University of Kansas School of Medicine
Program Manager - THRIVE Regional Hub (Garden City)
Kansas · Full-time
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About the role
- Coordinate regional deployment readiness activities and implementation timelines for participating sites.
- The role is responsible for coordinating regional activities, facilitating stakeholder engagement, addressing implementation barriers, monitoring progress, and ensuring alignment with project goals, timelines, and quality standards.
- The initiative deploys clinically validated computerized mental health interventions supported by community-based facilitation and integrated into rural primary care, behavioral health, and community settings.
Responsibilities
- Ensure sites complete onboarding, platform setup, workflow preparation, and readiness requirements to support successful implementation.
- Serve as the primary regional point of contact during deployment and collaborate with technical teams, providers, and partner organizations to support operational readiness.
- Track regional implementation milestones, identify barriers or delays that may affect project objectives, and coordinate resolution of. deployment-related issues with project leadership and technical support teams.
- Support training logistics for providers, CHWs, supervisors, navigators, and support staff, including scheduling, tracking attendance, and ensuring training completion.
- Support onboarding and integration of newly hired staff and facilitate role clarity among team members.
- Track completion of CQI action items and follow-up activities within the region. Support local teams in understanding program performance expectations, implementation benchmarks, and reporting requirements.
- End-User Access & Support Coordination
- Monitor barriers to patient, participant, or end-user engagement and enrollment, and collaborate with technical support and program staff to identify, route, and resolve access-related issues.
Requirements
- Experience coordinating multi-site projects or community-based initiatives.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders and interdisciplinary teams.
- Experience facilitating meetings and managing project-related communications.
- Experience coordinating workforce development, training programs, or implementation activities.
- Experience with quality improvement, evaluation, or reporting activities.
Nice to have
- Work Experience:
- Experience supporting grant-funded, federally funded, or state-funded initiatives.
- Experience with implementation of science frameworks, practice transformation, or quality improvement methodologies.
Skills
- Communication
- Organization
- Detail oriented
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Conflict resolution
- Adaptability
- Decision-making
- Digital collaboration platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Smartsheet)
- Required Documents
- Cover Letter
- Comprehensive Benefits Package:
Compensation
- $60,800.00 - $91,200.00 Minimum
- $60,800.00 Midpoint
- $76,000.00 Maximum
- The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking.
- A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding.
- At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.
Benefits
- Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan.
- Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available.
- Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays.
- One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment.
- A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html
- A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding.
- At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.
- Seven (7) years of experience in program management, project management, healthcare operations, implementation support, or related roles.
- Education may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis.
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