Rural Health Transformation Program Senior Director

Hawaii Primary Care Association; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan with Employer Contribu

Job summary

Hawaii Primary Care Association (HPCA) in Honolulu seeks a Senior Director to lead its Rural Health Transformation Program portfolio. You will steer strategy, governance, and cross–agency collaboration to deliver measurable improvements.

Responsibilities include overseeing planning, budgets, risks, and performance, while building partnerships with community health centers, government agencies, and funders to advance value-based care and access to quality primary care.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in FQHC transformation, HIT modernization, analytics, or statewide program management, including experience supervising staff or leading teams.
• Knowledge of Hawai‘i’s healthcare landscape, community health centers, and/or rural health preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with Advanced Payment Models (APM), value-based care, and practice transformation.
• Master’s degree in public health, public administration, public policy, nonprofit management, healthcare administration, or related field preferred.
• Ability to provide guidance, training, and oversight to staff or contractors as responsibilities evolve.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 Suite and common work technology tools.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership and direction for HPCA’s portfolio of RHTP projects, translating organizational priorities and commitments into coordinated action.
• Oversees project planning, implementation, performance, and continuous improvement to support timely, high-quality, and sustainable results.
• Establishes clear governance, decision-making, roles, and accountability across internal teams, partners, consultants, and participating organizations.
• Leads, supervises, and supports multidisciplinary staff, fostering collaboration, strong performance, professional growth, and a shared commitment to project outcomes.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with community health centers, government agencies, funders, and other key partners to advance shared goals.
• Monitors progress, budgets, risks, dependencies, and emerging needs; resolves barriers and elevates significant issues to organizational leadership as appropriate.
• Ensures responsible stewardship of resources and compliance with applicable funding, contractual, reporting, and documentation requirements.
• Communicates project performance, decisions, risks, and impact clearly to leadership and stakeholders, using information and data to strengthen accountability and guide action.
• Provides additional assistance and support as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

Microsoft 365 Suite

Job description

Company Description

The Hawai‘i Primary Care Association (HPCA) improves the health of communities in need through a statewide network of Community Health Centers that expand access to high-quality primary care. For over thirty years, HPCA has focused on serving vulnerable populations and advancing access to essential health services for everyone across the state. The organization is committed to nurturing vibrant, healthy communities through partnerships, innovation, and collaborative teamwork. HPCA works closely with providers, health care organizations, lawmakers, policy officials, and public advocates to improve care quality and access for more than 160,000 people in Hawai‘i. Team members join a mission-driven environment dedicated to transforming the health care system and improving the lives of all Hawai‘i’s residents.

Job Purpose and Basic Function

The RHTP Senior Director turns vision into results by providing strategic leadership for HPCA’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) projects. This role sets direction, aligns people and partners, oversees execution, and ensures that initiatives are delivered responsibly, collaboratively, and with measurable impact. The Senior Director serves as a central point of leadership and accountability, guiding teams through complexity, managing priorities and risks, and keeping the work aligned with HPCA’s mission, commitments, and broader health system transformation goals.

Description of Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• 1)Provides strategic leadership and direction for HPCA’s portfolio of RHTP projects, translating organizational priorities and commitments into coordinated action.
• 2)Oversees project planning, implementation, performance, and continuous improvement to support timely, high-quality, and sustainable results.
• 3)Establishes clear governance, decision-making, roles, and accountability across internal teams, partners, consultants, and participating organizations.
• 4)Leads, supervises, and supports multidisciplinary staff, fostering collaboration, strong performance, professional growth, and a shared commitment to project outcomes.
• 5)Builds and maintains effective relationships with community health centers, government agencies, funders, and other key partners to advance shared goals.
• 6)Monitors progress, budgets, risks, dependencies, and emerging needs; resolves barriers and elevates significant issues to organizational leadership as appropriate.
• 7)Ensures responsible stewardship of resources and compliance with applicable funding, contractual, reporting, and documentation requirements.
• 8)Communicates project performance, decisions, risks, and impact clearly to leadership and stakeholders, using information and data to strengthen accountability and guide action.
• 9)Provides additional assistance and support as assigned.
• 1)Displays more advanced organizational skills, in order to organize projects or the work of others.
• 2) Devises effective and innovative solutions to situations encountered which include not just the specific issues related to function, but the general concerns of the organization.
• 3) Able to effectively communicate opinions drawn from conclusions using inference and logic.
• 4) Negotiates resolutions to complex situations which may be inherently adversarial.

Communications Skills

• 1)Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to tailor communications to internal and external audiences.
• 2)Communicates complex concepts in a clear effective manner for a general audience.

Professional/Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• 1)7+ years in FQHC transformation, HIT modernization, analytics, or statewide program management, including experience supervising staff or leading teams.
• 2)Knowledge of Hawai‘i’s healthcare landscape, community health centers, and/or rural health preferred.
• 3)Demonstrated experience with Advanced Payment Models (APM), value-based care, and practice transformation.
• 4)Master’s degree in public health, public administration, public policy, nonprofit management, healthcare administration, or related field preferred.
• 5)Ability to provide guidance, training, and oversight to staff or contractors as responsibilities evolve.
• 6) Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 Suite and common work technology tools.

Licenses & Certifications

• None.

Work Environment & Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those this position encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 1) Operates in an indoor, hybrid office/remote office environment in Honoulu, Oahu.
• 2) Work Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
• 3) Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and telephones.
• 4)Requires the ability to work under stress during peak workload periods.
• 5)Continued employment is dependent upon available funding.

Anticipated Salary Range: $96,000 to $125,000

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement plan with Employer Contribution
• Generous Paid time off and Holiday schedule