Program Director, Strategic Projects for Education (SOM - The Office of the Dean/CEO)

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

We are seeking a Program Director, Strategic Projects for Education, who will lead, manage, and execute high-priority initiatives from concept to implementation with a high level of independence. Working in the Office of the Dean for the School of Medicine, the Program Director (PD) oversees a portfolio of key strategic projects, ensuring that all assigned projects successfully meet institutional goals, deliver impactful results, and drive excellence. The PD will serve as the implementation partner for strategic priorities and project management in the Office of the Vice Dean for Education (OVDE) impacting graduate and medical education programs and services.

The position 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, leads the design and implementation of individual projects.

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.
• 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.
• 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 leaders in support of their projects.
• Collaborate with project managers and staff across the enterprise 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 share knowledge of best practices.
• Aid senior leaders with the design, business case development, and authorization of strategic projects and initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above:

• Work in close partnership with OVDE leadership to manage the strategic projects portfolio.
• Liaise and orchestrate plans with other School of Medicine central offices and departments.
• Coordinate annual planning and entity objectives submissions/management to JHM Enterprise Performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Seven years of related experience, including project/program management and/or business planning.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• Project Management Professional Certification.
• Project portfolio management.
• Experience in academic medicine or higher education.