Project Manager, YSPH Office of Education

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Overview

The Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) seeks a highly skilled and strategic Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, execution, and evaluation of transformative educational initiatives that advance the School's Strategic Plan, particularly Priority Area #2: Educate Generations of Public Health Leaders.

Working closely with the Senior Associate Dean for Education, the successful candidate will serve as the primary project management leader within the Office of Education, managing high-impact initiatives that span curriculum transformation, enrollment management, academic program development, accreditation, and educational facilities planning.

The Project Manager will work closely with school leadership, faculty, staff, and university partners to ensure projects are successfully completed on schedule, within budget, and aligned with institutional priorities.

The Project Manager will bring exceptional project management expertise, organizational leadership, stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a dynamic academic environment. This position will play a critical role in shaping the future of public health education at YSPH and ensuring the school remains at the forefront of preparing the next generation of public health leaders.

Strategic Project Leadership

Develop, implement, and oversee comprehensive project management frameworks for major strategic initiatives within the Office of Education. Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.

Establish project scopes, goals, deliverables, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, communication plans, and success metrics.

Monitor progress of projects, identify risks and barriers, develop mitigation strategies, and adjust implementation plans as necessary.

Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among faculty, staff, university administrators, and external stakeholders.

Prepare regular project updates, dashboards, reports, and presentations for senior leadership and governance committees.

Ensure initiatives are implemented efficiently, effectively, and in alignment with YSPH's educational mission and strategic objectives.

Strategic Initiative Portfolio

Curriculum Review and Redesign (25%)

Lead project management efforts for a comprehensive review and redesign of YSPH's academic curriculum.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing a systematic internal and external review of public health educational competencies, workforce needs, curricular content, and pedagogical approaches.
• Leading and organizing faculty working groups, implementation committees, and other stakeholder engagement activities.
• Developing project plans for curriculum design, approval processes, implementation timelines, and assessment strategies.
• Monitoring milestones and ensuring successful implementation of a redesigned, field-defining curriculum aligned with Strategic Plan Priority Area #2.
• Advising leadership on change management and communication efforts throughout curriculum transformation.
• Strategic Enrollment Management (25%)
• Lead implementation of YSPH's strategic enrollment management plan, designed to attract and matriculate outstanding students while maintaining long-term financial sustainability.
• New Academic Program Development (20%)
• Exploration, design, approval, and implementation of innovative academic offerings, including potential doctoral training programs in public health.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing feasibility studies and program development initiatives.
• Leading project planning for required university and accreditation approvals.
• Launch planning, implementation activities, and performance evaluation processes.
• Ensuring timely execution of initiatives that expand YSPH's educational portfolio and impact.
• Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement (20%)
• Lead project management activities associated with YSPH's 2027 reaccreditation through the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing a comprehensive accreditation project plan.
• Managing timelines, compliance requirements, and stakeholder engagement processes.
• Managing faculty, students, staff, alumni, and leadership collaborations.
• Educational Facilities Planning (10%)
• Represent the Office of Education in planning efforts associated with YSPH's future state-of-the-art academic facility.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing project plans related to educational space programming and implementation.
• Monitoring progress and communicating educational requirements throughout building design and development phases.
• Required Skills and Abilities
• 1. Demonstrated expertise in project management methodologies, planning processes, implementation strategies, and performance monitoring.
• 2. Proven experience facilitating collaborations across diverse stakeholder groups.
• 3. Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• 4. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• 5. Proficiency with project management software, reporting tools, and data visualization platforms.
• Preferred Skills and Abilities
• 1. An interest in higher education, academic medicine, public health, accreditation, curriculum development, or strategic planning. Master's degree in public health, higher education, public administration, business administration, or related discipline.
• 2. Familiarity with enrollment management, academic program development, and accreditation processes.
• 3. Proven experience supporting organizational change management initiatives.
• 4. Proven experience working in complex matrixed organizations and navigating shared governance environments.
• 5. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent project management credential.
• Principal Responsibilities
• 1. Oversees the execution and implementation of detailed project plans in concert with stakeholders. 2. Manages several routine projects simultaneously and ensures that the design, testing, training, documentation and prioritization objectives are met. 3. Assists in refining and re-sequencing during the implementation and execution phases of assigned projects, as needed. 4. Works closely with business analysts, technical professionals, end users and project stake holders during the requirements, solutions design and implementation phases to develop detailed project plans for implementation. 5. Works on risk assessment, communication planning, development of performance metrics, and project entry criteria. 6. Creates detailed project plans including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation to ensure successful project completion. 7. Manages client expectations and provides issue/risk identification and escalation pathways. 8. May supervise the implementation team of cross-functional project and technical resources. 9. Designs, develops, and executes communication systems to ensure effective exchange of information between project stakeholders, senior management, and staff. 10. Resolves complex project issues that involve representatives from multiple organizations. 11. Complies with standard policies and procedures. 12. May supervise and train junior project managers. 13. May perform other duties as assigned.
• Required Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and five years of related work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Job Posting Date
• 11/13/2026
• Job Category
• Professional
• Bargaining Unit
• NON