Program Director

The General Hospital Corporation; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Resnek Family Center for PSC Research at Brigham and Women's Hospital is seeking a Program Director to lead strategy, funding, and operations across Mass General Brigham and partner institutions. The role drives growth, oversees program development, and expands the center's collaborative footprint.

You will build a scalable infrastructure, manage budgets, engage stakeholders, and foster global collaborations to advance liver disease research.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and management skills, with a track record of successful program development and implementation.
• Strong understanding of healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to connect with a broad spectrum of patient populations.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the PI to design and implement an efficient and effective organizational framework aligned with the center's goals and that serves as a model for other centers and programs across MGB.
• Act as a trusted strategic advisor to the center's PI, shaping and executing short- and long-term plans that strengthen engagement across MGB, expand impact on liver disease, and drive organizational growth, sustainability, and leadership succession.
• Define key benchmarks, monitor progress, and effectively communicate outcomes to stakeholders.
• Foster dynamic partnerships across MGB's departments, divisions, institutes, centers, and programs to engage leading experts from diverse fields, fuel innovation, accelerate progress, and amplify the center's scope and impact.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Healthcare regulations

Communication

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

The Resnek Family Center for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Research at Brigham and Women's Hospital is a unique philanthropically funded research initiative intended to have a broad impact on primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) - a liver disease for which there is currently no effective therapies or a cure. We are building a multidisciplinary team which aims to develop therapies in PSC and intends to have a larger impact on liver diseases more broadly. The team works collaboratively with other researchers at BWH, MGB and Harvard Medical School, as well as with colleagues at institutions around the world, catalyzing the growing PSC research community to tackle the disease in an integrated and strategic way.

The world's only center dedicated to PSC research, the Resnek Center is making dramatic advances and is embarking on a growth strategy to accelerate its progress and expand its presence and impact within MGB and globally. The Program Director (PD) reporting to and partnering with the Resnek Center director and primary investigator (PI), is a senior leader with overall responsibility in developing, resourcing, and executing this strategy.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's Degree Related Field of Study required and Master's Degree Related Field of Study preferred

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?

Yes

Experience

Program management experience 8-10+ years required and Team leadership experience 1-2 years required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proven leadership and management skills, with a track record of successful program development and implementation.
• Strong understanding of healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to connect with a broad spectrum of patient populations.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

The Program Director (PD) will spearhead these efforts by collaborating across MGB and the Department of Medicine (DOM) at all levels, while expanding and strengthening the center's internal and external partnerships. Leveraging the vast resources of the MGB and Harvard ecosystem, the PD will develop an infrastructure that drives operational excellence, broadens the center's impact and serves as a model for other research programs within the system.

Working closely with the center's director and staff, the PD will identify and engage with supporters to sustain and diversify the center's funding sources as well as develop and oversee strategic communication and awareness initiatives that elevate the Resnek Center's profile at local, national, and international levels. Additionally, the PD will ensure the center's successful day-to-day operations, fostering a cohesive and high-performing team dedicated to its mission.

This senior role requires a broad base of advanced skills including strategic thinking and analysis, stakeholder engagement, project and personnel management, financial acumen, fundraising, and marketing and communications. The ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial spirit to translate vision into reality, and utilize advanced abilities to assess, conceptualize, implement, anticipate and effectively work with and bring together individuals and groups at all levels around a common goal.

1. Collaborate with the PI to design and implement an efficient and effective organizational framework aligned with the center's goals and that serves as a model for other centers and programs across MGB.
2. Act as a trusted strategic advisor to the center's PI, shaping and executing short- and long‑term plans that strengthen engagement across MGB, expand impact on liver disease, and drive organizational growth, sustainability, and leadership succession. Define key benchmarks, monitor progress, and effectively communicate outcomes to stakeholders.
3. Foster dynamic partnerships across MGB's departments, divisions, institutes, centers, and programs to engage leading experts from diverse fields, fuel innovation, accelerate progress, and amplify the center's scope and impact.
4. Cultivate high‑impact external partnerships that advance the center's mission and extend its influence locally, nationally, and globally. Enhance existing relationships with organizations such as PSC Partners, the American Liver Foundation, and current research collab