University of Michigan

Strategic Project Manager

University of Michigan$88K — $105K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrated project management experience in healthcare or related fields
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience with EPIC
  • Proficient in Power BI and Tableau
  • Exceptional analytical, communication, and organizational skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain annual departmental strategic priorities plan
  • Identify service line growth and market development opportunities
  • Conduct quarterly divisional strategy reviews with action plans
  • Manage strategic initiatives through milestones and timelines
  • Partner with leaders to improve access and remove growth barriers
  • Monitor referral patterns and market trends
  • Develop dashboards for performance monitoring

Benefits

  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage effective from the start
  • 2:1 match on retirement savings
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Department of Neurosurgery seeks a Strategic Project Manager to partner with departmental leadership in driving strategic growth, operational excellence, and execution of high-impact initiatives. This position will lead complex projects, develop executive presentations, produce analytics and dashboards, facilitate leadership meetings, and ensure accountability for strategic priorities. The role will routinely prepare SBARs, executive summaries, Power BI/Tableau dashboards, physician scorecards, and presentations seen by senior leaders across Michigan Medicine.

This is a highly visible position working across physicians, faculty, administrators, and institutional leaders.

Responsibilities*

Strategic Planning & Growth
  • Develop and maintain the annual departmental strategic priorities plan.
  • Identify opportunities for service line growth, subspecialty expansion, and market development.
  • Conduct quarterly divisional strategy reviews with documented action plans.
  • Manage strategic initiatives through milestones, timelines, risks, and accountability.
  • Partner with leaders to remove barriers to growth and improve access.
  • Monitor referral patterns, access trends, market signals, and benchmarking.

Analytics & Executive Support
  • Develop Power BI and Tableau dashboards for daily, weekly, monthly, and annual monitoring.
  • Produce monthly physician dashboards and executive scorecards.
  • Perform advanced Excel analysis and data management.
  • Create executive PowerPoint presentations, SBARs, and briefing documents.
  • Coordinate divisional meetings, track action items, and monitor progress.

Required Qualifications*
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Demonstrated project management experience in healthcare, academic medicine, consulting, or related field.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
  • EPIC experience
  • Experience with Power BI and Tableau.
  • Exceptional analytical, communication, presentation, and organizational skills.

Desired Qualifications*
  • Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, MS) preferred.
  • PMP certification preferred.
  • Experience with executive reporting, healthcare analytics, and strategic planning.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?
  • Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
  • 2:1 Match on retirement savings

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes .

Work Schedule

M-F variable hours 7-7, primarily normal business hours.

Work Locations

Taubman

Underfill Statement

This position may be underfilled at a lower classification depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

Additional Information
  • In-office four days per week with one hybrid workday.
  • Flexibility to support early morning and early evening meetings due to neurosurgeon schedules.
  • Opportunity to make substantial impact within a small, nationally recognized academic neurosurgery department.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

Job Detail

Job Opening ID

281995

Working Title

Strategic Project Manager

Job Title

Project Intermediate Manager

Work Location

Ann Arbor Campus

Ann Arbor, MI

Modes of Work

Onsite

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

FLSA Status

Exempt

Organizational Group

Medical School

Department

MM Neurosurgery

Posting Begin/End Date

8/20/2026 - 8/30/2026

Career Interest

Administration

About University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan system. The University of Michigan was founded in 1817 in Detroit, as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, 20 years before the territory became a state. The school moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres (16 ha) of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet (781 acres or 3.16 km²), and has two satellite campuses located in Flint and Dearborn. The University of Michigan is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.
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