Sr. Science & Health Advisor, Guidelines, AHA/ACC

Overview

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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Science and Health Advisor, Guideline Methodology. 

The Senior Science and Health Advisor, Guideline Methodology, serves as a scientific and operational leader for the development, application, and continuous improvement of the American Heart Association/ACC clinical guideline methodology. This role will drive error-free methodological rigor and will also demonstrate success in ensuring consistency across guideline products and leading innovation in evidence review processes, including AI-enabled approaches. The incumbent also collaborates across leadership, guideline advisors, and volunteer committees to advance high-quality, efficient guideline development.

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Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve guideline methodology
  • Oversee the development, application, and continuous improvement of American Heart Association/ACC guideline methodology, ensuring consistency, rigor, and alignment across all guideline product
  • Maintain and update the American Heart Association/ACC Guideline Methodology and Policies Manual to reflect current standards and best practices
• Champion AI-enabled guideline development
  • Lead the AI-LLM–first strategy for guideline development, including design, development, and deployment of AI agents/workflows for evidence review, data extraction, and content drafting; oversee prompt engineering, validation, and continuous optimization
  • Partner with the American Heart Association/ACC National Senior Director to scale AI-enabled methodologies across guideline advisors and volunteer committees
• Provide methodological oversight across guideline development
  • Conduct a comprehensive methodological review of recommendations, evidence grading (COR/LOE), and associated figures throughout key development milestones, including peer review
  • Ensure consistent and appropriate application of methodological standards, including evidence classification, FDA considerations, and cost-effectiveness analyses
  • Ensure consistent, error-free application of methodological standards across all guideline documents, minimizing variability and post-review corrections
• Lead guideline projects and pragmatic updates
  • Serve as a primary liaison and project lead for guidelines undergoing pragmatic updates, ensuring alignment with methodological standards, timelines, and Joint Committee expectations
  • Coordinate across scientific, operational, and volunteer stakeholders to deliver high-quality outputs on schedule
• Oversee relationships with industry (RWI) implementation and compliance
  • Supervise the Compliance Operations Manager for RWI processes, ensuring highly accurate, error-free documentation, timely disclosures, and adherence to the American Heart Association/ACC RWI procedure.
  • Monitor and ensure full compliance with the joint documents, committees, and contributors.
  • Oversee documentation and processes that ensure audit readiness and consistency across the full guideline portfolio
• Develop and train guideline contributors
  • Design and deliver training programs (synchronous and asynchronous) for writing committee members and reviewers on guideline methodology and evidence evaluation frameworks
  • Promote adoption of best practices in evidence review and recommendation development
• Supervise and develop staff
  • Manage and mentor direct reports, ensuring effective project execution, professional development, and alignment with organizational priorities
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