Project Policy Analyst 3

UCLA Health; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health in Santa Monica, CA, seeks a dynamic Project Policy Analyst to lead a broad portfolio of educational, research, and programmatic initiatives within the Department of Medicine.

The role involves planning, developing, and executing program operations, coordinating strategic initiatives, and managing budgets and grants while supervising staff and ensuring compliance with UCLA policies. Collaborations with faculty, leaders, and external partners are essential to advance program goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a health-related field.
• 4-5 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to work independently and also have interpersonal skills to work with teams.
• Exceptional writing skills to produce a wide range of professional documents, scholarly publications, educational materials, and program deliverables.
• Experience communicating effectively and professionally and working with a variety of internal and external partners, including interdisciplinary collaborators, UCLA administrators, outside funders, policy makers, and community representatives.
• Strong organizational skills to successfully work on and track complex programs involving short deadlines and multiple tasks, in coordination with multiple teams to achieve program/project mission and goals.
• Knowledge of program/project development, evaluation, digital health initiatives, educational program development, creating datasets, financial management and reporting, research principles including CITI training, grant writing and proposal submission, University procedures and policies, program/project-related federal and state regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a broad portfolio of educational, research, and programmatic initiatives.
• Plan, develop, and execute program operations; coordinate strategic initiatives; oversee budgets and grant activities; supervise staff; and ensure compliance with UCLA, state, federal, and sponsor requirements.
• Collaborate with faculty, trainees, institutional leaders, and external partners to advance program goals, manage complex projects, and drive operational excellence in a fast-paced academic environment.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Health Services, Medicine, Public Health, Public Policy, Biostatistics, or a related field

Job description

Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Flexible Hybrid

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Posted Date

08/27/2026

Salary Range: $74445 - 152460 Annually

Employment Type

Duration

indefinite

Job #

32657

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Medicine is seeking a dynamic Project Policy Analyst to lead and support a broad portfolio of educational, research, and programmatic initiatives. This position is responsible for planning, developing, and executing program operations; coordinating strategic initiatives; overseeing budgets and grant activities; supervising staff; and ensuring compliance with UCLA, state, federal, and sponsor requirements. The successful candidate will collaborate with faculty, trainees, institutional leaders, and external partners to advance program goals, manage complex projects, and drive operational excellence in a fast-paced academic environment. We are looking for a highly organized, analytical, and proactive professional with exceptional communication skills, strong project management experience, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively to support the Department's mission of excellence in research, education, and patient care.

Annual salary range: $74,445.00 - $152,460.00

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Health Services, Medicine, Public Health, Public Policy, Biostatistics, or a related field.
• 4-5 years of relevant experience
• Ability to work independently and also have interpersonal skills to work with teams.
• Exceptional writing skills to produce a wide range of professional documents , scholarly publications, educational materials, and program deliverables
• Experience communicating effectively and professionally and working with a variety of internal and external partners, including interdisciplinary collaborators, UCLA administrators, outside funders, policy makers, and community representatives.
• Strong organizational skills to successfully work on and track complex programs involving short deadlines and multiple tasks, in coordination with multiple teams to achieve program/project mission and goals.
• Working knowledge of program/project development, evaluation, digital health initiatives, educational program development, creating datasets, financial management and reporting, research principles including CITI training, grant writing and proposal submission, University procedures and policies, program/project-related federal and state regulations.
• Ability to seek out and learn new policies, procedures, and software to advance the mission of the program/project.
• Ability to train new program/project managers and other staff within and external to the unit.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of digital health, healthcare innovation, and interdisciplinary program development.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate medical, policy and administrative information in Chinese and English.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.