Project Manager – Innovation

About Shepherd Center 

With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation, Shepherd Center is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Shepherd is the only rehabilitation facility in the nation with an intensive care unit on-site, allowing us to care for the most complex patients and begin the rehabilitation process sooner. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again.

Shepherd Center's culture is one of hope, humor, and hard work. You will enjoy career growth, strong relationships with co-workers, strong support from leadership, and fun activities that have kept over 12% of staff members working at Shepherd for more than 20 years.  

Under the direction of the VP of Research & Innovation, the project manager (PM) for the Innovation Institute develops, tracks, and manages project schedule(s) through the assigned project lifecycle, ensuring timelines and deliverables are met and setting expectations for key deliverables. The PM provides project status updates to any stakeholders and internal team, identifying issues, risks, or barriers to successful project execution, identifying, and implementing risk mitigation strategies and escalating issues to leadership to facilitate resolution. The PM leads assigned meetings, prepares agendas, documents meeting notes, follows-up on items with identification of accountable individuals and deliverable dates as necessary. The PM will demonstrate strong project management and presentation skills as well as display good judgment and critical thinking to address business problems. The PM will also have experience with research, rehabilitation, and working across departments and teams.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies potential business development opportunities in line with the mission of the Virginia C. Crawford Research Institute and the Cox Foundation Innovation Institute
• Manages and reviews business contracts and agreements and ensures approval from all appropriate stakeholders
• Develops and manages comprehensive project plans, tracks progress, coordinates activities and collaborates with hospital-wide departments and all stakeholders (internal and external) to meet project deliverables
• Anticipates risks and delays and formulates actions to address
• Manages numerous time sensitive projects efficiently, streamlining deliverables and coordinating multiple schedules simultaneously
• Manages continuous stream of team actions and communication
• Captures, documents, and takes action to resolve all changes to project scope
• Tracks project issues and ensures actions are taken
• Works closely with team leaders, champions and other project participants to ensure project success
• Supports and participates in organization initiatives as assigned
• Plans, prepares, and hosts internal and external events focused on organizational initiatives and business development opportunities
• Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with Center and departmental policies and procedures. Responsible for the reporting of employee/patient/visitor injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to the supervisor and in the occurrence notification system. 
• Monitors and ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements, organizational standards, and policies and procedures related to area of responsibility. Identifies potential risk areas within area of responsibility and supports problem resolution process.

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university

REQUIRED MINIMUM CERTIFICATION

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE