Senior Residency Program Lead – Strategy & Operations

Mount Sinai Medical Center; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

The Associate Director, Residency Program at Mount Sinai Health System provides strategic, operational, financial, and administrative leadership for a large residency training program and associated educational activities.

The role oversees accreditation compliance, personnel management, resource allocation, trainee lifecycle management, and continuous program improvement, serving as a senior administrative advisor to Program Directors and institutional stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; master's in a related field preferred.
• Five+ years of progressively responsible leadership in graduate medical education administration or healthcare administration.
• Experience supporting large, complex residency training programs preferred.
• TAGME certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership and administrative oversight for a large, complex residency training program and associated fellowship training programs as applicable.
• Serves as senior administrative advisor to Program Directors, Department Leadership, and institutional stakeholders regarding graduate medical education operations, accreditation, workforce planning, and organizational strategy.
• Establishes operational priorities, strategic objectives, performance measures, and best practices supporting educational excellence and program effectiveness.
• Oversee trainee lifecycle management activities including recruitment, onboarding, appointment, credentialing, licensure, immigration support, compliance, and graduation processes.
• Provides strategic oversight of recruitment and appointment activities including ERAS, Thalamus, NRMP, and related graduate medical education technologies.
• Establishes standards supporting accreditation activities including Annual Program Evaluation (APE), Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), Clinical Competency Committee (CCC), WebADS reporting, PLA, accreditation readiness, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensures compliance with ACGME, specialty boards, institutional, regulatory, and governmental requirements.
• Oversee educational administration activities including curriculum management, evaluation systems, milestone reporting, scholarly activity tracking, duty hour compliance, and educational quality metrics.
• Provides strategic oversight of Residency Management Systems (RMS), reporting initiatives, analytics, resident complement management, participating site utilization, and workforce planning activities.
• Ensures accuracy of scheduling and reporting data supporting CMS cost reporting, institutional reporting requirements, accreditation compliance, and operational planning.
• Oversee budget development, financial planning, forecasting, resource allocation, and operational investments supporting educational programs and strategic priorities.
• Provided leadership and oversight of managers, coordinators, and administrative personnel and leads workforce planning, succession planning, organizational development, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Represents the department with institutional leadership, Graduate Medical Education leadership, accrediting organizations, specialty boards, and external stakeholders and leads strategic initiatives supporting innovation, continuous improvement, and educational excellence.

Skills

Leadership experience

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Educational administration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in Healthcare Administration or related field

TAGME certification

Job description

The Associate Director, Residency Program at Mount Sinai Health System provides strategic, operational, financial, and administrative leadership for a large residency training program and associated educational activities.

The role oversees accreditation compliance, personnel management, resource allocation, trainee lifecycle management, and continuous program improvement, serving as a senior administrative advisor to Program Directors and institutional stakeholders.