WIHSE Program Manager

** Job Description
**** POSITION PURPOSE
** The Office of Healthcare Equity at UW Medicine is seeking an experienced and strategic Program Manager to guide, develop, and implement our Center for Workforce Inclusion and Healthcare System Equity (WIHSE). WIHSE encompasses a diverse portfolio of programs aimed at fostering future healthcare leaders and advancing health equity. This role will apply a deep understanding of WIHSE's goals and context to drive program activities and make decisions, ensuring the strategic direction and operational excellence of WIHSE's comprehensive initiatives, spanning K-12 outreach, undergraduate post baccalaureate programming, and broader equity and inclusion efforts.

The Program Manager will be responsible for the management of key WIHSE programs, consistently applying a deep understanding of the program's goals, context, and priorities to ensure their alignment with the center's mission to "liberate all our communities' brilliant potential to be future healthcare leaders."
** POSITION COMPLEXITIES
** This position requires a deep understanding of program goals, context, and priorities to guide activities and decisions. The Program Manager will develop and manage comprehensive operational plans for the WIHSE program, driving organizational improvements and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard of quality. The role addresses complex program challenges with effective problem-solving skills, guidance and decision making, showing adaptability in implementing solutions, with a bias for action.

Success in this role demands proactive identification of opportunities for program enhancement, resolution of intricate operational challenges, and fostering collaborative relationships to achieve strategic objectives. The role frequently interfaces with other programs across UW and the region, including local programs that interact with existing students, trainees, faculty, and staff. The role may involve occasional evening and weekend work to support key events and program deliverables.

This position offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement, balancing required in-office collaboration days and events with remote work options.
** POSITION DIMENSIONS AND IMPACT TO THE UNIVERSITY
** At UW Medicine, we believe that healthcare is a fundamental human right, and everyone should have the same access and opportunities for the best possible outcomes. This belief is very clearly tied to our mission to improve the health of the public.  However, we realize that inequities exist in health research, education, and care delivery. We are committed to eliminating these inequities.

This work isn’t owned by one department or leader – everyone shares responsibility. The Program Manager will play a critical role in driving this transformation by intentionally integrating equity into program design, management, and evaluation, and ensuring programs effectively serve all communities.

Our University is committed to creating a community where individuals from all backgrounds and experiences have equal opportunities to participate, succeed, and feel a sense of belonging.
** DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
**** Program Management & Strategy (40%)
*** Guides the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of WIHSE's diverse portfolio of programs, from K-12 pipeline initiatives to undergraduate post baccalaureate programming. This includes providing guidance and direction for WIHSE's robust educational ecosystem, encompassing K-12 programs (e.g., Doctor for a Day, UDOC, BRIGHT-UP) and Undergraduate programs (e.g., HCOP Ambassadors, SHPEP).
* Guides the development and integration of innovative curriculum components and pedagogical approaches across WIHSE programs, ensuring content is engaging and aligned with learning objectives.
* Fosters and facilitates a creative and adaptive environment for program design and delivery, encouraging new methods for engaging participants and achieving learning outcomes.
* Collaborates with subject matter experts and educators to ensure program content is current, relevant, and effectively delivered.
* In partnership with Assistant Director of…