Sr. Program Implementation Manager, Public Health

Overview

As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.

 

The American Heart association has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Program Implementation Manager based out of our National Center office in Dallas, TX. This position can be home based.

 

This is a full time, benefits eligible, grant funded opportunity. Current funding will expire on June 30, 2028, with the possibility of extension.

 

This individual will be a market and system account lead for the national CKMH initiative. Lead and coordinate initiative activities and commitments across a cohort of specific markets. Recruit health systems and stakeholders within each market, establish collaborative workgroups, contract with sites for initiative, and support outpatient registry participation. Responsible for working with multiple health systems on improvement in treatment to guidelines, clinical processes, and practices. Responsible for communicating project status, and delivering requirements within budget, scope, and timeline. This position will also work closely with several different departments within the national office to ensure success.

 

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

 

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Responsibilities

• Researches and identifies healthcare institutions/systems to target for initiative participation. Works closely with designated market team on all aspects of health system recruitment and onboarding, including strategy. Build strong relationships with health systems in assigned markets.
• Provide consultation, direction, and support through learning cohorts to identify strategies for improving outcomes. Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders and volunteers. Facilitate learning cohort meetings in coordination with volunteers and staff partners.
• Works closely with designated market team to develop program implementation strategies in alignment with initiative objectives. Serve as point person for ongoing resources needed by hospitals and clinics to sustain knowledge (via online education, articles, etc.). In coordination with staff partners and volunteers, establish sustainability plan for all components of initiative.
• Develop clinical decision support tools and work collaboratively with clinicians to implement systematic efforts in improving care. Work with inpatient and outpatient clinical care teams to address barriers to guideline adoption and enhance clinical workflows for improved patient outcomes. Works with health system participants to assess and establishing health system multidisciplinary teams.
• Communicate regularly with Project Director to assure tasks are completed according to grant timeline. Work with cross-functional teams to build buy-in and ensure grant deliverables are met.
• Manage project documents, including budgets, timelines, and reports on status for internal and external audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) years of relevant experience.
• Experience with account management and negotiation skills.
• Experience in healthcare or in a public health-related organization: clinical, quality improvement, program development and systems improvement.
• Experience building and managing relationships with external alliances or partners and key volunteers in hospital or clinical settings.
• Proficiency in project management including management of budgets, timelines, activity plans and communication with team members and stakeholders.
• Skilled in working with clinical audiences to impact change management related to patient outcomes.
• Experience identifying and building relationships with key volunteers in hospital or clinical settings.
• Ability to interact and engage with C-Suite and/or clinical leaderships ideally in hospital or outpatient clinic settings.
• Ability to work independently and effectively manage multiple projects in a fast-paced envi