Strategic Program Manager, Precision Health Initiative

The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Virginia seeks a driven Program Manager for the UVAPHI, a campus-wide effort to accelerate discovery, translation, and implementation of precision health and medicine. You will help build partnerships, launch initiatives, and manage day-to-day activities across UVA and UVA Health.

Reporting to the Initiative Director, you will translate strategic vision into actionable programs, coordinate events, develop governance, and help establish the Precision Health Institute as a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least four years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience in program or project management.
• Outstanding written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, solve problems, and move projects from concept through implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships and work effectively with individuals from different disciplines and organizational levels.
• Ability to communicate effectively with faculty, clinicians, researchers, senior institutional leaders, external partners, and community stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver accurate and timely work.

Responsibilities

• Developing and coordinating an external advisory board, including identifying prospective members, coordinating invitations and onboarding, organizing meetings, preparing materials, and supporting ongoing engagement with national leaders in precision health.
• Building a UVA Precision Health membership network that identifies and connects clinicians, investigators, trainees, and other faculty and staff engaged in precision health activities across UVA and UVA Health.
• Developing the Initiative's web presence, working with UVA communications and web teams to create and maintain a website highlighting faculty expertise, research programs, clinical capabilities, funding opportunities, events, and accomplishments.
• Developing and strengthening the partnership with the Manning Institute of Biotechnology, including connecting investigators developing novel therapeutics with clinicians, disease experts, patient populations, and clinical research resources across UVA.
• Developing internal communications, newsletters, presentations, reports, and other materials that communicate the Initiatives activities and impact.
• Planning and coordinating seminars, symposia, retreats, advisory board meetings, working groups, and other Precision Health Initiative events.
• Establishing processes to track membership, collaborations, projects, funding, publications, clinical programs, and other measures of impact.
• Supporting partnerships across UVA schools, institutes, departments, and centers with external academic, industry, government, foundation, and patient-advocacy partners.

Skills

Program management

Communication

Organizational skills

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

The University of Virginia seeks a driven Program Manager for the UVAPHI, a campus-wide effort to accelerate discovery, translation, and implementation of precision health and medicine. You will help build partnerships, launch initiatives, and manage day-to-day activities across UVA and UVA Health.

Reporting to the Initiative Director, you will translate strategic vision into actionable programs, coordinate events, develop governance, and help establish the Precision Health Institute as a