Strategic Project Manager - Clinical Research Initiatives

Michigan Medicine; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement match 2:1

Job summary

Michigan Medicine seeks a Project Manager for the Rogel Cancer Center to lead center-wide projects and support clinical research initiatives.

The role involves charters, schedules, risk logs, and cross-functional coordination with departments like Research Administration, IT, Finance, HR, Communications, and Clinical Research. This is a full-time hybrid position with admin support duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Education: bachelor's degree in business, public health, health administration, or science, or equivalent.
• 2-3 years of project or program management experience.
• Ability to plan, schedule, monitor and complete projects with charters, schedules, risk logs, and status reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including reporting to senior leaders.
• Experience coordinating people from different teams without direct authority.
• Strong organizational skills and discretion with confidential information.
• Experience with calendar management, meeting logistics, and minutes (about 20% of the role).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project tracking tools.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Rogel Cancer Center's central point of contact for project management.
• Help leaders scope, plan, and launch projects; maintain a center-wide inventory.
• Support intake, prioritization, and sequencing to align with strategic priorities.
• Develop charters, scopes, schedules, RACI matrices, and risk/issue logs.
• Track action items and report progress, risks, decisions, and milestones.
• Coordinate work across Research Administration, IT, Finance, HR, and other teams.
• Manage consultants and vendors; support CCSG reporting and board prep.
• Close out projects with summaries and lessons learned; build PM practice.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Cross-functional coordination

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office

Planning and tracking

Administrative support

Time management

Meeting logistics

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Project tracking tools

Scheduling software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Michigan Medicine seeks a Project Manager for the Rogel Cancer Center to lead center-wide projects and support clinical research initiatives.

The role involves charters, schedules, risk logs, and cross-functional coordination with departments like Research Administration, IT, Finance, HR, Communications, and Clinical Research. This is a full-time hybrid position with admin support duties as needed.