National Director, Program Development, Health Science
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Overview Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress,
Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.
The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a National Director, Program Development, Global Certification.
What We Offer
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The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.
#TheAHALife is more than a company culture; it is our way of life. It embodies our commitment to work-life harmonization and is guided by our core values where our employees can thrive both personally and professionally. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and at heart.jobs.
Salary minimum to the midpoint of the range is $84,400.00 to $112,500.00. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials may apply to the pay range. The American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range.
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Responsibilities
~2 min readThe National Director, Program Development, Global Certification supports the development, execution, and implementation of mission-aligned projects. This role is responsible for leading teams in the successful implementation of certification initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, maintaining accountability for deliverables, timelines, budgets, outcomes, and dissemination strategy. This role provides guidance, strategy, and management to multiple program consultants and coordinators responsible for daily implementation activities of funded initiatives. Responsible for leading and managing program consultants, managers, and project coordinators. Responsible for owning and consulting on strategy for multiple funded initiatives within the portfolio of the International Quality & Global Certification team. Responsible for developing and maintaining key partner relationships internally and externally to achieve successful project implementation.
- →Lead implementation of healthcare certification initiatives by overseeing project planning, initiative and stakeholder recruitment, execution, monitoring and evaluation.
- →Manage team of program consultants, program managers and project coordinators to ensure coordination, performance, and achievement of project milestones and deliverables.
- →Monitor Budgets and Contracts by providing strategic guidance into project expenditures and tracking budget spend.
- →Apply Quality Improvement Frameworks to drive measurable improvements across participating sites and projects within portfolio.
- →Facilitate Communication between internal departments, external partners, and funders through regular updates, strategic meetings, and dissemination of results.
- →Ensure Timely Reporting of outcomes, challenges, and key learnings.
- →Provide Strategic Guidance to Dissemination efforts, including working closely with marketing, to share key insights through presentations, abstract submissions, toolkits, webinars, podcasts.
- →Ensure that project staff have tools and resources to successfully implement the assigned program. Provide training and coaching on assigned projects in portfolio including best practices and successful implementation strategies.
Requirements
~1 min read- Bachelor’s degree in data science, biostatistics, biomedical informatics, statistics, public health, epidemiology, related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in Quality Improvement efforts, leading learning collaboratives and/or implementation science activities.
- Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience, experience with leading decentralized teams.
- Experience in preprocessing and modeling clinical data, especially patient-level data from EHRs or registries.
- Experience analyzing real-world patient data in clinical or research settings.
- Experience writing and executing Statistical Analysis Plans.
- Strong skills in managing and analyzing large-scale, complex clinical datasets.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical/statistical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to manage in a fast-paced environment.
- Highly effective organizational skills, time management, responsibility, and motivation.
Nice to Have
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- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
- Master’s or PhD degree in data science, biostatistics, biomedical informatics, statistics, public health, epidemiology, quality improvement, healthcare economics, implementation science research, or a related field (preferred).
- Python programming language.
- Proficiency in leveraging and implementing AI models in prediction, treatment, workflows, etc.
- Cardiovascular Data Analysis.
- Experience working in a healthcare or research environment.
The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the Association will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.
In accordance with local and state laws where applicable, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.
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Listing Details
- Posted
- September 22, 2026
- First seen
- September 26, 2026
- Last seen
- September 26, 2026
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- September 26, 2026
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