials for senior leaders, executives, and external stakeholders.• Demonstrated sound judgment, critical thinking, and decision-making skills, including the ability tooperate independently and appropriately escalate issues when needed.• Strong process improvement and operational management skills, with the ability to developpractical solutions that enhance efficiency and effectiveness.• Proven ability to anticipate challenges, identify risks and opportunities, take initiative, and maintainaccountability for achieving results and completing deliverables.• Comfort learning unfamiliar subject areas quickly and operating in a fast-moving environment. Preferred ExperienceExperience in any of the following areas is preferred:• Strategic operations, chief of staff or executive special projects roles• Program leadership or program management in mission-driven, public-sector, nonprofit or privatesectororganizations• Project management or PMO roles with substantial ownership and cross-functional responsibility• Management consulting, implementation consulting or internal strategy• Healthcare, life sciences or biotechnology strategy and operations• Public policy, government, public administration or economic development• Real estate development, urban planning, infrastructure or large-scale capital projects• Public-private partnerships, grants or federally funded initiatives• Higher education, research institutions or other complex mission-driven organizations• Startups, innovation organizations or rapidly evolving teams where roles are broad and systemsare still being built **Salary Range**$85,009.60 - $129,584.00