Sr. Program Manager, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Overview

As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere.

At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Program Manager, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. This position can be home-based.

This is a full-time, benefits eligible, grant funded opportunity. Current funding will expire on September 30, 2027, with possibility of extension.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations.

To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for the development and implementation of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry to improve diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes among patients in real-world acute care clinical settings throughout the US.

Responsible for identifying, building, cultivating, and managing key high-level partner and customer relationships in a variety of healthcare sectors to achieve program goals.

Responsible for identifying, onboarding, and managing participating sites, liaising with site-level quality teams including high-level clinicians and C-suite members.

Responsible for managing, monitoring, and consulting on site and system-level data, promoting evidence-based metrics for national benchmarking, including those that strive for health equity.

Responsible for leveraging key high-level Volunteers to develop a research infrastructure, conducive to future pragmatic clinical trials and other translational, clinical, and implementation science.

Identify and develop pipeline of prospective new and existing customers for enrollment in the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry.

Oversee contracting process. Coordinate efforts among hospitals and hospital systems on project goals and objectives, including quality improvement and research.

Onboard, manage and consult participating sites on site-level and system-level evidence-based metrics, aiming to support improved clinical care and outcomes.

Facilitate interoperability between originating source data to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry, when needed.

Identify, build, cultivate and manage key high-level partner and customer relationships to achieve program goals. Collaborate with the program’s Volunteer Committee, and other high-level physicians and C-suite members from participating sites and stakeholders.

Stakeholders include, but are not limited to hospitals, healthcare systems, quality improvement organizations, research organizations, state health departments, and payor groups.

Collaborate with Project Leadership and key high-level partners to aid in developing a research infrastructure conducive to future pragmatic clinical trials and other translational, clinical, and implementation science.

Guide sites through research proposal process and review submissions, as appropriate.

Communicate regularly with Project leadership to assure tasks are completed according to project timeline. Work with colleagues and external partners through ongoing meetings to report out on project deliverables.

Analyze, collate, and present results of trainings, education, and data to continually evaluate next steps and needs for program.

Address any data inconsistencies within Get with The Guidelines appropriately and in a timely manner, including measure and data collection revisions.

Create, update, and disseminate marketing materials when appropriate. Assist with other marketing aspects such as website maintenance.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience

5 to 8 years relative experience

Experience in healthcare or in a public health-related organization, clinical registries, clinical studies, patient registries, or quality improvement programs.

Experience and proven record of program development and program management of a healthcare project, including experience in influencing performance without direct line accountability

Strong verbal, written, and presentation communications skills

Experience and proven comprehensive record of Microsoft Office suite skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Ability to function and drive work independently with minimal supervision

Ability to work in a team environment and interact with all levels of American Heart Association staff, volunteers, and the public.

Access to reliable transportation

Ability to travel up to 10% local and overnight stay

Preferred Experience :

Knowledge of assigned health concern or disease, or acute care CVD

Master’s degree preferred

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.

Performance and Recognition You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.

Benefits We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.

As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.

Professional Development You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor / mentee in our professional mentoring program.

HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.

Work-Life Harmonization The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level.

You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.

Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal : Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities.

The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities.

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