Program Operations Manager

Description

The Department of Medicine is seeking to hire a Program Operations Manager to lead and oversee program operations that support the department’s mission and strategic objectives. This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing community-based initiatives; managing partnerships and stakeholder engagement; overseeing program deliverables, data collection, reporting, and communications; providing operational and administrative support; and ensuring compliance with UCLA, state, and federal regulations. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrate strong project management and leadership skills, and work effectively both independently and collaboratively to advance program goals and community impact.

Annual range: $90,720.00-$194,040.00

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree or 5-7 years of experience and/or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to work independently and also have interpersonal skills to work with teams, provide training, and supervise staff 1+ years’ experience of supervising laboratory personnel and operations.
• Exceptional writing skills to produce wide range of documents and deliverables.
• Experience communicating effectively and professionally and working with a variety of internal and external partners, including UCLA administrators, outside funders, policy makers and community representatives.
• Strong organizational skills to successfully work on and track complex programs involving short deadlines and multiple tasks, in coordination with multiple teams to achieve program/project mission and goals.
• Working knowledge of program/project development, evaluation, creating datasets, financial management and reporting, research principles including CITI training, grant writing and proposal submission, University procedures and policies, program/project related federal and state regulations.
• Ability to seek out and learn new policies, procedures, and software to advance the mission of the program/project.
• Ability to train new program/project managers and other staff within and external to the unit.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate medical, policy and administrative information in English.

Preferred:

• Master's Degree or 3-5 years of experience