Program Manager

The Organization

The Pop Health Learning Center (“Learning Center”) is a California Social Purpose Corporation (SPC) committed to transforming how health care is delivered and experienced across California, with a focus on low-income communities. Established to prioritize social impact over profit, the organization is grounded in a mission to bring together health care teams, insurers, and policymakers to keep communities healthy through care that works for patients, inspires providers, and lasts.

The Learning Center serves as the Program Office for a statewide Medi-Cal focused practice initiative, the Equity and Practice Transformation (EPT) program, a $160 million‑dollar investment in primary care transformation funded by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). The Learning Center also works with a diverse portfolio of funders and partners – including Managed Care Plans, purchasers such as Covered California, and foundations including the California Healthcare Foundation and Blue Shield Foundation of California – to build Population Health Management (PHM) capabilities, advance value‑based care and improve health outcomes for Californians.

We serve as a strategic partner to organizations and institutions committed to advancing health outcomes and equity. All our efforts are grounded in a shared goal: supporting a more coordinated and person‑centered healthcare system that strengthens primary care and advances equitable access across California’s safety net.

The Learning Center is seeking a Program Manager to lead the day‑to‑day execution of one or more programs and to serve as the primary operational owner for the programs they support. This is the foundational program role on the team, reporting to a Senior Program Manager and working closely with program, evaluation, and communications staff to move complex, fast‑paced work forward.

Building on a strong foundation of coordination and administrative skill, the Program Manager goes beyond execution to take ownership of work streams, anticipate needs, exercise judgment, and manage tasks and timelines to completion with minimal supervision. The role combines hands‑on operational delivery, including meeting and event coordination, documentation, and program administration, with growing responsibility for planning, problem‑solving, and stakeholder management.

This position is ideal for an organized, proactive, and detail‑oriented professional who is ready to own programmatic operations end to end in a mission‑driven health care organization. The Program Manager will interact with staff at all levels, both inside and outside the organization, and will contribute to the successful execution of high‑level work that supports historically underserved populations.

This role supports the operational backbone of the Programs Team. On a typical day, the Program Manager may be scheduling meetings, preparing materials, developing and formatting slides, updating work plans and trackers, documenting meeting notes, coordinating logistics for learning sessions, analyzing and summarizing program data, and following up on action items to ensure tasks move forward.

The role involves managing multiple tasks across several programs at once and requires strong attention to detail, organization, and follow‑through. Much of the work happens behind the scenes to help program teams stay organized and meet deadlines.

Candidates who enjoy keeping complex work organized, maintaining clear documentation, and helping teams operate smoothly tend to thrive in this position.

• Serve as the operational owner for assigned programs, managing tasks, deliverables, deadlines, and timelines to completion with limited supervision.
• Anticipate needs, identify action steps, prioritize competing demands, and proactively resolve issues to keep programs running smoothly.
• Maintain project trackers, work plans, and shared documentation, and provide regular status updates to program leadership.
• Coordinate across cross‑functional teams spanning programs, evaluation, and communications to…