Specialist Hlth

The Staff Specialist is a key partner in the enterprise-wide Project Management Team, providing high-level administrative, operational, and clinically informed project management support. This role requires exceptional organizational, analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills to coordinate complex clinical and operational initiatives, manage priorities across multiple executive leaders, and foster collaboration throughout Michigan Medicine's hospitals, clinics, and academic departments. The Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring effective execution of systemwide clinical initiatives, enterprise operating priorities, and strategic transformation efforts.

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world’s most distinguished academic health systems.

In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings

Clinical & Operational Project Management

• Lead and support planning, development, and implementation of priority initiatives, with emphasis on clinical quality, patient experience, care delivery optimization, provider workforce, and operational integration.
• Track project milestones, risks, timelines, and outcomes, ensuring alignment with Michigan Medicines clinical and enterprise strategic priorities.
• Support data collection, analysis, and synthesis to inform clinical and operational decision‑making.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, reports, dashboards, and briefings for executive and clinical leadership groups.

• Serve as a liaison between the Academic Medical Center (AMC) Leadership Team and key clinical areas, including medical school departments, nursing leadership, hospital operations, ambulatory care, and faculty group leadership.
• Facilitate communication and alignment across interdisciplinary clinical teams and administrative units.
• Support relationship‑building activities with internal and external partners, including clinical committees, regional affiliates, and operational leaders.
• Manage follow‑up and ongoing coordination of actions, agreements, and initiatives.

• Provide comprehensive support to advance clinical strategy, operating plans, and enterprise transformation work.
• Coordinate agenda development, briefing materials, background research, and meeting preparation for leadership forums.
• Support accountability and timely follow‑up on commitments made by executive leaders and related executive groups.
• Attend meetings with executive leaders as requested, document discussions, prepare summaries, and track next steps.

• Assist in the design, execution, and evaluation of systemwide policies, programs, or clinical initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct analysis of operational or clinical issues and recommend courses of action within defined scope.
• Provide planning, logistical support, and documentation for executive committees, clinical councils, work groups, and transformation task forces.
• Help coordinate alignment with faculty, clinical…