Senior Project & Engagement Manager

Common Health ACTION seeks to engage a highly organized, execution-driven Senior Project & Engagement Manager (Contract) to support our growing portfolio of complex healthcare and public health system engagements. This role will immediately support a multi-year organizational alignment initiative within a regional hospital system while maintaining flexibility to contribute across additional healthcare and public health client engagements as needed.

This position is designed for a seasoned professional who excels at managing complex timelines, coordinating overlapping work streams, and producing high-quality materials in fast-moving, politically nuanced environments. The individual will serve as an execution partner to CHA leadership team members, ensuring that multi-phase engagements remain on track, well-documented, and strategically aligned. This is anticipated to be a two-year independent contractor engagement aligned with current client commitments and organizational growth.

Common Health ACTION is a national public health organization that develops people and organizations to produce health through equitable policies, programs, and practices. Our vision is an America in which all people have equitable opportunities and neighborhood conditions to achieve their best possible health.

Our work spans healthcare systems, public health agencies, foundations, higher education institutions, private sector and government partners. We specialize in leadership development, organizational alignment, qualitative assessment, governance design, training and education, planning and implementation support, and culture change in complex systems. Please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). for more information about our work.

Senior Project & Engagement Manager (Contract) is responsible for ensuring disciplined execution across complex, multi-phase engagements. This includes rigorous timeline management, deliverable tracking, document development, stakeholder coordination, and internal alignment across CHA teams.

The role prioritizes operational excellence and material development while also contributing light strategic input when appropriate. The individual will work closely with CHA leadership to translate direction into organized execution and polished client-facing products.

You are a highly disciplined professional who can hit the ground running and bring structure to complex, fast-moving work. You are comfortable moving between management, coordination, and execution roles, and you take pride in maintaining impeccable control over timelines, deliverables, and follow-through. You thrive in environments with layered stakeholders, competing priorities, and political nuance, and you understand that large organizational work is rarely linear.

You are able to track moving parts, anticipate pressure points, and maintain clarity when others feel overwhelmed. You bring strong judgment, read situations in real time, and know when to elevate risks or offer thoughtful suggestions to strengthen execution.

You are an exceptional writer who can translate direction, qualitative insights, and executive conversations into clear, polished, client-ready materials. You manage risk and sequencing with discipline, communicate proactively, and ensure that nothing falls through the cracks. You are adaptable, unflappable, organized, and detail-oriented, with experience supporting senior leaders in healthcare, public health, government, non-profit, or similarly complex systems. You value high standards, appreciate constructive feedback, and are committed to strengthening organizational conditions that support safety, equity, accountability, and health for all people.

The following reflect the major areas of responsibility for this position. Tasks include (but are not limited to) the duties outlined. Candidates will also be required to complete other duties as assigned.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans across multi-phase healthcare engagements
• Track milestones, deadlines, and task ownership across concurrent work streams
• Manage interdependencies and sequencing across leadership groups and engagement phases
• Anticipate timeline pressure points and proactively elevate risks to CHA leadership
• Ensure deliverables are completed on time and prepared for internal review prior to client distribution
• Maintain centralized documentation of commitments, next steps, and action items
• Utilize structured project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Excel, Microsoft 365 tools) to maintain execution visibility

• Draft and refine client-facing materials including agendas, briefing documents, slide decks, executive summaries, and structured working tools
• Translate qualitative insights and leadership direction into clear, organized written products
• Support synthesis of interviews, focus groups, and assessment findings into…