Program Management

University of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 47,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Utah is seeking a Program Manager for the Utah Trauma Network (UTSN) under the SHIFT 3.2 initiative. You will partner with the Faculty Project Lead to guide administrative, financial, and operational aspects of the statewide trauma network, coordinating with hospitals, EMS, and state agencies.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, data governance, and quality improvement through regional collaborations, IRB processes, data sharing, and routine

Qualifications

• Experience conducting needs assessments and leading data governance or IRB processes is preferred.
• Master of Public Health (MPH) or similar graduate degree.
• Two years of public health or health-care program leadership experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with network partners; lead network meetings and communications.
• Lead statewide clinical needs assessment of trauma care capacity across Utah’s five regions.
• Prepare and manage data sharing agreements, IRB or data governance submissions; ensure compliance with partner terms.
• Identify and develop quality improvement opportunities with rural hospitals; recruit clinical champions.
• Monitor network activities; track required metrics and prepare monthly updates.
• Market the network and support sustainability planning with internal and external partners.

Skills

Needs assessment

Data governance

Quality improvement

Education

MPH or related degree

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

The USTN Program Manager with work with the Faculty Project Lead to develop and manage the Utah State Trauma Network, funded by the Utah Rural Health Transformation Program SHIFT 3.2 initiative. They will be responsible for the operations of the UTSN, a statewide collaborative of rural and urban hospitals, EMS agencies, and state trauma bodies, pertaining to administrative, financial, personnel, and organizational functions. They will provide strategic support and leadership in planning, developing, and implementing network activities, and will act as a catalyst between the department, partner hospitals, EMS agencies, and state agencies to ensure engagement and effective collaboration.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintains relationships with network partners. Lead network meetings and communications, including agendas, minutes, action tracking, and a shared platform for members.2. Leads a statewide clinical needs assessment of trauma care capacity and post-acute resources across Utah's five trauma regions, using existing data, surveys, and structured listening sessions with rural hospitals and EMS agencies.3. Prepares and manages applications, data use agreements, and IRB or data governance submissions to key datasets. Maintains documentation and compliance with partner data-sharing terms.4. Identifies and develops quality improvement collaboration opportunities with rural hospitals. Recruits and supports clinical champions at rural hospitals in all five trauma regions and at Level I/II trauma centers, convenes the governing council and working groups, and helps the network select shared quality improvement topics using registry data and national TQIP benchmarks.
• Monitors the appropriateness and effectiveness of network activities. Tracks RHTP-required metrics and prepares monthly updates and periodic summary reports for Utah DHHS.6. Markets and promotes the network and its programs to internal and external partners, supports dissemination of results, and participates in University and statewide committees. Supports the Faculty Lead on sustainability planning and shared administrative services.

This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Work Environment And Level Of Frequency Typically Required

• Nearly Continuously: Office environment.
• Occasionally: Travel within Utah to partner hospitals and community sites.Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required
• Nearly Continuously: Sitting, hearing, listening, talking.
• Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking.
• Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.

Minimum Qualifications

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:

• Manager, Program Management: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.
• Senior Manager, Program Management: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.

Preferences

Experience conducting needs assessments; experience with data use agreements, IRB or data governance processes, and health data sources, and/or quality improvement.

Master of Public Health (MPH) or similar graduate degree in a related area (public health, health administration, health services research). Two years of experience in public health, health care, or academic setting with demonstrated leadership skills in planning and directing programs and processes, including the ability to lead a program with multiple stakeholders and build consensus among partners with differing priorities.

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN46653B

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Work Schedule Summary

Department: 00260 - Division of General Surgery

Location: Campus

Pay Rate Range: $46,816 to $85,000

Close Date: 02/02/2027

Open Until Filled