Program Manager, AIDS Education and Training Center (Research Administration)

We are seeking a Program Manager, AIDS Education and Training Center (PM) who will lead, direct, and execute various initiatives from concept to implementation with a high level of independence. The Program Manager will oversee a portfolio of key projects, ensuring that all assigned projects successfully meet institutional goals, deliver impactful results, and drive excellence. Additionally, the PM supports and mentors other project managers and staff, ensuring best practices in project management are followed.

This position is responsible for ensuring the successful completion of a portfolio of projects within the approved schedule, scope, and budget, and escalating major risks and issues to division/department leaders as appropriate. In partnership with other project stakeholders, the PM leads the design and implementation of individual projects.

The Program Manager leads the educational programming of the Johns Hopkins AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC), a regional partner site of the University of Pittsburgh AETC serving the MidAtlantic region under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) AETC Program. Reporting to the CIDNI Center Manager, the Program Manager develops, coordinates, and delivers high-level clinical education that trains healthcare workers at all levels—physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, social workers, and allied health staff—in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of HIV, AIDS, and associated opportunistic infections. The Program Manager brings a high level of clinical knowledge of HIV/AIDS, designs and delivers both in-person and online educational sessions, coordinates a network of faculty and subject-matter-expert trainers, and ensures all activities meet HRSA grant requirements, deliverables, and reporting timelines. This position succeeds a long-tenured program leader and is central to sustaining the Center’s reputation for excellence in HIV workforce development.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee and direct the scope of projects, including goals, timelines, budgets, and objectives.
• Oversee and execute project plans, budgets, timelines, and risk mitigation strategies, and monitor and report on progress and outcomes.
• Complete activities/deliverables required to complete the projects, including analysis, benchmarking, data collection, and deliverable development.
• Identify and resolve conflicts, challenges, or barriers that may arise during the project lifecycle and escalate them as appropriate.
• Serve in various project roles as necessary to fill gaps and ensure projects proceed as needed.
• May oversee project teams and resources, including project managers and staff from other departments.
• Oversee key project deliverables, including project plans, budgets, timelines, status reports, presentation materials, reports, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Participate in the risk, issue, and change resolution process, and work with other leaders to take corrective action as needed.
• Serve as a key decision-maker for the projects.
• Interface with key leaders to help define project priorities and communicate project risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Monitor KPIs for special projects, reporting progress and status to senior leaders.
• Oversee and collaborate with project teams and resources, including project managers and staff from other departments.
• Draft project deliverables, including written reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and data visualizations.
• Collaborate with project managers and staff outside of the assigned area to implement the project management methodology and best practices to positively impact the institution and support the strategic initiatives.
• Assist with coaching and mentoring other project management practitioners and share knowledge of best practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Educational Content Development & Delivery

• Develop, coordinate, and deliver high-level educational content on HIV, AIDS, and associated opportunistic infections for healthcare workers at all levels and across disciplines.
• Design curricula, training modules, case-based learning, and clinical resources grounded in current HIV treatment guidelines (e.g., DHHS, IAS-USA) and emerging evidence.
• Conduct educational sessions in both in-person and online/virtual formats, including didactic presentations, interactive workshops, webinars, and clinical consultation/case conferences.
• Apply adult-learning principles and instructional-design best practices to ensure content is clinically rigorous, practice-changing, and accessible to learners at varying experience levels.
• Maintain p