Policy Project Manager
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CDC FoundationPublic health
This position is remoteContractManager
Salary90,000 - 120,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- Minimum of 10 years leading complex projects or programs, with project management as a core responsibility.
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementRisk ManagementProcess improvement
Requirements
- Master’s degree in public health or a related field from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 10 years leading complex projects or programs, with project management as a core responsibility.
- Ability to scope, estimate, and allocate resources for multifaceted initiatives with interdependent deliverables.
- Advanced experience with project scheduling, risk management, and coordinating workflows across diverse teams.
- Experience creating and maintaining project trackers in enterprise project management tools; Smartsheet experience is preferred.
- Project or program management leadership experience, ideally within a healthcare-related organization.
- Ability to evaluate organizational systems, monitor performance, and drive corrective actions or process improvements.
- Ability to develop executive-level presentations and comprehensive reports.
- Understanding of Oregon’s healthcare landscape, particularly rural health systems and related challenges, is preferred.
- Ability to organize and prioritize concurrent activities, timelines, and stakeholder needs.
- Ability to set long-term strategic objectives and define plans to achieve them.
- Experience applying regulatory knowledge and sound judgment to ensure compliance with laws, standards, and organizational policies.
Responsibilities
- Lead planning, execution, and coordination across the program’s three funding pathways, five initiatives, and grant coordinator teams.
- Design and manage integrated workplans, schedules, and tracking systems for milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Build and maintain project plans using tools such as Smartsheet.
- Design meeting structures, agendas, materials, and follow-up tracking to support cross-team alignment.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration across teams, resolving issues and maintaining progress toward program goals.
- Prepare executive-level dashboards, performance summaries, reports, and strategic insights for leadership.
- Lead the design and continuous refinement of project management processes, tools, templates, and workflows.
- Identify operational gaps and drive process-improvement strategies.
- Maintain process documentation and standardized project management practices across initiative teams.
- Identify and monitor program risks, issues, and dependencies, and direct mitigation strategies.
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