The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is seeking a Senior Manager in the Professional Education & Engagement Department of the Science & Health Care Division. This grant-funded position will have a primary focus of supporting health care professional education programs on obesity management. This position, reporting to the Associate Director of Professional Education & Engagement, will be responsible for initiating and advancing program planning and execution and coordinating participation and engagement with health care professionals in this large-scale, inter-departmental project.

• This is a grant funded position and is contingent on securing grant funding.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as day-to-day program manager to engage large cross-functional team, including internal staff, vendors, sponsors, key opinion leaders and other stakeholders to develop and execute programmatic elements.
• Work closely with advisory group members and faculty participating in programs including invitations, meeting coordination, content development, processing honoraria, and other details.
• Ensure program is cross-functional and the deliverables in the grant agreement, including key performance indicators, are met.
• Plan and deliver professional education through virtual webinars and workshops and in-person trainings.
• Manage all program materials that support initiatives, including educational documents, videos, infographics, and facilitation guides, and work through cultural language translation processes.
• Support use of instructional design elements such as survey techniques and polling, gamification, and online learning collaboratives.
• Represent ADA in stakeholder meetings with professionalism, complete preparedness, understanding of the topic area to be discussed, and openness to new ideas presented.
• Innovatively engage professional audiences to meet needs, identify opportunities and promote ADA programs.
• Coordinate and monitor progress on the development of marketing materials, including website elements, and work with stakeholders to implement various promotional strategies that are specific to audience segmentation.
• Communicate plans and status updates clearly and on a regular basis to effectively drive cross-functional collaboration and program development.
• Support program evaluation and assist to execute accordingly.
• Monitor budget performance and recommend reallocation of resources as necessary.
• Manage post-event analysis, including budget reconciliations and invoice management.
• Engage as support staff for the ADA’s Interest Groups and Advisory Groups as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 7-10 years of program management experience
• Continuing education experience strongly preferred, including experience in learning management systems, instructional design, learning engagement tools, and online platforms for professional education
• Development of online education experience strongly preferred
• Strong time management skills
• Experience managing multiple, concurrent projects in a matrix organization
• Experience managing budgets
• Demonstrated ability to achieve outcomes while responding to changing circumstances and priorities
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve
• Strong oral and written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to help team productivity /cohesion
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities
• Adept at using Microsoft Office Suite and cloud-based applications like SmartSheet

WHY WORK HERE

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) offers a rewarding career working for one of the premier voluntary health organizations in the world supporting people with type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. Our employees like working at the ADA because of our mission, the inclusive environment, work-life balance, our benefits and our culture:

• Industry competitive base pay ranging from $67,000 - $72,000 for this role. Base offers are determined by several factors including but not limited to your relevant work experience, education, certifications, location, internal pay equity, etc.
• A culture of recognition including new hire welcome announcements, service anniversary awards, referral bonuses, monthly All Employee Assembly, appreciation awards
• Generous Paid Time Off, including holidays, vacation days, personal days and sick days
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), disability & life insurance, pet insurance and retirement savings
• Guided by our mission, we provide top tier diabetes supply coverage through our medical benefits program
• A company focus on offering mental health programs and work/life balance with most of our employees working remote
• Joining our dedicated team affords the gratification of knowing beyond a doubt that you will impact the lives and well-being of millions