Remote Program Officer

Summary

Join VentureWell as a Program Officer and contribute to emerging programmatic opportunities in the healthcare field, focusing on breakthrough capabilities, technologies, systems, and platforms to accelerate innovation in health and medicine. The ideal candidate has experience in healthcare commercialization and medical technologies or related fields, with exceptional project and program management skills.

Requirements

• BS/BA required
• Minimum 3 years related experience including project management or program administration, with domain experience in fields related to VentureWell program areas, specifically with training or experience in healthcare commercialization, medtech, or related fields
• Prior experience supporting innovative health technologies from the lab to the market and working with a number of different partners and institutions (research, academic, industry, regulatory, etc.) as part of a network/consortium strongly preferred to set this position up for success
• Demonstrated history of success using project management skills, including ability to meet deadlines and coordinate multiple tasks with a wide range of stakeholders
• Highly adaptable and comfortable working with a degree of ambiguity
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively across multiple content areas and stakeholder groups, both internally and externally
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills with an ability to articulate and synthesize information in a compelling, organized manner
• Ability to extract key information and data to recommend solutions
• Ability to understand and apply appropriate tools and technologies used in the workplace; ease with adapting new technologies as needed
• High degree of digital fluency using cloud-based office tools such as GSuite, CRMs, team collaboration tools, and other web-based applications; ability to incorporate these tools into day-to-day work
• Ability to travel approximately 10% time
• Ability to align to East Coast business hours to accommodate funder's workday

Responsibilities

• Act independently as program liaison with the partner organizations in the ARPA-H program; tactfully deliver timely information between partner organizations and staff; represent organization and program interests during meetings, events, and conversations with partners, consultants, and vendors
• Translate high-level proposals and awards into tangible and practical work plans
• Provide high-quality technical assistance for program initiatives, including desk research, project documentation, tool/template/report creation
• Manage activities, contracts, and sub-contracts to ensure compliance with award deliverables, rules, and obligations
• Leverage healthcare commercialization or medical technology domain experience to coordinate and implement new and existing program offerings with guidance from manager, including continually learning from evaluation findings to recommend program improvements and implementing process improvements while systems are “in motion.”
• Work within defined program direction with funders and partners for successful program implementation, including creative problem-solving and customer service approach to deliver on funder and partner needs within time and budget constraints
• Prepare and synthesize written material for proposals and reports to funder
• Design, plan, and facilitate effective meetings
• Provide operational support to programs through work plan management, meeting notes, action item tracking, project documentation, and overall project coordination. 
• Actively participate in internal collaboration and communication to ensure program success through use of project management tools and practices
• Act as a problem solver, identifying internal inefficiencies and pain points and communicate them to relevant partner teams; partner with relevant teams on problem-solving; operationalizing system improvements on a proactive and reactive basis
• Ensure logistics required for successful program implementation are planned and executed in a manner that delivers excellence
• Play a support role in the fundraising, branding, promotion, and marketing of programs. Prepare and synthesize written material for proposals and reports to funders
• Serve as a liaison between multiple VentureWell departments, modeling the Core Values while navigating fast-paced work in the midst of multiple, vying priorities
• Source and manage professional services consultants and vendors assigned to the program

Benefits

• An attractive and equitable compensation package, including: a salary range of $70-80K commensurate with experience and internal equity
• 403 (b) with 200% match up to a maximum contribution from VentureWell of 10% when the employee puts it 5%
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• $1,000 home office stipend upon hire
• A true focus on work-life balance with work weeks that reflect that
• 20 paid vacation days
• 12 paid holidays 
• 12 paid wellness days