Project Manager for Strategic Imperatives

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads and supports project design, implementation and evaluation of a strategic imperative focused initiatives to advance the CDC Foundation mission and deliver on objectives and key results associated with the strategic imperatives managed by the Program and Innovation Office.
• Conceptualizes, plans, executes, monitors and closes a project focused on strategic imperatives managed by the Program and Innovation Office. May be required to concurrently manage more than one time-bound project to synergize work around a specific subject, practice area and/or partner.
• Formulates project-related goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, standards and priorities to ensure consistency with organization, department and division standard operating procedures.
• Builds strong partnerships and provides technical expertise that ensures impactful, efficient and effective project implementation.
• Hires, recruits, supervises, mentors and serves as a technical partner for field employees on the assigned project.
• Serves as project liaison for and between internal and external partners.
• Manages significant matters such as project implementation, reporting, contracting, budgeting and evaluating project impact and performance.
• Contributes to resource mobilization efforts for the assigned project.
• Represents the CDC Foundation at technical, financial, strategic and/or operational meetings focused on the project.
• Travels as needed to represent the designated project and the CDC Foundation (up to 20 percent annually).
• Participates in and/or leads special projects and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Necessary

• Master’s degree in public health or related field from an accredited college or university required.
• Minimum of 10 years of public health and related professional experience required. Specialized experience in public-private partnerships and public health practice areas such as partner engagement and partnership development strongly preferred.
• Experience with enterprise resource planning systems and software packages used to manage day-to-day business activities such as project management and budgeting strongly preferred.
• Knowledge and skills needed to be effective in the public-private partnership, project, and donor environments in the US public health ecosystem.
• Ability to make decisions that accomplish department and project strategic objectives.
• Advanced skills in project management, budget management, cross-cultural awareness, communication, influence, negotiation, conflict resolution and creative problem solving.
• Experience and proficiency handling public-private partnerships (or functional equivalent collaborations).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing, writing and editing complex documents such as detailed reports to donors; briefing documents for CDC, donors and other partners; and peer-reviewed articles.
• Strong technical skills including word processing, spreadsheet and database management.
• Ability to represent the CDC Foundation and its partners, leading discussions and negotiations concerning project planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; collegial, energetic, and able to develop productive relationships with colleagues, donors and partners.
• Sound judgment and maturity, exemplified by consistent professionalism in dealing with individuals at all levels both internally and externally.

About the CDC Foundation

• The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.