Program Manager III - Military and Emergency Medicine

• Serve as the primary point of contact between program leadership, departmental divisions, and external stakeholders; facilitate coordination and synchronize program activities with stakeholders.
• Oversee day-to-day operations of the Prolonged Field Care in Austere Environments program, ensuring that programmatic milestones, deliverables, and timelines are met in alignment with the department's strategic framework.
• Proactively plan, coordinate, and synchronize program events, workshops, or training cycles, ensuring optimal utilization of personnel, equipment, and facilities.
• Manage key program elements, including but not limited to goals and milestones, risks, available resources, budgets, standard operating procedures, quality control, and results. Identify project interdependencies, aligning resources and efforts where appropriate.
• Implement procedures and protocols to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of programs and projects.
• Facilitate the development, submission, and tracking of program budget, and oversee all expenditures.
• Work with the Office of Sponsored Programs (HJF and USU) on all compliance reporting needed.
• Submit and track all agreements in process and maintain all agreements throughout the award as applicable.
• Supervise all program staff, to include assigning and reviewing work, coaching, regular meetings, providing necessary training, and conducting annual performance evaluations. Take corrective action as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Direct Supervisor: Direct authority to make decisions on the following: employee hiring, disciplinary action, starting salaries and merit increases; conduct employee performance evaluations and directs work activities.

Join the HJF Team!

HJF is seeking a Program Manager III to lead and oversees the Prolonged Field Care in Austere Environments program, supporting military medicine research and education initiatives at the Uniformed Services University. This role is responsible for managing complex research programs, budgets, compliance activities, staff, and stakeholder relationships while ensuring project milestones and strategic objectives are achieved.

This position will be in support of the Uniformed Services University (USU) Department of Military and Emergency Medicine (MEM) in Bethesda, MD. As the academic department for the study, advancement and application of military medicine, MEM conducts military-unique education and training across four years of medical school, working with faculty and staff across departments to support learners' medical curriculum. MEM faculty also conduct requirements-driven research, including integrative and application-based scholarship in military medicine education, leadership, disaster medicine, emergency medicine, and public health. This position will work closely with US Government partners in the execution of research related to clinical practice and survivability in prolonged casualty care (PCC) and civilian mass casualty scenarios, including data-driven clinical guidelines, standardized equipment inventories/protocols, decision-making frameworks, and enhanced and new educational programs including augmented and virtual reality.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic and government clients by administering, managing and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners. HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.