PROGRAM MANAGER, OFFICE OF OVERDOSE PREVENTION & EDUCATION (Program Manager Senior I)

MDH Behavioral Health Admin - Program Direction; Maryland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Civicworks is seeking a Program Manager to lead Maryland's statewide drug user health program infrastructure within the Behavioral Health Administration's Division of Prevention and Promotion. The role oversees overdose prevention, naloxone distribution, MAT expansion, and related initiatives with a roughly $30 million combined budget, providing strategic leadership and cross-agency coordination.

You will manage complex state and federal grants, supervise multidisciplinary teams, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health/human services and at least six years of health or human services administrative or professional experience, including three years in a supervisory or managerial role.
• Demonstrated knowledge of evidence-based drug user health, overdose prevention, and strategies to reduce substance use morbidity and mortality.
• Experience developing, implementing, and overseeing statewide or large-scale behavioral health, substance use, overdose prevention, or medication for opioid use disorder programs.
• Experience managing complex state and/or federal grant-funded programs including oversight, subgranting, procurement, fiscal accountability, and compliance.
• Experience supervising managers and multidisciplinary teams including programmatic, epidemiological, technical, and administrative staff.
• Experience collaborating with state agencies, local jurisdictions, community-based organizations, healthcare partners, and stakeholders on statewide initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead Maryland's statewide drug user health program infrastructure within the Behavioral Health Administration.
• Provide strategic leadership, manage complex grants, and supervise multidisciplinary teams.
• Collaborate across agencies and stakeholders to advance overdose prevention and MAT expansion.
• Ensure program compliance, fiscal accountability, and effective use of a ~ $30 million budget.

Skills

Evidence-based drug user health

Overdose prevention

OUD program management

Grant management & compliance

Team supervision

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree + 6 years health/human services experience (incl. 3 years supervisory)

Job description

This Program Manager position leads Maryland's statewide drug user health program infrastructure within the Behavioral Health Administration's Division of Prevention and Promotion. The role oversees overdose prevention, naloxone distribution, medication-assisted treatment expansion, and related initiatives with an approximately $30 million combined budget. The Program Manager provides strategic leadership, manages complex state and federal grants, supervises multidisciplinary teams, and collaborates with multiple agencies to reduce substance use-related morbidity and mortality.

Key qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and six years of health or human services administrative or professional experience, including three years at supervisory or managerial level
• Demonstrated knowledge of evidence-based drug user health, overdose prevention, and strategies to reduce substance use-related morbidity and mortality
• Experience developing, implementing, and overseeing statewide or large-scale behavioral health, substance use, overdose prevention, or medication for opioid use disorder programs
• Experience managing complex state and/or federal grant-funded programs including programmatic oversight, subgranting, procurement, fiscal accountability, and compliance
• Experience supervising managers and multidisciplinary teams including programmatic, epidemiological, technical, and administrative staff
• Experience collaborating with state agencies, local jurisdictions, community-based organizations, healthcare partners, and other stakeholders on complex statewide initiatives