Project Manager

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.  
The Project Manager (PM) leads a focused strategic priority of the non-infectious disease (NID) programs department. The Project Manager is responsible for a time-bound public health project that is conducted in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other internal and external partners. The Project Manager combines strong technical skills, management and leadership with an entrepreneurial and mission-driven approach to unleash the power of collaboration between the CDC; philanthropies; private entities; and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of the public.
The Project Manager will support the Building Capacity Among Jurisdictions to Collect Stillbirth Data program, which aims to support jurisdictions to increase and improve the collection of stillbirth data nationally. The project will also build capacity among jurisdictions to identify and engage steering committees comprised of members from communities disproportionately impacted by stillbirth. The incumbent will work closely with an internal project team, awarded jurisdictions, the Division of Reproductive Health within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and external partners in the stillbirth space.
Atlanta-based candidates are preferred. Remote work may be considered for exceptional candidates, though for some in-person team meetings, travel to Atlanta, GA may be required. Relocation expenses are not provided.This is a grant funded position ending on September 30, 2024, with the opportunity for extension.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads and supports project design, implementation and evaluation of a stillbirth data collection initiative to improve and increase the number of jurisdictions collecting stillbirth data and leading to the development of a national stillbirth surveillance program.
• Conceptualizes, plans, executes, monitors and closes a project focused on maternal and infant health. May be required to concurrently manage more than one time-bound project to synergize work around a specific subject, practice area and/or partner.
• Formulates project-related goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, standards and priorities to ensure consistency with organization, department and division standard operating procedures.
• Builds strong partnerships and provides technical expertise that ensures impactful, efficient and effective project implementation.
• Hires, recruits, supervises, mentors and serves as a technical partner for field employees on the assigned project.
• Serves as project liaison for and between internal and external partners.
• Manages significant matters such as project implementation, reporting, contracting, budgeting and evaluating project impact and performance.
• Contributes to resource mobilization efforts for the assigned project.
• Represents the CDC Foundation at technical, financial, strategic and/or operational meetings focused on the project.
• Travels as needed to represent the designated project and the CDC Foundation (up to 15 percent annually).
• Participates in and/or leads special projects and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Necessary Skills

• Master’s degree in public health or related field from an accredited college or university required.
• Minimum of 10 years of public health and related professional experience required. Specialized experience in maternal and child health and public health practice areas such as partner engagement and partnership development strongly preferred.
• Experience providing capacity building and other methods of technical assistance to public health practitioners strongly preferred.
• Experience with enterprise resource planning systems and software packages used to manage day-to-day b