"Project Senior Manager"

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

The Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK) is a multidisciplinary study that aims to collect data on health and economic wellbeing in later-life in Kenya. LOSHAK is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and Aga Khan University-Nairobi. The NIH-funded project will collect multimodal data (surveys, biomarkers, wearables, etc.) from more than 8,000 older Kenyans, covering physical, psychosocial, cognitive, and economic wellbeing. LOSHAK is part of large global networks of harmonized studies on late-life health and economic wellbeing, including the Health and Retirement Studies Around the World Network and the Harmonized Cognitive Protocol Assessment Network).

Working under the supervision of the UM LOSHAK Principal Investigator, this individual will lead efforts to design, develop, and execute LOSHAK's scientific aims from the outset of the project, and will therefore play a critical role by managing cross-disciplinary collaborations and fostering partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.

The Ideal candidate will thrive doing both flexible project management and service-oriented partner management.

20% Strategic Project Management

• Serve as a central point of contact for project status updates, reporting, and communications with internal and external stakeholders
• Track project milestones, deliverables, and risks, escalating issues as needed to ensure timely and successful outcomes

40% Project Coordination & Support

• Facilitate project kick-off meetings to align teams around clear timelines, roles, deliverables, and expectations
• Manage complex scheduling and logistics for meetings and workshops

30% Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership Building

• Act as a relationship manager for cross-institutional and external partners, cultivating trust and long-term collaboration
• Consult with faculty, researchers, and administrative staff to define project needs, goals, and success metrics
• Represent the project in meetings, sharing updates, gathering feedback and advocating for project priorities

10% Operational Support

• Support budgeting, purchasing, and expense tracking processes in collaboration with administrative and financial staff
• Recommend and implement process improvements that contribute to team efficiency and organizational impact
• Serve as a primary contact for project updates, reporting, and stakeholder communications

Master's degree in public health, public policy, business, or other related field, with at least five (5) years of professional project management experience

• Outstanding organizational skills and demonstrated ability to effectively manage numerous projects simultaneously at various stages of development, with a high attention to detail
• Ability to analyze, compare and evaluate various courses of action and make independent decisions on matters of significance within the scope of job responsibilities, without immediate direction; demonstrated ability to manage multiple and competing priorities
• Demonstrated integrity, strong initiative, problem-solving skills, be highly reliable, retain a sense of ownership and accountability for workload, be flexible and resilient, provide excellent customer service, and possess expert follow-up skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to interact with and build professional relationships across all organizational levels; demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
• Proficient computer skills, including demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, survey platforms (e.g., Qualtrics and Google Forms), and Zoom
• Demonstrated ability to maintain productivity and flexibility under pressure and able to meet deadlines
• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States
• International and domestic travel as needed
• If/as needed, willingness to engage in a flexible work schedule to attend early morning meetings and/or late meetings and events to accommodate colleagues in diverse time zones
• Other responsibilities and/or projects as assigned by the study leadership