(Hybrid) Program Manager - Institute for Community and Rural Health

About the position

The WVU Institute for Community & Rural Health serves communities and students to cultivate the health and wellbeing of rural West Virginians. As part of new efforts to integrate communities, agriculture and health, the Institute is excited to launch recruitment for new team members to support food system development and community transformation in Central Appalachia. These positions are supported by the United States Department of Agriculture - Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access cooperative agreement, titled Working Lands of Central Appalachia. We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic Program Manager to oversee a diverse portfolio of projects and programs aligned with the organization's strategic objectives. This role requires a leader with strong cross-functional coordination skills, financial acumen, and the ability to manage complex interdependencies while driving program execution, prioritization, and alignment with business goals. The Program Manager supports program and project management, stakeholder communication, marketing, and supporting the development of project deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and tracking of a portfolio programs and projects to ensure alignment with strategic priorities.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business units, project teams, and executive leadership to communicate portfolio performance, risks, and strategic alignment.
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks, ensuring regular reporting on portfolio status, KPIs, and resource allocation.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks across the portfolio; develop contingency and communication plans.
• Coordinate with functional leads to ensure proper resourcing, capability development, and workload balancing across projects.
• Oversee budget planning, tracking, and financial forecasting across the portfolio.
• Implement best practices and process improvements to enhance program delivery and value realization.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in business, communication, public health or related field.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in project/program management.
• At least one (1) year of business management experience (e.g. budgeting, operations, finance, multi-project coordination) and familiarity with Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) standards.
• All qualifications must be met by time of employment.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in public health, health planning, health administration, communications, psychology, or social work.
• Three (3) years in portfolio management or enterprise level program leadership.
• Proficient in quantitative and qualitative research methods and data analysis.
• Proficient in data collection and analysis tools such as REDCap, Qualtrics, NVivo, Excel, R, SAS or SPSS.
• Demonstrated ability to produce dissemination products such as reports, abstracts, infographics, presentations, and/or publication.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
• Paid Time off (PTO)
• 403(b) retirement savings with a fully vested 3% employee contribution match
• A range of health insurance and other benefits
• Dependent Education Scholarship
• WVU Perks