Job Description

Job Summary:

The Quality Improvement Manager is a unique and exciting academic staff position at the UW Madison Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC). The ADRC is a prestigious NIH-funded research center dedicated to improving early detection of Alzheimer's Disease, identifying risk and protective factors, and understanding the disease process in underrepresented populations. This position will report to the ADRC Executive Administrator and will work with a variety of leaders and staff in the ADRC, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, and SMPH.

We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic Quality Improvement Manager to join our team. This essential, high-profile position will provide leadership in project management, quality management, and process improvement in supporting the center in achieving measurable goals in performance and outcomes.

This position will simultaneously manage a variety of simple to complex, short-term to long-term projects and key activities including but not limited to:

- Lead process improvement projects to enhance the center's operational efficiency and effectiveness
- Disseminate process improvement methodologies and tools throughout the program
- Provide consultation and coaching to support leaders and staff in their own process improvement initiatives
- Partner with leaders and staff to develop and oversee strategic action plans
- Develop operational data dashboards by identifying key metrics, collaborating with the data management and statistical core and operational cores,
- Manage the ongoing review of operational data dashboards and working with stakeholders to identify data trends
- Manage quality-related documentation, such as a data management plan
- Serve as a project manager for various operational, compliance and cross-functional initiatives

Responsibilities:

Manages multiple projects simultaneously from start to finish or one large project impacting the institution at-large under general supervision.

• 25% Creates a project plan, monitors progress and performance against the project plan, and identifies, resolves, or escalates risks and issues
• 5% Manages the activities of outside contractors to ensure they are integrated into the project and that the organization receives satisfactory standards of service
• 25% Facilitates the estimation of project costs, resources, and time required to complete the assigned phase of a project and monitors activities, negotiates for resources, and assigns tasks to ensure these targets are met. Follows established change control processes if targets can no longer be met
• 20% Prepares regular reports to communicate the status of the project within and beyond the project team
• 5% Sets priorities, allocates tasks, and collaborates with project staff to meet project targets and milestones
• 5% Manages key center documents such as a data management plan and operational dashboards
• 5% Oversees the strategic action plan portfolio
• 10% Leads the quality improvement program

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Education:

Preferred
Bachelor's Degree
Degree in healthcare administration, business administration, project management, public health, quality management, health sciences, industrial engineering, or related field preferred

Qualifications:

Required:
- At least two years of project management experience, including organizing, leading, and overseeing the completion of simultaneous projects
- Demonstrated ability to work in and lead multi-disciplinary teams

Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in healthcare and/or academia
- Experience working with physicians and/or faculty leaders
- Experience in a federally-funded research environment
- Knowledge and experience in quality improvement methodologies (e.g. root cause analyses, PDSA, process mapping, LEAN, Six Sigma, etc.)
- Experience in developing and executing operational data dashboards
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent training/certification and experience

Ideal candidate attributes:
- Excellent project management skills to develop project plans, timelines, status reports, and high-quality deliverables
- Ability to analyze complex processes and draw meaningful conclusions for various audiences and purposes
- Remarkable problem-solving abilities to identify new areas of opportunity and improvement and develop creative and practical solutions
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to effectively communicate and build relationships with a broad spectrum of audiences at all organizational levels
- Demonstrates curiosity, creativity, high capacity, emotional intelligence, system-thinking, a strategic and innovative mindset, and is detail oriented and organized

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $85,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The starting salary for the position is $85,000 but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at ().

Additional Information:

University sponsorship is not available for this position, including transfers of sponsorship. The selected applicant will be responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of an employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. This position is an ongoing position that will require continuous work eligibility. UW-Madison is not an E-Verify employer, and therefore, is not eligible to employ F1 STEM OPT Extension participants. If you are selected for this position you must provide proof of work authorization and eligibility to work.

This position has been identified as a position of trust with access to vulnerable populations. The selected candidate will be required to pass an initial caregiver check to be eligible for employment under the Wisconsin Caregiver Law and every four years.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply Now" button. You will be asked to upload a current resume/CV and a cover letter briefly describing your qualifications and experience. You will also be asked to provide contact information for three (3) references, including your current/most recent supervisor during the application process. References will not be contacted without prior notice.

Contact:

Nicole Smialek
nsmialek@medicine.wisc.edu
608-265-3745
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title:

Project Manager II(AD016)

Department(s):

A53-MEDICAL SCHOOL/MEDICINE/GER-AD DEV

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

302924-AS

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