IDEA Health Equity Program Manager

Job Description

Primary Function:

Reporting to the Director, Data Science and Analytics within the Health Equity department, the IDEA Health Equity Program Manager drives the planning, execution, and delivery of health equity focused strategic initiatives within population health at Nemours Children's Health. This position bridges clinical healthcare operations with technical program management to advance the organization's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Alignment (IDEA) mission. Strategic program leadership is essential to this role in leading the development and implementation of population health and health equity clinical and data standards, program and evaluation, disparity analysis frameworks, and outcomes measurements.

The Program Manager will facilitate integration of health equity principles across organizational policies, processes, and initiatives. The ideal candidate must have demonstrated expertise in both traditional and Agile project management methodologies, with a focus on leading cross-functional teams in a healthcare setting. The Program Manager will be responsible for coordinating resources, managing program governance, facilitating Agile ceremonies, and ensuring the successful delivery of health equity initiatives that drive measurable improvements in healthcare delivery and outcomes. The role is responsible for designing and executing comprehensive health equity programs within the population health framework that align with organizational strategic objectives.

Essential Functions

• Lead the development and implementation of Health Equity strategy, including data standards, disparity analysis frameworks, and outcomes measurements aligned with enterprise strategic objectives.
• Serve as Scrum Master for technical teams, facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint reviews while removing impediments to team progress.
• Manage comprehensive program documentation including roadmaps, release plans, sprint backlogs, risk registers, and status reports using both traditional and Agile project management approaches.
• Design and implement evaluation frameworks for health equity initiatives, collaborating with data science teams to develop and monitor healthcare disparity metrics.
• Transform complex clinical and operational requirements into actionable technical solutions, ensuring alignment with healthcare quality improvement methodologies.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships across clinical, technical, and operational teams, providing clear communication and managing stakeholder expectations at all organizational levels.
• Lead the development and execution of change management strategies to support the integration of health equity principles across organizational policies and processes.
• Oversee program governance, including steering committee coordination, stakeholder engagement, and reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Manage academic publications and presentations on behalf of the department, including preparation of abstracts, submissions, and literature reviews.
• All other duties as assigned
  
  

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with knowledge/training in project and program management principles

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire

Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM) or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire

Agile Program Management certification or ability to obtain within 12 months of hire

Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in healthcare operations and project coordination, managing cross-functional or inter-disciplinary teams.

Demonstrated experience in a clinical or healthcare operations setting involving planning, financial analysis, or strategy development utilizing project management methodologies.

Demonstrated ability to manage multifaceted projects and/or program teams. Ability to set up, plan, manage, report, and communicate projects and direct the completion of projects within proper scope, budget, and schedule

Demonstrated knowledge of core issues related to equity/health equity, equity/health equity research, change management, large group educational design and facilitation.

Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project management software packages.

Preferred: Healthcare quality improvement certifications (e.g., Lean Six Sigma, ACRAC, CBAP, Prince2, CSM)

About Us

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .