The Health Management Academy (THMA) brings together health system leaders and innovators to collectively address the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities. By assisting executives in cultivating peer networks, understanding key strategic trends, establishing pragmatic partnerships, and developing next-generation leaders, our members are better positioned to lead industry transformation.
The Health Management Academy offers a dynamic atmosphere with significant opportunities for employees. If you are interested in contributing to a member-centric, creative, and collaborative workforce while deeply influencing top leaders and institutions in healthcare, THMA could be the right place for you!
Position Summary:
The Manager, Leadership Development, is responsible for maintaining the organization and operations of the Leadership Development team and ensuring key deliverables are provided on time to internal and external stakeholders. They will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of high-impact leadership development initiatives, ensuring seamless stakeholder engagement, operational efficiency, and successful program delivery.
Primary Job Duties:
- Manage end-to-end planning and execution of high-impact projects, ensuring timely delivery, quality outcomes, and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Develop and oversee marketing collateral and promotional strategies to support program engagement and drive leadership development nominations.
- Coordinate and manage scheduling with external stakeholders and C-Suite executives; ensure efficient communication and completion of all pre- and post-call action items.
- Own and manage the Fellow rotation process, ensuring alignment with graduation requirements and smooth coordination across internal and external stakeholders.
- Support the Leadership Development team in executing the call for nominations process, including internal alignment, external messaging, and call preparation.
- Oversee the full lifecycle of the nominations application process, from form development and launch to tracking and review.
- Support the submission process for Fellow Action Projects, coordinating timelines, communications, and stakeholder engagement.
- Collaborate with Partnership Lead to prepare collateral for stakeholder meetings.
- Represent the organization in a professional and strategic manner when communicating with members, partners, and other external stakeholders.
- Contribute to organizational planning and process improvements, supporting leadership in driving operational efficiency and communication clarity.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required
- 2+ years of project management experience or executive assistance
- Proven track record of successfully managing multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational abilities with keen attention to detail
- Experience with stakeholder management and cross-functional team collaboration
- Proficiency in project management tools and Microsoft Office suite
Interpersonal Skills & Attributes:
- Process-oriented with the ability to drive a project to completion
- Member focused
- Strategic mindset
- Calm problem solver
- Extreme attention to detail
- Team approach to working with others, ability to perform a variety of duties within any workday
- Ability to collaborate and influence others at a senior level
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills
- Excellent organizational skills
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, and distance vision, the ability to maintain a stationary position for an extended period. Ability to lift and move over 20 lbs. Ability to work 16+ hour days when managing meetings onsite.
Benefits and Compensation:
THMA offers a comprehensive slate of benefits including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) matching, cell phone and commuter reimbursements, generous paid time off, and paid parental leave. We also offer non-monetary benefits designed to support team members fully including learning and development programs, coaching for working parents and caregivers, free therapy and professional coaching sessions, one-on-one financial coaching, and free legal support services.
Notice of Equal Opportunity Employment:
The Academy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, The Academy will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. The Academy’s goal is for our people to reflect the communities in which we live and serve and to ensure representation of women, people of color, veterans and individuals with disabilities in our organization.
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Since 1998, The Academy has cultivated the premier community of healthcare's most influential changemakers. Our members are executives from the Top U.S. Health Systems and innovative industry partners and are aligned around a common goal of improving health for all.
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