Project Manager

Salary range: $85,000 - $95,000 per year

If hired, you must reside in the Chicagoland area.

Primary purpose:
Manages the project lifecycle of SCCM evidence-based guidelines and consensus and position statements. Drives projects from initiation through publication, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and quality standards are met. Works closely with volunteer experts, the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) Board of Regents, SCCM leadership, and staff to disseminate guidelines for maximum exposure to improve patient care.

Responsibilities:

I. Project Management of Clinical Practice Guidelines Development and Publication

• Serves as primary project lead and coordinates guidelines development phases and publication in accordance with ACCM/SCCM standard operating procedures, including managing project activities, schedules, resources, risks, and deliverables.
• Manages all phases of guidelines development, including volunteer subject matter expert appointments, disclosures, guidelines panel meetings, internal review processes, and other project management tasks.
• Manages multiple clinical practice guideline projects simultaneously, ensuring timely completion while maintaining quality and compliance with SCCM policies and procedures.
• Supports staff, volunteers, and external contributors in meeting their responsibilities, helping to remove barriers, clarifying expectations, and ensuring work progresses smoothly to keep projects moving forward.
• Provides structured communication and progress reports to the ACCM Board of Regents committee, SCCM leadership, and all other relevant parties.
• Identifies risks and barriers to project completion and implements mitigation strategy.
• Maintains compliance with all SCCM policies including those related to the development and execution of memoranda of understanding and related contracts with external partners.
• Investigates and supports management of guidelines developed in partnership with external organizations.
• Maintains guidelines dashboard, task dashboard, detailed documentation, and version control practices, ensuring accuracy and preserving communications to prevent duplication, discrepancies, and procedural errors.
• Stays current with trends in evidence-based guideline development, methodology, and implementation.
• Maintains files according to SCCM retention policies, keeping files up to date and complete in designated file system.
• Manages external contractors to ensure alignment of contract deliverables with SCCM policies and procedures.
• Manages contracts and processes for translations of published guidelines and endorsement requests submitted by other organizations.
• Supports continuous process improvement efforts for guideline activities.

II. Task Force and Committee Work

• Supports the work of the ACCM Board of Regents to ensure that policies and standard operating procedures are continuously reviewed, updated and followed.
• Leads and coordinates guideline panels and committees, fostering collaboration with diverse stakeholders and ensuring adherence to process and timelines.
• Provides clear expectations, structured guidance, and timely follow-up while offering support and resources to complete tasks and contribute effectively.
• Develops and implements strategies to enhance volunteer engagement, retention, and program effectiveness while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and governance standards.
• Ensures that volunteer communications are professional and accurate and comply with SCCM policies.
• Collaborates with volunteers and staff in the development of implementation toolkits, website materials, and other communications in accordance with SCCM marketing and communications procedures.
• Works closely with quality and education program managers to evaluate the potential for guidelines translation for knowledge transfer and behavior change to positively impact patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare or related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years' project management experience. Prior guidelines management experience preferred.
• Proven ability to manage simultaneous complex, multi-stakeholder projects with competing priorities and tight timelines.
• Experience managing volunteers, committees, or workgroups in a professional society or nonprofit environment preferred.
• Experience working in a volunteer association preferred.
• Strong time management, communication, stakeholder management and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office or similar applications.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary setting.

Why SCCM?

Flexible Work Options:
With our generous remote work policy, much of your work will be from home. We value work-life balance, but you'll need to be able to come into the office when required by your supervisor.

Generous Paid Time Off:
Take advantage of paid vacation and 13 paid holidays each year, plus a summer hours program for that perfect work-life balance.

Comprehensive Benefits:
Enjoy medical, dental, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance coverage to keep you and your family protected.

Paid Parental Leave:
Take the time you need to bond with your new addition to the family.

Matching 401(K):
We invest in your future with a 401(K) matching program to help you save for retirement.

Educational Assistance:
Continue learning and growing with educational assistance—we're invested in your personal and professional development.

SCCM is an Equal Opportunity Employer