Senior Director, Rural Health Transformation

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

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.