Program Manager

Description

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Summary:
Oversees day-to-day activities of assigned programs. Responsibilities include planning and administration, managing financial development, monitoring and reporting program progress to ensure fulfillment of the program objectives.

TheProgram Manager for Specialized Neuroscience Programsis responsible for the coordination, development, and performance of high-acuity neuroscience service lines at UNC Medical Center, including movement disorders and deep brain stimulation, epilepsy surgery, and brain tumor care. Serving as a central integrator across neurology, neurosurgery, imaging, oncology, and supporting clinical and administrative teams, the role ensures seamless care delivery, maintains programmatic cohesion, and advances strategic growth initiatives. Through close partnership with clinical leadership and operational teams, the Program Manager drives accreditation and certification efforts, optimizes care pathways, and improves access, outcomes, and the overall patient and family experience. Health care experience is required and clinical experience preferred.

Responsibilities:
1. Analysis: Analyzes and resolves complex issues to maximize efficiency. Ensures all proper internal controls are in place to safeguard assets of the system and satisfies internal and external regulatory requirements. Develops and monitors operating and capital budget.
2. Communication and Relationships: Works with peers to identify and analyze opportunities for improvement. Implements processes to identify, develop, and ensure standardization decisions occur with minimal disruption to patient care or administrative activities and creating solutions.
3. Supervisory: Supervises team of program staff members. Manages program team project portfolio and maintains productive relationships with program sponsors and key stakeholders.
4. Financial and Business Planning: Provides analytical and strategy support for the assigned program. Performs analytics, provides business insight into implications of findings, develops business plans, and recommends opportunities for improvement.
5. Program Administration: Plan, coordinate, and administer activities of assigned program to include developing, implementing, and administering related procedures, processes, services, and systems.
6. Strategic Planning: Interface with units and teams within the organization to effectively communicate strategies, successfully elicit support, and provide assistance implementing those strategies.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Health Administration or related field.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* No licensure or certification required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Five (5) years of program/project management experience.If Master's degree, three (3) years of program/project management experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Neuro Adm-Develop & Strategy

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$38.55 - $55.43 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.