National Director, Program Development, Health Science

Overview

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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a National Director, Program Development in Health Science.

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, grant-funded opportunity. Current funding will expire on 7/31/2029, with the possibility of extension.

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, and maintaining accountability for deliverables, timelines, budgets, outcomes, and dissemination strategy.  This role provides guidance, strategy, and management to multiple program consultants and coordinators responsible for the daily implementation activities of funded initiatives.  

Responsible for leading and managing program consultants, managers, and project coordinators.  Responsible for owning and consulting on strategy for multiple funded initiatives within the portfolio of the Healthcare Quality Solutions & Development team. Working closely with the Senior Director, corporate relations, and grant writing manager, this position also contributes to concept development and proposal planning, helping to translate mission-aligned priorities into actionable programs.

Responsible for developing and maintaining key partner relationships internally and externally to achieve successful project implementation.

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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…