Strategic PM for Academic Affairs & Caregiver Programs

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

PTO

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the Caregiver Support portfolio and related initiatives. You will translate approved goals into detailed work plans, coordinate with faculty, HR, analytics, and leadership, and ensure timely delivery of milestones and deliverables.

The role focuses on program development, training implementation, and 24-month survey-to-action cycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• 4 years of project/program management experience in healthcare administration, faculty affairs, workforce engagement, or related operations.
• Master's degree preferred or expected in related field.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary project manager for assigned initiatives, developing charters, work plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, roles, risk logs, decision records and communications plans.
• Manages day-to-day operations and continuous improvement of caregiver-support programs
• Coordinates the peer-supporter lifecycle including outreach, onboarding, training logistics, attendance and completion records
• Administers intake and matching processes, documents status, and escalates sensitive or high-risk issues as needed
• Develops and maintains a parental-leave toolkit for departments, coordinating input from leadership and HR partners
• Builds a network of departmental caregivers-leave champions and creates implementation guides, templates, and orientation materials
• Defines operational measures for caregiver-support programs and prepares regular summaries for leadership
• Leads the 24-month faculty engagement survey-to-action cycle, including calendar, readiness, and debriefs
• Coordinates survey readiness and data distribution with analytics and communications teams
• Maintains debrief tracker, action-plan registry, and progress summaries for leadership

Skills

Project management

Program management

Stakeholder coordination

Training implementation

Data tracking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the Caregiver Support portfolio and related initiatives. You will translate approved goals into detailed work plans, coordinate with faculty, HR, analytics, and leadership, and ensure timely delivery of milestones and deliverables.

The role focuses on program development, training implementation, and 24-month survey-to-action cycles.