Speros Special Project Manager

Working at Moffitt is both a career and a mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

As the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, Moffitt employs some of the best and brightest minds from around the world. Join a dedicated team of nearly 11,000 who are shaping the future we envision. Moffitt has been recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in the Nation and is continually named one of the Tampa Bay Times’ Top Workplaces.

Summary

The Special Projects Director / Deputy Chief of Staff plays a key role in advancing Speros' most important priorities. Reporting to the Director, Strategic Initiatives and working closely with the Speros President and broader leadership team, this position leads complex, cross-functional projects. The role also develops and implements systems, processes, and operational frameworks that enhance team performance and enable leadership to focus on strategic priorities. While providing direct support to the Director, Strategic Initiatives on both specific projects and team-wide priorities, the position will progressively assume ownership of a portfolio of projects.

Leads Strategic and Special Projects

• Manages discrete, high-priority initiatives from initial problem

definition through implementation.

• Translates broad strategic objectives into clear workstreams,

milestones, owners, dependencies and decision points.

• Develops project plans and drives execution across teams while

ensuring alignment across stakeholders, including team

members who do not have a direct reporting relationship to this

role.

• Identify risks, resolve issues and escalate decisions at the right

moments rather than allowing projects to stall.

• Coordinates internal and external partners, consultants and

subject-matter experts around shared deliverables.

• Conducts research and analysis to inform decisions, frame

options and develop recommendations for leadership.

• Steps into emerging or under-resourced priorities and rapidly

creates enough structure to move them forward.

• Builds an independent portfolio over time, with increasing

responsibility for defining and leading initiatives rather than only

supporting existing work

Builds Systems That Support the Whole Speros Team

Helps manage Speros' portfolio of priorities, creating visibility into

what is underway, what is at risk and where leadership attention

is needed.

• Builds practical systems for work planning, project tracking,

decision documentation, follow-through and accountability across

the team.

• Strengthens meeting cadences so recurring forums drive

decisions and action rather than simply information sharing.

• Supports KPI definition, tracking and recurring performance

reporting.

• Improves document management, shared resources, onboarding

materials, slide libraries and other forms of institutional

knowledge.

• Creates lightweight, repeatable processes that help a growing

team operate with greater consistency without adding

unnecessary bureaucracy.

• Looks continuously for opportunities to simplify how the team

works, reduce friction and make execution more reliable.

Supports and Extends the Director, Strategic Initiatives Portfolio

• Serves as a thought and execution partner to the Director,

Strategic Initiatives across a broad portfolio of strategic and

organizational priorities.

• Maintains context across major workstreams, anticipates needs,

connects dependencies and identifies issues before they become

urgent.

• Prepares executive briefings, decision memos, presentations,

dashboards and other materials that turn complexity into clear

choices.

• Participates in select internal and external meetings and ensures decisions translate into action.

• Helps triage incoming issues and determines what requires

leadership attention versus what can be independently resolved.

• Takes increasing ownership for workstreams as context,

judgment and organizational trust grow, allowing the Director,

Strategic Initiatives to move from project manager to sponsor on

more initiatives.

Builds Productive Working Relationships

• Builds productive working relationships across Speros, Moffitt

and a wide range of external partners.

• Coordinates initiatives that cross organizational boundaries,

functional teams and subject areas.

• Quickly learns enough about unfamiliar domains to identify the

right questions, people, dependencies and decisions.

• Creates clarity where ownership is distributed or evolving and

helps information move effectively between teams.

• Approaches colleagues as a partner who helps work move faster,

not as a compliance layer.

Minimum Experience Required

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, with evidence of progressively greater

responsibility and independent project ownership.

• Experience leading cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders without direct reporting

authority, while maintaining momentum and ensuring successful outcomes.

Minimum Skills/Specialized Training Required

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior leaders and across organizational boundaries.

• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and execute complex projects with limited direction,

including defining objectives, establishing work plans, assigning responsibilities, and driving

results.

• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple

priorities, deadlines, commitments, and dependencies simultaneously.

• Proven ability to work effectively in ambiguous or rapidly changing environments, analyze

unfamiliar situations, and develop structured solutions.

• Broad business acumen with the ability to adapt to diverse assignments involving analysis,stakeholder engagement, process improvement, project management, and executive-level

communications.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex

information and develop materials for senior leaders, executives, and external stakeholders.

• Demonstrated sound judgment, critical thinking, and decision-making skills, including the ability to

operate independently and appropriately escalate issues when needed.

• Strong process improvement and operational management skills, with the ability to develop

practical solutions that enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

• Proven ability to anticipate challenges, identify risks and opportunities, take initiative, and maintain

accountability for achieving results and completing deliverables.

• Comfort learning unfamiliar subject areas quickly and operating in a fast-moving environment.

Preferred Experience

Experience in any of the following areas is preferred:

• Strategic operations, chief of staff or executive special projects roles

• Program leadership or program management in mission-driven, public-sector, nonprofit or privatesector

organizations

• Project management or PMO roles with substantial ownership and cross-functional responsibility

• Management consulting, implementation consulting or internal strategy

• Healthcare, life sciences or biotechnology strategy and operations

• Public policy, government, public administration or economic development

• Real estate development, urban planning, infrastructure or large-scale capital projects

• Public-private partnerships, grants or federally funded initiatives

• Higher education, research institutions or other complex mission-driven organizations

• Startups, innovation organizations or rapidly evolving teams where roles are broad and systems

are still being built

Salary Range

$85,009.60 - $129,584.00

Salary ranges posted for this position represent the expected base pay range for the role. Actual compensation may vary based on location and a variety of job-related factors, including experience, skills, education, and internal equity among Team Members in similar positions.

We are committed to maintaining fair and equitable pay practices and regularly review compensation to ensure alignment across our workforce.

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Working at Moffitt is both a career and a mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

As the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, Moffitt employs some of the best and brightest minds from around the world. Join a dedicated team of nearly 11,000 who are shaping the future we envision. Moffitt has been recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in the Nation and is continually named one of the Tampa Bay Times’ Top Workplaces.