[Hiring] National Director, Program Development, Health Science @American Heart Association

Role Description

The National Director, Program Development, supports the development, execution, and implementation of mission-aligned projects funded by corporate sources. This role is responsible for:

• Leading teams to successfully implement funded initiatives.
• Ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Maintaining accountability for deliverables, timelines, budgets, outcomes, and dissemination strategy.
• Providing guidance, strategy, and management to multiple program consultants and coordinators.
• Owning and consulting on strategy for multiple funded initiatives within the portfolio of the Healthcare Quality Solutions & Development team.
• Contributing to concept development and proposal planning.
• Developing and maintaining key partner relationships internally and externally.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of funded initiatives by supervising project planning, initiative, and stakeholder recruitment, execution, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Lead team of program consultants, program managers, and project coordinators to ensure coordination, performance, and achievement of project milestones and deliverables.
• Contribute to proposal development by collaborating with the senior director and grant writing manager on program design, logic models, timelines, staffing plans, and budget development.
• Supervise budgets and contracts by providing strategic guidance on project expenditures and tracking budget spend.
• Apply Quality Improvement Frameworks to drive measurable improvements across participating sites and projects within the portfolio.
• Facilitate communication among internal departments, external partners, and funders through regular updates, strategic meetings, and the dissemination of results.
• Ensure timely reporting of outcomes, challenges, and key findings.
• Provide strategic guidance for dissemination efforts, working closely with marketing to share key insights through presentations, abstract submissions, toolkits, webinars, and podcasts.
• Ensure that project staff have the tools and resources to successfully implement the assigned program.
• Provide training and coaching on assigned projects in the portfolio, including best practices and successful implementation strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Business Nonprofit Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3 years of experience in healthcare programs or project management.
• 3 years of direct people leadership experience.
• Experience in healthcare or in a public health-related organization with clinical, quality improvement, program development, or systems improvement responsibilities.
• Clinical knowledge of heart failure, cardiovascular disease, and stroke preferred.
• Ability to lead teams and run complex, multi-site initiatives.
• Experience with quality improvement frameworks and outcome reporting.
• Strong communication and relationship leadership skills.
• Experience with grant proposal development and program design.
• Experience delivering presentations to funders and national audiences.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Ability to function independently with minimal direction.
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with all levels of American Heart Association staff, volunteers, and the public.
• Comprehensive Microsoft Office suite skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to travel up to 25% local and overnight stay.

Benefits

• The expected pay range will be $109,900 to $146,600.
• Competitive base salary with regular market value reviews.
• Performance and recognition through annual salary planning and incentive programs.
• Wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.
• Employee assistance program and wellness program.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.
• Total of 12 paid holidays off each year.
• Tuition assistance for further education and career development.