Sustainability Program Manager

Boston Children's Hospital is hiring a Sustainability Program Manager to oversee sustainability projects focused on decarbonization and children's health. Responsibilities include managing project lifecycles, stakeholder consultation, data analysis, and communication. Candidates should have a BA degree and at least 3 years of experience in healthcare management and environmental sustainability. Strong organizational and communication skills are essential for this role based in Boston, MA.
Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a Sustainability Program Manager to oversee multidisciplinary sustainability projects aimed at decarbonization and promoting children's health. Responsibilities include managing project lifecycles, consulting with stakeholders, conducting data analysis, and facilitating communication. The role requires a BA degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience in healthcare management and environmental sustainability. Strong organizational and communication skills are essential.
Job Posting Description

Boson Children's Environmental Sustainability team leads enterprise-wide efforts to achieve organizational goals around decarbonization and promotion of sustainability as a key component of children's health. The Sustainability Program Manager manages multidisciplinary projects of varying priority and complexity, serving as in-house project consultant to stakeholders across the enterprise. This includes facilitation of analytical work and advising on issues related to process improvement and cost management involved in implementing a sustainability agenda. This position will serve as a change agent for the enterprise sustainability initiative and a champion for this work.
This Sustainability Program Manager will:
• Manage sustainability projects from initiation/planning through the execution and delivery of the contract, concluding with project transition and close.
• Projects may include process improvement, annual data collection/award application processes, stakeholder education and event planning/execution related to supply chain, clinical and research operations.
• Consult with organizational stakeholders on initiatives; Identify and use appropriate project management tools and concepts (i.e. scope management, planning, budget management, risk/ issue management and communications).
• Develop and execute work plans, setting priorities for tasks based on importance and urgency. Deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Create work products and project deliverables independently. Understand and meet expectations for deliverable quality and timeliness.
• Conduct complex qualitative and quantitative analysis of project data, summarize findings, draw appropriate conclusions, and effectively communicate results to team.
• Manage and direct regulatory/ reporting activities related to projects.
• Perform data collection and reporting for internal dashboard and external benchmarking/ regulatory reporting.
• Support analysis of cost savings related to sustainability initiatives.
• Manage communication and relationships with key stakeholders (internal, external and institution-wide). Compose, edit, and deliver written and verbal communications.
• Facilitate group discussions, keeping team members appropriately informed. May include managing one or more standing sustainability workgroups.
• Support vetting of sustainability projects seeking support and provide research and project management for these projects during all phases of the project life-cycle.
• Develop tools and processes to provide ongoing support. Conduct best practice research and surveillance to identify promising projects externally.
To qualify, you must have:
• BA degree plus at least 3 years of related experience
• Knowledge of principles related to health care management and environmental sustainability.
• Demonstrated ability to lead quality improvement and process improvement activities.
• Ability to conduct basic secondary research (e.g., literature reviews) and advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple demands and projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
• Ability to listen to others, process multiple points of view, and persuade/negotiate with peer and leadership level stakeholders on issues that impact hospital operations.
• Ability to represent the organization externally at stakeholder meetings.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office, web-based tools for project management and applications for collecting/reporting data.
Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.