Overview: Altarum Institute (Altarum) Population Health Division is seeking a Project Manager (PM) for a fast-paced, demanding, but rewarding, consulting environment. We work to improve the health of disenfranchised populations by combining our expertise in public health and health care delivery to address health disparities, improve programs, and build better systems of care through an equity-focused lens. You will have the opportunity to lead cross-functional teams and interface with clients, staff, subcontractors, and other stakeholders to ensure project goals are accomplished within prescribed time frames and funding parameters. This role requires you to utilize your expertise to provide thought leadership, strategic visioning, and expert consultation to the team and clients. Additionally, business development, networking, and developing strong partner relationships are crucial to this role. This PM position will specifically support projects in the Food and Nutrition focus area. For over 30 years, Altarum has worked directly with federal and state agencies, universities, and other organizations on food, nutrition, and chronic disease prevention initiatives to help them maximize their impact. Our team includes registered dietitians with decades of research and evaluation experience and subject matter expertise in nutrition security, obesity, physical activity, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed), and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Responsibilities: Establish work plans and multi-disciplinary staffing plans for each phase of project and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel. Manage and mentor staff, encouraging collaboration and promoting a positive relationship between colleagues. Manage programs to ensure that implementation and prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with specified objectives. Plan and develop methods and procedures for evaluating food and nutrition programs, lead and coordinate evaluation, training, and/or technical assistance activities, and exercise control over personnel responsible for specific functions or phases of programs. Review project proposal or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of projects. Provide professional client interface, ensure responsiveness to client requirements andContinually identify lessons learned, evaluate completed tasks and make processimprovements based upon successful and unsuccessful project elements. Develop bestpractices to share across Altarum.Present findings to clients, policymakers, service providers, and community groups, as needed.Assist with developing, preparing, and coordinating Requests for Proposals (RFP), grant applications, and grant related activities to obtain funding for practice area related programs and Altarum related work. Qualifications: Typically requires a MS degree and 10+ years of analyst or other related experience or equivalent combination of education and experienceTypically requires 3+ years of relevant Project Management experience; PMP Certification is a plusDirect experience managing food and nutrition evaluation initiatives strongly preferredExperience and interest in facilitation is a plusExperience managing budgets, plans, teams and complex time-sensitive deliverables and deadlinesExperience planning and managing projects that are moderately complex, eg, management of subcontractors' scope of work and deliverables, overseeing a matrixed teamTrack record of leading, thinking strategically, innovating, acting with integrity, and exceeding client expectationsHas knowledge, skills, and abilities to lead projects independently and exercises discretion and sound judgementABOUT ALTARUM: Altarum Institute (Altarum) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We improve the health of at-risk and disenfranchised populations by building better systems of care and empowering all people to make well informed health decisions. Public sector clients include the US Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture, Department of Veterans Affairs, and various state agencies nationwide. Altarum also serves clients in the philanthropic and private sectors. Areas of expertise include military health, women's health, behavioral health and substance use disorders, health disparities and equity, continuing medical education and quality improvement, eldercare, public health interoperability, and disease surveillance. In addition to the meaningful and challenging work, Altarum offers an outstanding benefits program that includes paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401k (3% employer contribution plus opportunity for gainsharing), a flexible work environment, and much more. We invite you to explore exciting and rewarding career opportunities with us. Altarum provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. #LI-Remote