Rural Health Program Manager in Jersey City, New Jersey at Liberty Science Center

This position requires an experienced project leader who can coordinate complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives, translate strategy into execution, and ensure innovative care models become sustainable components of routine healthcare delivery.

The Rural Health Program Manager will report to the Senior Director of the SciTech Scity Innovation Hub and work collaboratively with a team of program managers. This position requires travel throughout the State of New Jersey, with a significant portion of travel taking place in South Jersey.

*This is a grant-funded position with current funding secured for a four-year period. Continued employment is contingent upon the ongoing availability of grant funds.

What You’ll Bring
You are passionate about improving healthcare access and outcomes for rural and underserved populations through thoughtful implementation of innovative care models.

You enjoy solving complex execution challenges, orchestrating diverse stakeholders, and building systems that can scale beyond individual pilot projects. You balance organization and flexibility, with the ability to manage multiple projects at varying stages and keep stakeholders informed, while also shifting priorities as needed and thriving in a fast-paced, evolving environment. You are highly organized, comfortable managing multiple concurrent projects, and thrive in environments where priorities evolve quickly. You are equally comfortable speaking with clinicians, startup founders, and community organizations. You enjoy a variety of tasks and bring a problem-solving mindset to your work.

What You’ll Do
The Rural Health Program Manager’s responsibilities will vary depending on the needs of the business but will focus on some combination of the following essential functions.

• Lead Rural Health Transformation projects from planning through deployment and scale.

• Develop execution plans, project timelines, budgets, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Coordinate implementation across health systems, community providers, government agencies, technology vendors, and implementation partners.

• Maintain detailed project documentation, project dashboards, and executive reporting.

• Manage relationships with technology vendors and delivery partners, including contract management, SOW development, procurement activities, and ongoing performance tracking.

• Provide day-to-day direction and oversight to project coordinators, ensuring work is completed on time and aligns with program objectives.

• Facilitate provider discovery sessions, workflow assessments, and stakeholder interviews to identify priority needs.

• Work closely with clinical and operational leaders to design deployment strategies that integrate seamlessly into existing workflows.

• Coordinate training, onboarding, and change management activities for provider organizations.

• Support implementation in resource-constrained environments through proactive coordination and operational problem-solving.

• Build trusted relationships with rural providers, community organizations, and local healthcare leaders.

• Coordinate implementation readiness assessments and due diligence for potential digital health and service solutions.

• Monitor project progress using both traditional healthcare metrics and leading indicators such as provider trust, workflow fit, adoption, and patient engagement.

• Facilitate continuous feedback loops between providers, technology partners, and internal teams.

• Document lessons learned and translate findings into best practices and operational guidance.

• Support day-to-day engagement with the New Jersey Department of Human Services and other state agency partners, preparing materials, tracking action items, managing program activities, and ensuring alignment with grant and program objectives.

• Support identification of emerging rural healthcare priorities and opportunities for future initiatives.

• Develop replication playbooks, implementation frameworks, and resource guides that enable expansion across additional rural communities.

• Coordinate with state agencies, payers, and strategic partners to support sustainability and reimbursement strategies.

• Identify opportunities to leverage existing partnerships and build new collaborations that strengthen the Rural Health Transformation program.

• Prepare executive briefings, reports, presentations, and stakeholder communications.

• Coordinate meetings, workshops, and cross-sector working groups.

• Track project milestones, deliverables, budgets, and reporting requirements.

• Support grant reporting, funding opportunities, and program communications as needed.

• Bachelor's degree required.

• 6+ years of professional experience in healthcare, project coordination, nonprofit management, consulting, public health, research, startups, or a related field.

• Experience coordinating projects involving multiple stakeholders is preferred.

Desired Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (KSAs)

• Working knowledge of U.S. healthcare landscape, including innovation trends, regulatory frameworks, and payment models

• Ability to work collaboratively with a team and manage multiple priorities at once. Prior experience supervising staff or project teams is preferred.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for diverse stakeholders, including clinicians, executives, startups, and policymakers

Physical & Environmental Considerations

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of the work day while working at a desk and on a laptop

• Must be comfortable working in an open office environment in close proximity to others and that has a moderate noise level.

• A valid driver's license and the ability to travel throughout New Jersey are required. Candidates must have reliable access to a vehicle to support regular travel to partner sites.

SciTech Scity may make reasonable accommodations to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job to the extent that SciTech Scity may do so without undue hardship.

About SciTech Scity
Liberty Science Center is developing a “Science City of Tomorrow” in Jersey City—a 30-acre innovation campus called SciTech Scity devoted to using science and technology to address humanity’s greatest challenges, from inadequate healthcare to climate change, and create a better future for all of us. The new campus, including the existing Liberty Science Center, home of the largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, will be officially named the Frank J. Guarini Innovation Campus and is scheduled to open in 2026.

Classification, Location, & Schedule
This is a full-time, exempt position under the FLSA overtime provisions. The role follows a hybrid schedule, with a minimum of two days per week on-site in Jersey City and additional on-site days as needed based on business requirements.

This position requires travel to partner sites throughout New Jersey. Early mornings, evenings, and weekends may be required depending on project needs

Compensation & Benefits
The base compensation for this role is $75,000-$90,000. The final salary offer will be commensurate with abilities, education, certifications, and experience. In addition to compensation for salary, you will receive compensation in the form of generous benefits, including, but not limited to:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, and pet insurance

• 403(b) defined contribution retirement plan with an outstanding employer match

• Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and federal holidays

• Long-term disability coverage

• Flexible spending accounts (pre-tax income for eligible health and/or dependent care expenses)

• Commuter benefits (pre-tax income for parking or mass transit expenses)

• Free parking

• On-site store discount

• On-site cafeteria discount

• A Liberty Science Center membership

Travel
This position requires travel throughout New Jersey. Candidates located within a reasonable commuting distance of Atlantic and Cumberland counties are preferred but not required.