Sr. Project Administrator (Armstrong Institute)

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The Senior Project Administrator reports to the Director of Strategic Execution for the Armstrong Institute for Patient
Safety and Quality Project Management Office. This position plans, organizes, implements, and controls projects to
partner with JHM staff to continuously improve patient outcomes and experience, and to eliminate waste in health care.

In addition to the responsibilities above, the Senior Project Administrator will provide support for performance
improvement opportunities involving patient safety, quality of care, hospital ranking/reputation, and performance-based
reimbursement. Responsible for identifying and implementing strategic opportunities for performance improvement
both at the health system and entity level.

As a Senior Project Administrator within the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, your day-to-day work bridges strategic high-level coordination and localized, frontline clinical support across the Johns Hopkins Health System. In this role, you will lead complex, cross-functional quality improvement (QI) initiatives, manage harm-reduction projects, and support the Quality & Safety structure and process within JHHS. On any given day, you can expect to:

Drive Systems-Level Quality & Safety Projects: Oversee the lifecycle of multi-site patient safety initiatives-including initial gap analysis and data collection, intervention design and execution, and control-planning for sustaining improvements.

Facilitate Clinical & Leadership Collaboratives: Convene and partner with clinical champions, executive leadership, and frontline multidisciplinary teams to design, test, and implement sustainable patient safety solutions and high-reliability frameworks.

Translate Data into Actionable Strategy: Partner with clinical analysts to monitor key performance safety metrics, using dashboards and adverse-event reporting to design targeted, proactive safety interventions.

Champion a Culture of Safety: Embed core Armstrong Institute initiatives-such as High Reliability Organization (HRO), Just Culture principles, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care (PFCC) workflows-directly into everyday clinical operations.

Remove Roadblocks & Manage Change: Act as an expert project management resource and organizational change agent, ensuring milestones are achieved on time while navigating the complexities of an academic medical center.

Education: A master's degree in Business or Health Administration is required.

Work Experience: Three (3) years of previous health care experience recommended, supervisory/managerial experience helpful
Managing projects helpful.

Required Licensure: PMP preferred

Skills: High level of interpersonal skills, written and oral communication necessary to interface with various levels of
management. High level of meeting management, computer, teaching/training, organization, and time management.
High level of leadership/facilitation, conflict management, and negotiation skills. A high level of analytical ability
necessary to identify and illustrate relationships among complex activities. Recommend courses of action based on
making choices among alternatives and design recommendations.

Salary Range: $35.30/hour - $61.79/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.