Strategic Project Manager

University Of Michigan; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health coverage

2:1 retirement match

Job summary

Michigan Medicine's Department of Neurosurgery seeks a Strategic Project Manager to partner with departmental leadership in driving strategic growth, operational excellence, and execution of high-impact initiatives. This role leads complex projects, develops executive presentations, and creates Power BI/Tableau dashboards and physician scorecards for senior leaders across Michigan Medicine.

This is a highly visible position working across physicians, faculty, administrators, and institutional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated project management experience in healthcare, academic medicine, consulting, or related field.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• EPIC experience.
• Experience with Power BI and Tableau.
• Exceptional analytical, communication, presentation, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop Power BI and Tableau dashboards for daily, weekly, monthly, and annual monitoring.
• Produce monthly physician dashboards and executive scorecards.
• Perform advanced Excel analysis and data management.
• Create executive PowerPoint presentations, SBARs, and briefing documents.
• Coordinate divisional meetings, track action items, and monitor progress.

Skills

Project management

Excel

PowerPoint

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, MS) preferred

Tools

EPIC

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

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Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally.Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Job Summary

The Department of Neurosurgery seeks a Strategic Project Manager to partner with departmental leadership in driving strategic growth, operational excellence, and execution of high-impact initiatives. This position will lead complex projects, develop executive presentations, produce analytics and dashboards, facilitate leadership meetings, and ensure accountability for strategic priorities. The role will routinely prepare SBARs, executive summaries, Power BI/Tableau dashboards, physician scorecards, and presentations seen by senior leaders across Michigan Medicine.
This is a highly visible position working across physicians, faculty, administrators, and institutional leaders.

Responsibilities*

Strategic Planning & Growth

• Develop and maintain the annual departmental strategic priorities plan.


• Identify opportunities for service line growth, subspecialty expansion, and market development.


• Conduct quarterly divisional strategy reviews with documented action plans.


• Manage strategic initiatives through milestones, timelines, risks, and accountability.


• Partner with leaders to remove barriers to growth and improve access.


• Monitor referral patterns, access trends, market signals, and benchmarking.

Analytics & Executive Support

• Develop Power BI and Tableau dashboards for daily, weekly, monthly, and annual monitoring.


• Produce monthly physician dashboards and executive scorecards.


• Perform advanced Excel analysis and data management.


• Create executive PowerPoint presentations, SBARs, and briefing documents.


• Coordinate divisional meetings, track action items, and monitor progress.

Required Qualifications*

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.


• Demonstrated project management experience in healthcare, academic medicine, consulting, or related field.


• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.


• EPIC experience


• Experience with Power BI and Tableau.


• Exceptional analytical, communication, presentation, and organizational skills.

Desired Qualifications*

• Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, MS) preferred.


• PMP certification preferred.


• Experience with executive reporting, healthcare analytics, and strategic planning.

Why Join Michigan Medicine?

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world's most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day


• 2:1 Match on retirement savings

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes .

Work Schedule

M-F variable hours 7-7, primarily normal business hours.

Work Locations

Taubman

Underfill Statement

This position may be underfilled at a lower classification depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

Additional Information

• In-office four days per week with one hybrid workday.


• Flexibility to support early morning and early evening meetings due to neurosurgeon schedules.


• Opportunity to make substantial impact within a small, nationally recognized academic neurosurgery department.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.The review and selection process maybegin as early as the eighth day after posting.Thisopening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO Statement

The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.