Sexual and Reproductive Health Program Manager

Description The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, is seeking an experienced public health professional to serve as the Sexual and Reproductive Health Program Manager. This position provides statewide leadership on sexual and reproductive health services, programs, policy, and access, with a particular focus on ensuring that residents across the Commonwealth can receive high quality, equitable care.

The selected candidate will lead the Sexual and Reproductive Health Program and its staff, oversee significant state and federal resources, and help shape strategies addressing contraception, abortion access, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, clinical service delivery, and related public health priorities. The role offers an opportunity to influence programs and systems that directly affect access to care and health outcomes across Massachusetts.

The Manager will serve as a key advisor and subject matter expert within DPH, working with senior leadership, clinical providers, community organizations, state and federal partners, and other stakeholders to respond to an evolving sexual and reproductive health landscape. This position combines people leadership, policy development, program strategy, fiscal stewardship, and partnership building, with meaningful authority over program direction, contracts, budgets, funding proposals, and performance.

The incumbent will also have the opportunity to strengthen the capacity of providers beyond the DPH-funded network, advance evidence-based approaches, address health inequities, and help ensure that Massachusetts continues to respond effectively to changing clinical, policy, legal, and community needs.

BCHAP is committed to advancing health equity and improving quality of life across the Commonwealth. We acknowledge that historical and systemic inequities continue to create unfair barriers to sexual and reproductive wellness. In response, our mission is to build inclusive healthcare systems and broaden access to comprehensive education, care, and family planning resources for all with a targeted focus on dismantling racial disparities.

The Sexual and Reproductive Health Program Manager will lead their team in embedding equity, accessibility, and systemic fairness into every facet of their operations.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

Lead the Sexual and Reproductive Health Program and provide strategic direction, supportive supervision, performance management, coaching, and professional development for program staff.

Develop short and long-term program strategies, goals, initiatives, and interventions that strengthen access to high quality sexual and reproductive health services throughout Massachusetts.

Advance equitable sexual and reproductive health outcomes by identifying disparities, incorporating racial equity and reproductive justice principles into program planning, and supporting evidence-based approaches designed to address inequitable health outcomes.

Monitor emerging clinical, public health, legal, regulatory, and policy developments affecting sexual and reproductive health and translate changes into appropriate program, policy, and service delivery strategies.

Advise DPH leadership and staff on sexual and reproductive health policy, legislation, clinical care, program development, contraceptive care, abortion access, sexually transmitted infection prevention and treatment, adolescent health, sexual health education, and related public health issues.

Build partnerships with clinical providers, community organizations, state and federal agencies, advocacy organizations, health care systems, and other stakeholders to improve…