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Job Summary
About Us: Located within the Mass General Brigham Department of Emergency Preparedness and Continuity (DEPC), the Center for Disaster Medicine (CDM) hosts the research, educational, and external service programs of the Department. CDM programs range from specific efforts to enhancing Regional healthcare emergency readiness to broader, academically-based initiatives focused on expanding knowledge within the field of healthcare emergency preparedness The CDM team is comprised of interdisciplinary subject matter experts, including national and international experts in their fields, leading the development of preparedness programs and resources to meet current and future healthcare challenges.About You: You are an experienced project manager and/or emergency manager with a strong interest and experience in project and programmatic management. You’re a high performing, mission-driven professional with a proven track record of leading and delivering successful projects. You bring a strong ability to manage projects in a fast-paced environment, exhibit critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, collaborate across teams, and deliver high-quality outcomes. You have strong communication and interpersonal skills and are adept at working collaboratively with a diverse group of partners.
About the Work: Under the direction of the Senior Program Manager, Regional Disaster Health Response System, the Project Manager will work as part of a team to lead projects and initiatives on behalf of CDM that strengthen healthcare emergency preparedness in Region 1 and beyond, primarily through the Region 1 Regional Disaster Health Response System (RDHRS) and the Region 1 Emerging Special Pathogens Treatment Center (RESPTC). The Project Manager works with the Senior Program Manager and the Director of CDM to lead projects as assigned from concept to completion by developing project plans that outline goals, activities, and milestones, managing and facilitating project meetings, and collaborating with critical stakeholders to accomplish programmatic objectives. This position is grant-funded and is contingent on continued availability of these funds.
Qualifications
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Project Management
- Manages and coordinates multiple projects and initiatives across Center for Disaster Medicine (CDM) programs, managing assigned workstreams and strategic priorities.
- Develops comprehensive project plans, including goals, timelines, milestones, and deliverables, in alignment with internal and external partners, to support successful project execution.
- Monitors project progress and performance, proactively identifying risks, barriers, and opportunities, and implementing solutions to maintain momentum toward project objectives.
- Supports project meetings, working groups, and stakeholder discussions; prepares agendas, documents decisions, tracks action items, and ensures timely follow-up.
- Develops, reviews, and maintains project documentation, reports, presentations, briefing materials, and other programmatic deliverables.
- Provides regular project updates to program leadership and key stakeholders, maintaining accurate tracking tools and progress reports to support informed decision-making.
- Represent program in regional and national working groups, committees, associations, and collaborative initiatives, contributing subject matter expertise and advancing strategic priorities
Telehealth Operations
- Serves as the project lead for operationalizing all aspects of the Telehealth Capability with the RDHRS and the RESPTC programs.
- Recruits, trains, and onboards volunteer reservists and staff to support telehealth operations, ensuring workforce readiness and sustainability.
- Supports development, evaluation, and continuous improvement of operational plans and procedures to support effective activation of the telehealth system.
- Supports stakeholder engagement to increase awareness, participation, and integration of patient movement capabilities across healthcare and preparedness partners.
Response Operations
- Supports program response operations (following appropriate onboarding and training) by serving as an on-call Duty Officer for assigned periods of time
- Participates in CDM response activations and demobilizations as assigned.
- Participates in the after-action processes, contributing to the development of continuous improvement plans following exercises and/or response to real-world incidents.
Supports program operations and strategic initiatives by performing additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Skills and Competencies Required
- Proven working experience in project management, in a complex, multidisciplinary environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational, and consensus building skills.
- Experience in emergency management strongly desired; knowledge of hospital and/or healthcare setting is preferred.
- Maturity and operational problem solving/decision making experience.
- Ability to lead and work with a diverse group of stakeholders.
- Attention to detail and creation of exceptional work products.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Powerpoint, Teams, and Excel.
- Familiarity with project management/task tracking software.
- Ability and interest in learning new software applications.
- Completion of ICS/NIMS 100, 200, 700 and 800 courses, before or upon hire.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Required
Master's Degree: Preferred
Experience:
Required: 3-5 years of relevant experience
Working Conditions
- This position will be hybrid in nature, and the incumbent will work with their supervisor to establish a final schedule; however, candidates should anticipate being on campus 3 days per week.
- Works in an office setting and potentially in the clinical environment of the Emergency Department and other patient care units.
- May be required to travel to offsite facilities and to attend meetings outside of regularly scheduled hours, as needed.
- May be required to report to the hospital or offsite locations outside of normal business hours to respond to events that require emergency support.
- Must be available by pager/cell phone outside of normal business hours during assigned on-call shifts.
- May be required to work extended shifts for multiple periods during emergency events.
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Scheduled Weekly Hours
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Pay Range
$63,648.00 - $92,570.40/AnnualGrade
6At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.
EEO Statement:
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 3-5 years of relevant experience
- Proven project management experience in a complex, multidisciplinary environment
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational, and consensus-building skills
- Maturity and operational problem-solving and decision-making experience
- Ability to lead and collaborate with diverse stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail and ability to create high-quality work products
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Excel
- Familiarity with project management and task-tracking software
- Ability and interest in learning new software applications
- Completion of ICS/NIMS 100, 200, 700, and 800 courses before or upon hire
- Experience in emergency management
- Knowledge of a hospital or healthcare setting
- Master's degree
What We Do
Mass General Brigham is an integrated academic health care system, uniting great minds to solve the hardest problems in medicine for our communities and the world. Mass General Brigham connects a full continuum of care across a system of academic medical centers, community and specialty hospitals, a health insurance plan, physician networks, community health centers, home care, and long-term care services. Mass General Brigham is a nonprofit organization that is committed to patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. In addition, Mass General Brigham is one of the nation’s leading biomedical research organizations and a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
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