Program Manager

Centre for Chronic Disease Control; New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) in New Delhi invites applications for a Program Manager to oversee a multi-site atrial fibrillation screening project. You will coordinate planning, implementation, monitoring, and stakeholder engagement to ensure timely delivery and quality results.

Required: MBBS/MPH or equivalent, 7–8 years of relevant public health project experience, strong leadership and communication skills in Hindi and English, and ability to travel.

Qualifications

• MBBS/MPH or equivalent in public health or related field.
• 7–8 years of relevant experience in managing large-scale public health or healthcare programs.
• Experience planning, implementing, coordinating, and monitoring multi-site projects.
• Strong research and analytical skills; publications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination, implementation, and day-to-day management across multiple sites.
• Develop and monitor work plans, timelines, budgets, and reporting.
• Oversee digital health project implementation and quality assurance.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, institutions, and funders for engagement.
• Supervise project staff and facilitate capacity-building activities.
• Monitor, document, and report progress and lessons learned.

Skills

Public health program mgmt

Multi-site coordination

Research methods

Stakeholder management

Hindi & English

Education

MBBS/MPH

Public health master's

Tools

MS Office

Project management tools

Job description

Number of Position: One (1)

Location: New Delhi

Organization Name: Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC)

Organization Profile: Centre for Chronic Disease Control is a not-for-profit research organization engaged in knowledge generation and knowledge translation for the prevention and control of non-communicable (chronic) diseases in varied settings of developing countries. CCDC has been recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. CCDC also holds recognition as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Capacity Building and Translational Research in Cardio-metabolic diseases and is an ICMR Collaborating Centre of Excellence.

Project Brief: This project aims to study to validate and assess feasibility of utilization of screening tool to determine the population burden of atrial fibrillation and understand the risk factor profile of individuals with Atrial Fibrillation, and identify predictors for future atrial fibrillation.

Job Description

Role Overview

The Program Manager will be responsible for overall coordination, implementation, monitoring, and stakeholder management of a multi-site project focused on strengthening arial fibrillation screening and risk factor profiling study. The role will involve close coordination with stakeholders, project teams, and partners to ensure timely implementation, quality assurance, reporting, and effective execution of project activities across sites.

Responsibilities And Requirements

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Program Planning and Management

• Lead planning, coordination, implementation, and day-to-day management of the project across multiple sites.
• Develop and monitor work plans, timelines, budgets, implementation strategies, and reporting frameworks aligned with project objectives and donor requirements.
• Oversee implementation of digital health project.
• Identify implementation challenges and support timely resolution to ensure smooth program delivery.

Stakeholder Coordination and Communication

• Coordinate with stakeholders, institutions, partners, technical experts, and funders for effective implementation and stakeholder engagement.
• Organize and facilitate stakeholder consultations, review meetings, trainings, and coordination calls.
• Support communication and coordination between field teams, technical teams, and project leadership.

Team Supervision and Capacity Building

• Supervise and support project staff, field teams, and implementation partners to ensure timely delivery of activities and outputs.
• Facilitate capacity-building activities, trainings, and supportive supervision for project teams and frontline workers.

Monitoring, Documentation, and Reporting

• Lead monitoring, quality assurance, documentation, and reporting activities, including preparation of progress reports, presentations, and review documents.
• Support documentation of implementation processes, lessons learned, and best practices.
• Contribute to development of technical documents, training materials, proposals, concept notes, scientific reports, manuscripts, and dissemination materials.

Financial and Administrative Oversight

• Monitor project expenditures and support compliance with organisational policies, donor guidelines, and administrative requirements.
• Coordinate with finance and administrative teams for smooth program operations.

Any Other Responsibilities

• Travel to project sites for implementation support, monitoring visits, stakeholder meetings, and program reviews as required.
• Perform any other responsibilities assigned by the Supervisor, Program Lead, or Principal Investigator in the interest of the project.

Essential

Competencies / Skill sets required

• Education: MBBS/BDS/BHMS/BAMS/BPT with MPH/MHA/MSc in Public Health or equivalent qualification.
• 7–8 years of relevant experience in managing large-scale public health, implementation research, digital health, or healthcare programs.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring of multi-site projects.
• Strong research and analytical skills with experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods; publications in peer-reviewed journals will be preferred.
• Experience of working with national/state-level health programs, government stakeholders, and public health systems.
• Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams, project timelines, budgets, logistics, and stakeholder coordination across multiple geographies.
• Experience in conducting desk reviews, scoping reviews, literature reviews, and preparation of technical reports and program documentation.
• Excellent communication, coordination, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking both Hindi and English.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office applications, reporting, documentation, and presentations.

Desirable

• Ability to work independently and manage field implementation activities with minimal supervision.
• Willingness to travel extensively to project sites as required.
• Candidates available to join immediately will be preferred.

Reporting

The Program Manager will report to the assigned project leadership from the central CCDC team

Nature Of Appointment & Compensation

• Project-based contractual role based on the duration of project.
• Compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications, as per organizational norms.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interview.

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