Program Director of Strategic Initiatives

University of Colorado Anschutz

Colorado School of Public Health | Centers for Health, Work & Environment

Program Director of Strategic Initiatives
Position #: 849865 – Requisition #: 40296

Job Summary:

Join the Colorado School of Public Health as the Program Director of Strategic Initiatives. This position is a critical part of the Centers for Health, Work & Environment (CHWE) that will focus on scaling existing initiatives, developing new opportunities, cultivating partnerships, identifying and pursuing funding opportunities, and overseeing the strategic implementation of projects and contracted work across the Centers including key public health practice programs Health Links®, Colorado Recovery Friendly Workplace Initative®, and Total Worker Health consulting and contracted projects.

The Program Director of Strategic Initiatives will serve as a highly collaborative, externally facing leader who helps translate CHWE’s mission and expertise into sustainable programs, partnerships, and funded initiatives. This role will work closely with Center leadership, implementation and evaluation staff, operations coordination, and outreach functions to advance initiatives from concept development through implementation and growth. This is a role for someone who enjoys building partnerships, identifying opportunities, developing strategic initiatives, connecting ideas across sectors, and helping complex programs grow in meaningful and sustainable ways. This role will be responsible for providing key programmatic and operational support to accelerate and ensure the sustainability of CHWE programs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee scaling and growth of existing programs and partnerships, ensuring alignment across stakeholders. Responsibilities include expansion strategy, program coordination, resource management, team facilitation, and status reporting.

• Manage day‑to‑day execution of partnerships, ensuring program milestones, timelines, and deliverables are met.

• Participate in strategic planning for CHWE programs, specifically Health Links and TWH Implementation, including long‑term visioning, infrastructure development, and operations plan; lead the subsequent execution of strategic plans related partnership and project management.

• Responsible for the day‑to‑day operation of Health Links and Colorado Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative.

• Oversee program outreach including setting program goals for recruitment, partnerships, and deliverables.

• Cultivate employer relationships to leverage growth opportunities and ensure program quality.

• Identify new opportunities for growth including funding announcements, special initiatives, development opportunities.

• Develop and write new proposals including contracts and grant submissions.

• Responsible for program and project budgets including expense tracking and reconciliation reports.

• Oversee business analytics and performance metrics to track and report on growth and program goals.

This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) position that reports to the Director of Outreach and Programs for the Centers.

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