What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Director - Institute position at Point32Health?
Who We Are
Point32Health is a leading health and wellbeing organization, delivering an ever-better personalized health care experience to everyone in our communities. At Point32Health, we are building on the quality, nonprofit heritage of our founding organizations, Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, where we leverage our experience and expertise to help people find their version of healthier living through a broad range of health plans and tools that make navigating health and wellbeing easier.
We enjoy the important work we do every day in service to our members, partners, colleagues and communities.
Job Summary
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (HPHCI) is currently seeking a highly motivated, action-oriented, and resourceful Senior Project Director to join the Division of Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE). TIDE sits within the Department of Population Medicine (www.populationmedicine.org), leading large, complex, multi-institutional research initiatives that support major national public health activities. Our mission is to improve health care delivery and population health through research and education, in partnership with health plans, delivery systems, and public health agencies. The diversity of TIDE’s portfolio affords opportunities for team members to work on a wide-range of public health issues, including the latest vaccines.
The Senior Project Director reports into TIDE’s Project Management Office (PMO), a Center of Excellence, that offers robust career pathing, training, support, and mentorship. They will provide direction of complex, multi-site projects, in several of TIDE’s research portfolios, ensuring each project’s overall integrity, coherence, and ultimate success. This position requires excellent communication skills for close collaboration with internal and external investigators, funders, and project managers and is an ideal match for a candidate with pharmaceutical or CRO industry experience.
Key Responsibilities/Duties – What You Will Be Doing
As part of our comprehensive total rewards program, colleagues are also eligible for variable pay. Eligibility for any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits remains in the Company's sole discretion and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Point32Health offers their Colleagues a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which currently includes:
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) and Health Equity
Point32Health is committed to making diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and health equity part of everything we do—from product design to the workforce driving that innovation. Our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) and Health Equity team's strategy is deeply connected to our core values and will evolve as the changing nature of work shifts. Programming, events, and an inclusion infrastructure play a role in how we spread cultural awareness, train people leaders on engaging with their teams and provide parameters on how to recruit and retain talented and dynamic talent. We welcome all applicants and qualified individuals, who will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Scam Alert: Point32Health has recently become aware of job posting scams where unauthorized individuals posing as Point32Health recruiters have placed job advertisements and reached out to potential candidates. These advertisements or individuals may ask the applicant to make a payment. Point32Health would never ask an applicant to make a payment related to a job application or job offer, or to pay for workplace equipment. If you have any concerns about the legitimacy of a job posting or recruiting contact, you may contact TA_operations@point32health.org
Point32Health is a leading health and wellbeing organization, delivering an ever-better personalized health care experience to everyone in our communities. At Point32Health, we are building on the quality, nonprofit heritage of our founding organizations, Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, where we leverage our experience and expertise to help people find their version of healthier living through a broad range of health plans and tools that make navigating health and wellbeing easier.
We enjoy the important work we do every day in service to our members, partners, colleagues and communities.
Job Summary
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (HPHCI) is currently seeking a highly motivated, action-oriented, and resourceful Senior Project Director to join the Division of Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE). TIDE sits within the Department of Population Medicine (www.populationmedicine.org), leading large, complex, multi-institutional research initiatives that support major national public health activities. Our mission is to improve health care delivery and population health through research and education, in partnership with health plans, delivery systems, and public health agencies. The diversity of TIDE’s portfolio affords opportunities for team members to work on a wide-range of public health issues, including the latest vaccines.
The Senior Project Director reports into TIDE’s Project Management Office (PMO), a Center of Excellence, that offers robust career pathing, training, support, and mentorship. They will provide direction of complex, multi-site projects, in several of TIDE’s research portfolios, ensuring each project’s overall integrity, coherence, and ultimate success. This position requires excellent communication skills for close collaboration with internal and external investigators, funders, and project managers and is an ideal match for a candidate with pharmaceutical or CRO industry experience.
Key Responsibilities/Duties – What You Will Be Doing
- Creates or oversees a TIDE-wide initiative/work group/committee and provides support and training to TIDE colleagues (e.g., CMS).
- Oversees or directly manages all phases of the project management lifecycle, as related to cost, schedule, quality and technical performance, while ensuring compliance with the established Project Management methodologies.
- Oversees and coordinates the preparation of complex, multi-site proposals and grants, including scopes of work, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions for programs/projects under his/her responsibility.
- Acts as the primary contact for project activities, leading review sessions with funders and stakeholders to discuss cost, schedule, quality and technical performance. Develops and maintains a highly collaborative working relationship with the different stakeholders and partners and represent the project team externally, including on behalf of the Principal Investigator. Identifies and resolves issues and/or inter-dependencies that threaten the delivery dates or outcome of the project, as they relate to other parallel efforts.
- Provides regular feedback to Senior Leadership regarding appropriateness of resource allocations across projects; offers solutions as appropriate. Ensures each project team has the necessary information and documentation to support timely, accurate status reporting and communications to key stakeholders, funders, and partners. Ensures all project documentation and repositories are maintained up to date and are reflective of current status.
- Advises PMO colleagues and other study staff on resolving project challenges.
- Bachelor's degree plus 12 or more years of relevant experience managing large, complex, multi-site projects and cross-functional initiatives, using standard PM methodologies in a health care or academic environment. A Master’s degree in management, public health or related field is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge and success applying project management principles to all phases of the project cycle, under limited supervision. Sound knowledge of scientific research methods.
- Superior interpersonal and communication skills; able to represent the project team and leadership externally, on a regular basis. Expert skills managing relationships with vendors, external partners, key stakeholders, subcontractors, and third party outsources.
- Able to lead and motivate teams effectively and through influence. Superior problem solving and change management skills.
- Experience managing large, complex budgets. Expert risk management knowledge and understanding.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, Power Point, Word, Visio, and other desktop tools or project management software.
As part of our comprehensive total rewards program, colleagues are also eligible for variable pay. Eligibility for any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits remains in the Company's sole discretion and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Point32Health offers their Colleagues a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which currently includes:
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance with additional buy-up coverage options
- Tuition program
- Well-being benefits
- Full suite of benefits to support career development, individual & family health, and financial health
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) and Health Equity
Point32Health is committed to making diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and health equity part of everything we do—from product design to the workforce driving that innovation. Our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) and Health Equity team's strategy is deeply connected to our core values and will evolve as the changing nature of work shifts. Programming, events, and an inclusion infrastructure play a role in how we spread cultural awareness, train people leaders on engaging with their teams and provide parameters on how to recruit and retain talented and dynamic talent. We welcome all applicants and qualified individuals, who will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Scam Alert: Point32Health has recently become aware of job posting scams where unauthorized individuals posing as Point32Health recruiters have placed job advertisements and reached out to potential candidates. These advertisements or individuals may ask the applicant to make a payment. Point32Health would never ask an applicant to make a payment related to a job application or job offer, or to pay for workplace equipment. If you have any concerns about the legitimacy of a job posting or recruiting contact, you may contact TA_operations@point32health.org
