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UW Medicine·Seattle, WA

Program Operations Specialist

Full timeDays
iPosting details
ScheduleDays · Full time
RequirementsFormal project management training or certification. preferred · PMP Certification. preferred
EducationBachelor's degree · Master's degree preferred
Experience4+ years preferred
SourceUW Medicine · posted Sep 17, 2026
✓Requirements
Certifications
Formal project management training or certification. preferred
PMP Certification. preferred
Education
✓Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Behavioral Health, Communications, Education, Human Services, or a related field.
Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, Communications, or related field. preferred
Qualifications
✓Recognized for managing or facilitating strong and innovative teams, has strong interpersonal and personnel management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead to outcomes.
✓Demonstrated experience in critical thinking and analysis.
✓Demonstrated experience in identifying and resolving issues and risks.
✓Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work efforts and work under pressure while maintaining effectiveness.
✓Strong collaborative, proactive, and positive working style.
✓Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills; comfortable presenting to staff and to operational leadership.
✓Demonstrated experience in leading multiple complex projects and/or programs.
✓Proficiency in leading committees and facilitating effective meetings.
✓Ability to function as a project management SME and drive best practice/infrastructure development.
✓Comfort using technology for collaboration, communication, and tracking, including the Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and project management platforms (e.g. Basecamp).
✓Comfort being around discussions of suicide and mental health as well as comfort working with stressed and distressed patients experiencing suicidality, their family members, and/or the clinicians and staff who treat them.
4 years’ experience with project management and in-depth knowledge of project management best practices, preferably in a healthcare environment. preferred
Experience working within a complex health system, and/or an academic health system. preferred
Experience interacting professionally with individuals with lived experience of mental health conditions, especially suicidality. preferred
+UW Medicine
SeattleWA
✓You’ll need
Certifications
Formal project management training or certification. preferred
PMP Certification. preferred
Education
✓Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Behavioral Health, Communications, Education, Human Services, or a related field.
Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, Communications, or related field. preferred
Qualifications
✓Recognized for managing or facilitating strong and innovative teams, has strong interpersonal and personnel management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead to outcomes.
✓Demonstrated experience in critical thinking and analysis.
✓Demonstrated experience in identifying and resolving issues and risks.
✓Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work efforts and work under pressure while maintaining effectiveness.
✓Strong collaborative, proactive, and positive working style.
✓Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills; comfortable presenting to staff and to operational leadership.
✓Demonstrated experience in leading multiple complex projects and/or programs.
✓Proficiency in leading committees and facilitating effective meetings.
✓Ability to function as a project management SME and drive best practice/infrastructure development.
✓Comfort using technology for collaboration, communication, and tracking, including the Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and project management platforms (e.g. Basecamp).
✓Comfort being around discussions of suicide and mental health as well as comfort working with stressed and distressed patients experiencing suicidality, their family members, and/or the clinicians and staff who treat them.
4 years’ experience with project management and in-depth knowledge of project management best practices, preferably in a healthcare environment. preferred
Experience working within a complex health system, and/or an academic health system. preferred
Experience interacting professionally with individuals with lived experience of mental health conditions, especially suicidality. preferred
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About the role

The department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has an outstanding opportunity for a Program Operations Specialist to join their team.