The Health Initiative- (Senior) Project Manager

ABOUT THE HEALTH INITIATIVE:

This is an opportunity to join a mission-driven organization with the pacing and ethos of an issue-based campaign. Founded in 2018, The Health Initiative (THI) is a nonprofit focused on catalyzing a new conversation about – and new investments in – the known drivers of health. Specifically, THI's aim is to increase public and private investment in safe homes, healthy food, and well-paying jobs by reframing these issues as central to ensuring a healthy population and a health-based economy.

The U.S. spends ~$12 billion every day on healthcare – even though only ~20% of health outcomes are tied to clinical care. This disconnect is increasingly untenable. Even pre-COVID, 24% of those with commercial health insurance still lacked adequate food, housing, or other basics – driving up healthcare costs.

As an instigator and advisor, THI works intensively with public and private healthcare institutions that control billions of dollars and impact millions of lives (health insurers, federal agencies, state departments of health and human services, and foundations) to partner with communities to invest in health, not just healthcare. With THI’s guidance, these institutions make investing in health central to their strategy, business model, and operations – and engage with communities to mobilize and align resources for healthy food, safe homes, and well-paying jobs while building community wealth and addressing historical health disparities. The THI leadership team has dedicated their careers to improving healthcare--offering critical insights into and experience with the drivers of health, healthcare delivery, and healthcare policy.

ABOUT THE POSITION:

The Health Initiative (THI) seeks to hire two highly organized, detail-oriented, and responsive Project Managers who thrive in the fast-paced context of issue-based campaigns and/or start-up environments, have an excellent track record of managing work to deliver results, and are enthusiastic about THI’s goals.

All Project Managers serve a critical function in the organization, supporting the development and execution of content that helps THI deliver on its ambitious aim. The role has two primary functions:

• Developing, diligently tracking, and updating workplans for successful execution to meet our goals.

• Supporting continuous improvement in THI’s project management tools and systems by helping to measure effectiveness, suggesting improvements, and supporting evolving processes.

If hired as a Senior Project Manager, the role will not have direct reports, but will be responsible for setting the project management standards for the organization. Responsibilities of a Senior Project Manager additionally include

• Defining and continually improving the project management approach, standards and processes for the organization based on learning and data.

• Guiding the THI team to adoption of new tools and practices (eg: responsible for Asana adoption, quality, and improvement, evaluating internal meeting purpose and value) etc.

Project Managers need strong relational skills with an ability to get things done through others while managing projects to completion. They will have excellent attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to operate in an evolving organization while managing competing and time sensitive priorities.

The role(s) report to the Chief of Staff and have critical relationships with members of the program and development teams. In a flexible and growing organization, reporting structures and responsibilities may shift over time to align with organizational needs.

Responsibilities:

Defining Success for this Position:

As noted above, a successful Project Manager will manage workplans that anticipate and problem-solve for inevitable changes and support standardizing of systems to achieve reliable and effective project management (e.g. Asana, meetings, processes, huddles or other tools). They will relentlessly execute, use data to evaluate those systems, and adapt and iterate the approach over time.

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