Sr. Program Manager, Fixel Centers of Excellence

Centers of Excellence Portfolio Management 
•  Serve as the Institute's primary operational liaison and steward of the Centers of Excellence portfolio.
•  Coordinate Center designation, certification, renewal, annual reporting, and related requirements.
•  Maintain an accurate portfolio inventory, including Center leadership, external affiliations, designation requirements, key milestones, reporting obligations, and Institute support.
•  Support the development and launch of new Centers of Excellence.
•  Monitor portfolio activities and identify emerging needs, opportunities, risks, and resource considerations for Institute leadership.
•  Promote collaboration, shared learning, and consistency across Centers while recognizing differences in disease-specific programs and external foundation requirements.

Operational Infrastructure & Continuous Improvement 
•  Develop and maintain shared operational infrastructure supporting the Centers of Excellence portfolio, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), playbooks, templates, dashboards, workflows, reporting tools, annual planning resources, and resource libraries.
•  Identify opportunities to reduce duplication, streamline administrative processes, and improve the experience of faculty and Center teams.
•  Evaluate and recommend systems, tools, and processes that strengthen portfolio management and reporting.
•  Document and continuously improve core Center processes to support continuity and organizational effectiveness.

Faculty and Center Coordination 
•  Build relationships with Centers Directors and faculty leaders, serving as a trusted operational partner.
•  Coordinate cross-center collaboration, orientation of new leaders, communication, and Institute support resources.
•  Help connect faculty and Center teams with appropriate Institute and university resources
•  Support faculty success by reducing unnecessary administrative burden while respecting existing departmental coordinators and disease-specific staff.

Governance and Strategic Initiative Support 
•  Coordinate governance processes supporting designation, accountability, transparency, operational consistency, and continuous improvement.
•  Support advisory committees, working groups, faculty task forces, and other governance activities assigned by Institute leadership.
•  Coordinate meeting materials, documentation, action items, and follow-up, maintaining appropriate records related to Center governance, designation, and performance

Strategic Engagement and Partnership Coordination
•  Coordinate Institute-wide visibility for Centers of Excellence.
•  Partner with Communications, Advancement, Research Operations, Institute Convenings, and Community and Patient Initiatives, and other Institute teams on activities involving Centers of Excellence.
•  Coordinate operational aspects of educational programming, outreach, donor stewardship, foundation relationships, recognition, and other collaborative initiatives.
•  Help identify opportunities to strengthen visibility, collaboration, and engagement across the Centers of Excellence portfolio.
•  Serve as an Institute liaison to external Center-affiliated foundations and organizations, as appropriate, in partnership with faculty and other functional leaders.

Selected Center & Strategic Initiative Support 
•  Provide direct operational coordination for selected Centers of Excellence or related Institute initiatives as assigned.
•  Support newly established Centers, philanthropically or externally supported programs, pilot coordination models, or Centers requiring additional Institute support.
•  Help develop approaches that can be evaluated and, when appropriate, scaled across the broader portfolio

Please upload the following - CV or Resume, Cover Letter and List of Professional References.