Program Director, Forever Lab (Hybrid Opportunity)

Stanford University; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University’s Forever Lab within the Division of Primary Care and Population Health seeks a Program Director to lead teams across multiple research and design programs, guiding planning and execution with a transdisciplinary focus. This hybrid role supports continued innovation and collaboration.

The PD will manage program operations, oversee budgets, develop outreach, and ensure progress toward goals while mentoring staff and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of relevant experience.
• Strong planning and organizational abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and written/oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and operations for programs with significant business, regulatory and/or technical challenges.
• Evaluate programs and develop alternative solutions, policies and procedures.
• Review trends and advise on goals, with actionable recommendations.
• Represent the program to department, unit, school, and external stakeholders.
• Develop outreach strategies and oversee budgeting and financial forecasting.
• May direct and supervise staff and contribute to training needs.

Skills

Prioritization

Time management

Communication skills

Budgeting

Planning

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

The Division of Primary Care and Population Health seeks to serve our community through caring, learning, and innovation for the whole person through all stages of life. While engaged in practice and teaching, our faculty are dedicated to establishing new knowledge as the basis for future practice and prevention, and to the greatest extent possible applying that knowledge to improve care for all and reduce health disparities.

About Forever Lab

Forever Lab is a research and innovation lab within Stanford Medicine's Division of Primary Care and Population Health that attends to enduring questions in human life and health through transdisciplinary collaboration.

Position Summary

The Program Director (PD) supports the PI by leading teams, planning, and execution across multiple programs that involve research, design, creative activity, and transdisciplinary collaboration.

This is a hybrid opportunity.

Responsibilities

Core Duties:

• Lead the planning and operations for programs or functions that have significant business, regulatory and/or technical challenges requiring subject matter expertise.
• Evaluate programs or functions, policies and procedures. Identify issues, and develop alternative solutions which may include changes to programs, policies and procedures.
• Review and analyze trends to advise and develop recommendations to achieve or modify the goals of the program or function.
• Represent the program or function within the department, unit or school. Commit resources and provide information and/or training. Represent the program or function at the university level and/or to external/internal stakeholders and constituencies.
• Manage and contribute to the development of outreach strategy that may include relationship development, communications and compliance.
• May develop and/or oversee budgets; manage finances including monitoring, analyzing, forecasting, and reporting.
• Assess training needs and may develop associated training.
• May direct and/or supervise staff.

Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree and five years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities, manage shifting priorities, and handle numerous time-sensitive projects with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to accomplish goals working through formal and informal channels, with diplomacy and tactfulness.
• Demonstrated creativity, problem solving, critical analysis, initiative, judgment and, decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and meet budget goals.
• Demonstrated solid planning and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience working independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Strong relevant subject matter knowledge.
• Ability to direct the work of others, for jobs requiring supervision.