Sr. Project Manager (School of Medicine Office of Vice Dean of Clinical Affairs)

We are seeking a Sr. Project Manager to lead, manage, and execute high-priority university initiatives from concept to implementation with a high level of independence. This role may work in a central Project Management Office (PMO) or in a divisional capacity, supporting division-wide leadership projects of significant complexity and scope. The SPM oversees a portfolio of key strategic projects, ensuring that all assigned projects successfully meet institutional goals, deliver impactful results, and drive excellence. Additionally, for roles located within a central PMO, the SPM may support and mentor project managers, along with other staff outside of the PMO to help build capacity for project management, evangelize best practices in project management, and ensure projects outside the purview of the PMO follow desired processes.

The SPM is responsible for ensuring the successful completion of their portfolio of projects within the approved schedule, scope, and budget, and escalating major risks and issues to university leaders as appropriate. In partnership with other project stakeholders, the SPM leads the design and implementation of individual projects.

The Sr. Project Manager supports the Clinical Practice Association (CPA) in its mission to help Johns Hopkins Medicine clinical departments optimize their operational and financial performance. Working alongside the Sr. Financial Analyst, this role brings a clinically oriented lens to a portfolio of high-priority initiatives spanning ambulatory capacity, Epic scheduling operations, clinical unit analytics, and provider productivity reporting. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience managing clinical operations at the department level and brings the credibility, contextual understanding, and practical workflow knowledge that can only be gained by having worked directly within a clinical environment — not exclusively from a central administrative function.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage the scope of projects, including goals, timelines, budgets, and objectives.
• Develop and execute project plans, budgets, timelines, and risk mitigation strategies, monitoring and reporting on progress and outcomes.
• Complete individual activities required to complete the projects, including analysis, benchmarking, data collection, and deliverable development.
• Identify and resolve any conflicts, challenges, or barriers that may arise during the project lifecycle, and escalate them as appropriate.
• Flex into various project roles as necessary to fill gaps and ensure projects proceed as needed.
• Oversee project teams and resources, including project managers and staff from other offices, where applicable.
• Develop and manage key project deliverables, including project plans, budgets, timelines, status reports, presentation materials, reports, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Manage the risk, issue, and change resolution process, and work with other leaders to take corrective action as needed.
• Provide leadership with the information needed to make decisions for the projects.
• Interface with key leaders to define project priorities and communicate project risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Monitor KPIs for special projects, reporting progress and status to senior leaders.
• Oversee project teams and resources, including project managers and staff from other offices.
• Perform individual activities required to complete the projects, including analysis, benchmarking, data collection, and materials development.
• Develop high-quality project deliverables, including written reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and data visualizations.
• Make presentations to and communicate with senior university leaders in support of their projects.
• Collaborate with project managers and other staff to implement the project management methodology and best practices to positively impact the institution and support the strategic initiatives.
• Coach and mentor project management practitioners and other affiliated staff and share knowledge of best practices.
• Aid senior leaders with the design, business case development, and authorization of strategic projects and initiatives.

*The following duties are specific to this position and reflect the unique operational needs of the CPA

Ambulatory Capacity Analysis and Optimization

• Conduct structured analyses of ambulatory session utilization, template fill rates, and patients-per-session metrics across CPA-supported departments, benchmarking against Vizient 65th percentile targets.
• Partner with department administrators and Epic analysts to identify and implement scheduling improvements — including template restructuring, auto-release logic, Fast Pass configuratio