Strategic Initiatives Project Manager

Geisinger; Danville (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking an experienced Strategic Initiatives Project Manager to support the planning, execution, and governance of key initiatives. You will coordinate cross-functional projects, manage timelines, and facilitate communication among stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery.

Working closely with senior leaders, you will gather input, report progress, and identify opportunities for process improvements, while maintaining a professional demeanor in a complex healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Minimum of 3 years managing people, processes, or projects.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, execution, and monitoring of strategic initiatives.
• Maintain master calendar of milestones and meetings; ensure timely completion.
• Coordinate meetings, agendas, minutes, and action items across organizations.
• Serve as liaison between Geisinger strategy, project leads, and stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Administrative support

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Summary

Provides essential operational and administrative support to ensure the successful execution of assigned key initiatives related to Geisinger Strategic Initiatives. This person serves project manager and coordinates cross-functional projects and processes, manages timelines, and facilitates communication among stakeholders.

Provides essential operational and administrative support to ensure the successful execution of assigned key initiatives related to Geisinger Strategic Initiatives. This person serves project manager and coordinates cross-functional projects and processes, manages timelines, and facilitates communication among stakeholders.

Job Duties

• Project Management: Assist in the planning, execution, and monitoring of strategic initiatives. Maintain master calendar of milestones and meetings. Ensure projects are completed on time and within scope. Maintain awareness of other performance improvement work and strategic projects to create opportunities for cross-team visibility and communication alignment.
  • Project coordination and management including vendor management / oversight and project planning
  • Versed in problem solving and thinking outside the box to come up with solutions when faced with obstacles in completing tasks
• Administrative Support: Provide administrative support to portfolio of initiatives, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, coordinating meeting material production, documenting minutes, and action item resolution.
  • Coordinate and schedule meetings ensuring meetings are in the right order and have the correct participants across multiple organizations
  • Coordinate and schedule site visits as necessary
• Communication: Serve as a liaison and key point of contact between Geisinger strategy, project leads for strategic action portfolio work, economic development, and various stakeholders, ensuring clear and timely communication of project progress, issues, and requirements. Anticipates needs for projects and meetings and communicates with those involved to ensure the success of all projects and meetings.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to gather input, provide updates, and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Information & Data Management: Collect, analyze, and report on information related to strategic initiatives, progress and issues. Prepare presentations and reports for senior management.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements and assist in the implementation of new procedures to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• The Strategic Initiatives project manager will be working with senior executives and must possess a professional demeanor.

Work is typically performed in an office or remote environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Education

Bachelor's Degree- (Required)

Experience

Minimum of 3 years-Managing people, processes, or projects (Required)

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES:

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.