Stroke & Brain Health Guidelines Lead - Strategy

American Heart Association, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Tuition assistance

Job summary

The American Heart Association seeks a Senior Director, Science and Medicine, Stroke and Brain Health Guidelines to lead strategic direction and operational management of the guidelines portfolio. You will oversee topic selection, evidence review, guideline production, publication, maintenance and modernization, while guiding a multidisciplinary team.

This role partners with volunteer leaders, writing committees, and science leadership to advance living guidelines and digital dissemination,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in evidence-based medicine and guideline development, and scientific leadership.
• Minimum 5 years of supervisory experience managing professional staff, complex programs, or multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading clinical practice guidelines, consensus statements, evidence reviews, or similar scientific initiatives.
• Strong expertise in evidence-based medicine, evidence synthesis, systematic reviews, and scientific publication processes.
• Experience managing complex portfolios, budgets, timelines, and stakeholder relationships.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, volunteer experts, and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning, prioritization, and execution of the Stroke and Brain Health Guidelines portfolio.
• Provide guidance to science leadership on emerging scientific, clinical, and methodological trends.
• Oversee the full guideline lifecycle, including topic selection, scope development, evidence review, guideline production, publication, maintenance and support dissemination.
• Monitor portfolio performance, risks, timelines, and resource requirements, providing regular updates to science leadership.
• Ensure scientific integrity, quality, and methodological rigor of all guideline products.
• Oversee evidence synthesis, evidence grading, and recommendation development processes.
• Ensure adherence to policies, conflicts of interest, governance standards, and best practices in evidence-based medicine.
• Champion continuous improvement and modernization of guideline development methodologies.
• Serve as the primary staff liaison to volunteer committees, guideline writing groups, oversight committees, and internal/external stakeholders.
• Build partnerships with physician leaders, researchers, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate consensus-building and effective decision-making among multidisciplinary expert groups.
• Establish scalable processes for high-quality guideline development and publication.
• Manage budgets, contracts, vendors, and resources; advance innovation in living guidelines and computable guidelines.
• Collaborate with publications, communications, implementation science, quality improvement, education, and digital product teams to maximize reach.
• Travel to annual meetings and committee meetings nationwide/internationally as needed.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Guideline development

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Budgets and contracts

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The American Heart Association seeks a Senior Director, Science and Medicine, Stroke and Brain Health Guidelines to lead strategic direction and operational management of the guidelines portfolio. You will oversee topic selection, evidence review, guideline production, publication, maintenance and modernization, while guiding a multidisciplinary team.

This role partners with volunteer leaders, writing committees, and science leadership to advance living guidelines and digital dissemination,