Senior Program Manager

Location Address:

211 Sudderth DrRuidoso, NM 88345-6002

Compensation Pay Range:

Minimum Offer $67,100.80Maximum Offer $102,460.80

Summary:

Build your career by leading community health initiatives that improve outcomes for patients, members, and communities. In this role, you'll develop and implement population health and food is medicine programs, build strong partnerships across community and clinical organizations in Lincoln, Otero, and Dona Ana counties, and guide multidisciplinary teams to deliver impactful, sustainable results. Success requires strategic collaboration, practical problem solving, and the ability to navigate real world challenges in both clinical and diverse community settings.

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the  New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full timeFTE: 1.00Job Exempt: YesWork Shift: Weekday Schedule Monday-Friday (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Program Manager, you lead the design, development, and implementation of community health initiatives that improve population health outcomes for patients, members, and communities. You will build strong partnerships across community, public health, clinical, and population health organizations while guiding multidisciplinary teams to successfully implement programs in both clinical and diverse community settings. The role requires strategic collaboration, practical problem‑solving, and the ability to navigate barriers to ensure impactful, sustainable results.

Lead and coordinate Presbyterian's community health initiatives from planning through evaluation.

• Implement and sustain community health programs that improve population health outcomes.

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal leaders and external community, clinical, and government stakeholders.

• Develop strategies that align providers and community partners with new health models and programs.

• Prepare program reports and represent Presbyterian on community councils and boards.

• Ensure financial, operational, and strategic goals are met for community health initiatives.

• Identify grant opportunities, develop proposals, and track/report grant deliverables.

• Manage complex community health programs and support collective‑impact efforts identified through community health needs assessments.

• Oversee communication, outreach, and data management processes, including reporting, analytics, and use of tools such as Epic and Salesforce.

• Provide research, analysis, and support for decision‑making, including occasional frontline or patient‑facing assistance as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Community Health, Public Administration, Education, or related field (Master's preferred).

• 7+ years of relevant experience with demonstrated leadership and cross‑functional collaboration.

• Experience facilitating diverse community‑based groups and partnerships.

• Strong research, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Proficient with Windows, word‑processing, and database systems.

• Detailed knowledge of population health, public health research, and data interpretation.

• Experience in data management and reporting; familiarity with Electronic Health Records preferred.

We're all about well-being, starting with yours.

Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

Learn more about our employee benefits.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

Compensation Disclaimer

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

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