Senior Technical Project Manager

Overview

The Senior Technical Project Manager leads high-profile, matrixed projects supporting Blood Donor Services, Apheresis, and Blood Bank operations, often spanning multiple departments and external partners. The role’s initial primary focus will be leading an end-to-end RFP process to evaluate and select a new blood donor system. This includes coordinating requirements gathering, developing RFP materials, managing vendor communications and demonstrations, facilitating proposal scoring, and guiding stakeholders through the final selection. The project manager will engage clinical, operational, technical, and senior leadership stakeholders to ensure the selected solution supports strategic priorities, workflow needs, system integration, security, and long-term scalability. The role plans and manages multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery within defined scope, schedule, and budget while proactively identifying and mitigating risks. With strong technical expertise, the project manager partners with department staff, analysts, integration resources, and vendor teams to guide technology decisions, assess technical feasibility, and drive successful project outcomes.

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS, and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations. We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Scope and Complexity: Oversee highly complex projects with budgets exceeding $1M, critical to strategic objectives, involving multiple departments and external partners.
• Strategic Leadership and Planning: Lead strategic decision-making with full accountability for project outcomes and resource management, collaborating with senior leadership to translate initiatives into detailed project plans that align with institutional priorities and ensure measurable success.
• Analysis: Translate business processes into technical solutions, expertly guiding analysts in requirement gathering and performing analysis as needed.
• Stakeholder Interaction and Communication: Engage with executive leadership and diverse stakeholders to drive project success and foster organizational collaboration.
• Project Oversight: Lead planning, execution, and evaluation of large-scale projects, ensuring timely delivery within scope and budget, while proactively managing portfolio impact.
• Quality and Risk Management: Drive innovation and continuous improvement by aligning quality objectives with organizational goals, while proactively identifying, analyzing, and managing risks to minimize issues and enhance project success.
• Vendor Management: Lead large vendor selections and implementations involving multiple vendors.
• Mentorship and Development: Mentor project teams, promoting professional growth and a culture of excellence.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Extensive experience in project management, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects successfully.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with a focus on strategic thinking and innovation.
• Expertise in project management software and templates, with a strong application of project management methodologies and scheduling solutions such as MS Project
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing circumstances in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• High success in applying complex IT concepts in application development and support, networking, system integration, and information security.
• Expertise with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Champion of formal project management methodologies, including waterfall, spiral, agile, lean, DMAIC, etc.
• Accomplished written and verbal communications skills with staff through leadership of varying levels of technical aptitude, translating business needs into technical solutions and driving decisions

Minimum Job Qualifications

Education Required

Bachelor's Degree

Area of Study Required

Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Experience Required

Ten (10) years of relevant experience with progressively increasing responsibility of which at least six (6) years must be in project management OR comparable roles.

License/Certification/Registration Required

Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PGMP) certification required, with expectation to maintain credential.

At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong. As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are committed to having faculty and staff who offer multifaceted experiences. Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and compassionate professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Pay Transparency Statement

The hiring range is based on market pay structures, with individual salaries determined by factors such as business needs, market conditions, internal equity, and based on the candidate’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.

For union positions, the pay range is determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).