Senior Manager, Professional Education

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 healthcare professional education programs. This position, reporting to the Associate Director of Professional Engagement, will be responsible for initiating and advancing program planning and execution and coordinating participation and engagement with healthcare professionals with large-scale, inter-departmental projects

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 development of educational resources, videos, infographics, and facilitation guides, and work through cultural language translation processes.
• Support use of instructional design elements such as survey techniques and polling, instructional design, and online learning collaboratives.
• Represent the 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 5 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 living with diabetes and/or obesity. Our employees consistently say that our mission, culture, work-life balance, and total rewards package are what they like most about working at the ADA. benefits and our culture:

• Industry competitive base pay. 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 full 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

About the Organization
The American Diabetes Association ® (ADA) is the nation’s leading voluntary health organization fighting to end diabetes and helping people living with diabetes thrive. Since 1940, we have driven discovery and research to prevent, manage, treat, and ultimately cure diabetes. We advocate for policy changes and improved access to quality care for all people living with diabetes and/or obesity. Through the Obesity Association, a division of the ADA, we are also working to reduce the prevalence of obesity—a leading risk factor for type 2 diabetes.