Strategic Project Manager

Michigan Medicine; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

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, physician scorecards, and SBARs for senior leaders across Michigan Medicine.

You will collaborate with physicians, faculty, and administrators to track priorities, monitor

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 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
• 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

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

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

PMP certification preferred

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

EPIC

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Mission Statement

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

• 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.