Strategic Program Operations Lead Suicide Care Team
Listed on 2026-10-18
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Healthcare
Healthcare Management
Job Description
The department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has an outstanding opportunity for a Program Operations Specialist to join their team.
About This Opportunity
This position will lead strategic planning for the UW Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPAR) Suicide Care Team (SCT), a new project dedicated to providing high-quality suicide care to patients referred from across the University of Washington, including UW Medicine patients, clinicians, and UW students. This role will build and manage project charters and associated work plans, develop tools such as workflow diagrams and procedures, identify and manage project issues, risks, and decisions, and develop progress dashboards, reports, and other methods to communicate project progression and ensure timely project delivery and outcomes.
Successful project management of the Suicide Care Team will allow this program to continue beyond the grant period, directly aligning with the mission and vision for UW Medicine to improve the health of the public.
Job Description
The department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has an outstanding opportunity for a Program Operations Specialist to join their team.
About This Opportunity
This position will lead strategic planning for the UW Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPAR) Suicide Care Team (SCT), a new project dedicated to providing high-quality suicide care to patients referred from across the University of Washington, including UW Medicine patients, clinicians, and UW students. This role will build and manage project charters and associated work plans, develop tools such as workflow diagrams and procedures, identify and manage project issues, risks, and decisions, and develop progress dashboards, reports, and other methods to communicate project progression and ensure timely project delivery and outcomes.
Successful project management of the Suicide Care Team will allow this program to continue beyond the grant period, directly aligning with the mission and vision for UW Medicine to improve the health of the public.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate strategic plan development and implementation (40%)
- Coordinate and convene team members, collaborators, advisors, sponsors, etc. as necessary to achieve project success (20%)
- Support clinic infrastructure development and maintenance (20%)
- Manage project budget (10%)
- Other duties as assigned (10%)
Required Qualifications
To be considered for this opportunity your application must demonstrate you meet both the minimum qualifications and additional qualifications listed below.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Behavioral Health, Communications, Education, Human Services, or a related field.
- 4 years’ experience with project management and in-depth knowledge of project management best practices, preferably in a healthcare environment.
Additional Qualifications
- Recognized for managing or facilitating strong and innovative teams, has strong interpersonal and personnel management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead to outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience in critical thinking and analysis.
- Demonstrated experience in identifying and resolving issues and risks.
- Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work efforts and work under pressure while maintaining effectiveness.
- Strong collaborative, proactive, and positive working style.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills; comfortable presenting to staff and to operational leadership.
- Demonstrated experience in leading multiple complex projects and/or programs.
- Proficiency in leading committees and facilitating effective meetings.
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